ACTS 11:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.”
When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, 'So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.'—the apostles' acceptance ('had no further objections,' hēsychazan, literally 'quieted down,' 'became silent') indicates rational conviction; Peter's causal chain is irrefutable. Their praise ('doxazon ton theon, 'glorified God') shows religious joy at grace's universalization. The phrase 'repentance unto life' (metanoia eis zōēn) indicates that genuine transformation leads to eternal life; inclusion is real inclusion.
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