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but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.
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Rules for Harmony, Not Salvation
Commentators stress that these four rules were not new requirements for salvation. The council had already affirmed that faith in Christ was sufficient. Instead, these were practical guidelines designed to promote unity and fellowship between Jewish and Gentile believers by asking Gentiles to respect deeply held Jewish convictions.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That we write to them. Expressing our judgment, or our views of the case. This verse has greatly perplexed commentators. The main grounds …
But that we write unto them (αλλα επιστειλα αυτοις). By way of contrast (αλλα). First aorist active infinitive of επιστελλω, old v…
19th Century
Anglican
But that we write to them.—The grounds on which the measure thus defined was proposed are easily found.
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On the practical question that troubled many Christians in Jerusalem and that originally gave rise to the Judaizers’ assertion—namely, the question…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But that we write unto them Or send an epistle to them, to this effect, concerning the following things:
We see from the words purifying their hearts by faith, and the address of Saint Peter, that justification by faith and sanctification by t…
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