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ACTS 15:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 1
Acts 15:10Acts 15:12
“But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.”
No, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are — Peter's conclusion asserts salvation-by-grace (dia tēs charitos tou kyriou) for all believers equally, without distinction between Jewish and gentile believers. The parallel formulation (just as they are) reiterates radical equality.
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Peter's Radical Leveling
The Jerusalem Council is deadlocked. Jewish believers insist gentiles must be circumcised and keep the Law. Then Peter stands and says something that silences the room: 'We believe it is through the g...
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