Acts 15:7 Cross References - Bishops

⁷ And when there had ben much disputyng, Peter rose vp, and sayde vnto the: Ye men & brethren, ye knowe how that a good while ago, God did chose among vs, that the gentiles by my mouth, shoulde heare the worde of the Gospel, and beleue

¹² And nowe go, and I wyll be with thy mouth, and teache thee what thou shalt say

⁴ Moreouer the Lorde God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father, to be king ouer Israel for euer: for in Iuda would he choose a captaine, & of the householde of Iuda is the house of my father, & among the sonnes of my father he had a lust to me to make me king ouer all Israel ⁵ And of all my sonnes (for the Lorde hath geuen me many sonnes) he hath chosen Solomon my sonne, to sit vpon the seate of the kingdome of the Lorde in Israel

⁹ And with that the Lorde stretched out his hande and touched my mouth: and the same Lorde sayde vnto me, Beholde, I put my wordes in thy mouth

¹⁸ And I say also vnto thee, that thou art Peter, and vpon this rocke I wyll buylde my congregation: And the gates of hell shall not preuayle agaynst it ¹⁹ And I wyll geue vnto thee, the keyes of the kingdome of heauen: And whatsoeuer thou byndest in earth, shalbe bounde in heauen: and whatsoeuer thou loosest in earth, shalbe loosed in heauen

²⁷ Iohn aunswered, and sayde: A man can receaue nothyng, except it be geuen hym from heauen

¹⁶ Ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you, and ordayned you, to go, and bryng foorth fruite, and that your fruite shoulde remayne, that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my name, he may geue it you

¹⁶ Ye men and brethren, this scripture must needes haue ben fulfylled, which the holy ghost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas, which was guide to them that toke Iesus

²⁴ And they prayed, saying: Thou Lord which knowest the heartes of all men, shewe whether of these two thou haste chosen

¹⁸ But those thynges which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophetes, that Christe shoulde suffer, he hath so fulfylled

²⁵ Which by the mouth of thy seruaunt Dauid, hast sayde: Why dyd the Heathen rage, & the people imagine vayne thynges

¹⁵ The Lord sayde vnto hym: Go thy way, for he is a chosen vessell vnto me, to beare my name before the gentiles, & kynges, and the chyldren of Israel

⁵ And nowe sende men to Ioppa, & call for one Simo, whose sirname is Peter ⁶ He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea syde: He shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do

²⁰ Arise therfore, and get the downe, and go with them, & doubt not, for I haue sent them

³² Sende therfore to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose sirname is Peter: He is lodged in the house of one Simo, a tanner, by the sea syde, who when he commeth, shall speake vnto thee ³³ Then sent I for thee immediatly, and thou hast well done that thou art come. Nowe therfore are we all here present before God, to heare all thynges that are commaunded vnto thee of God ³⁴ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said: Of a trueth I perceaue that God hath no regarde of persons ³⁵ But in euery nation, he that feareth hym, and worketh ryghteousnes, is accepted with hym ³⁶ Touchyng the worde which God set vnto the chyldren of Israel, preachyng peace by Iesus Christe (he is Lord ouer all. ³⁷ Ye knowe howe the worde was publisshed through all Iurie, begynnyng in Galilee, after the baptisme whiche Iohn preached ³⁸ Howe God annoynted Iesus of Nazareth, with the holy ghoste, and with power: Who went about doyng good, and healyng all that were oppressed of the deuyll, for God was with hym ³⁹ And we are witnesses of all thynges which he dyd in the land of the Iewes, and at Hierusalem, whom they slewe, and hanged on tree ⁴⁰ Hym God raysed vp the thirde daye, and shewed hym openly ⁴¹ Not to al the people, but vnto vs witnesses, chosen before of God, euen to vs whiche dyd eate and drynke with hym after he arose from the dead ⁴² And he commaunded vs to preache vnto the people, and to testifie that it is he whiche was ordeyned of God to be the iudge of quicke and dead ⁴³ To hym geue all the prophetes witnesse, that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shall receaue remission of sinnes ⁴⁴ Whyle Peter yet spake these wordes, the holy ghost fell on all them whiche hearde the worde ⁴⁵ And they of the circumcision which beleued, were astonied, as many as came with Peter, because that on the gentiles also was shedde out the gyft of the holy ghost ⁴⁶ For they hearde them speake with tounges, & magnifie God. Then aunswered Peter ⁴⁷ Can any man forbid water, that these shoulde not be baptized, which haue receaued the holy ghost aswell as we ⁴⁸ And he commaunded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tary certaine dayes

¹² And the spirite sayde vnto me, that I shoulde go with the, without doubting. Moreouer, these sixe brethren accompanyed me, & we entred into the mans house ¹³ And he shewed vs, howe he had seene an Angel in his house, which stoode and sayde vnto hym: Sende men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose sirname is Peter ¹⁴ He shal tell thee wordes, wherby both thou and all thyne house shalbe saued ¹⁵ And as I began to speake, the holy ghost fell on them, as he dyd on vs at the begynnyng ¹⁶ Then came it to my remembraunce, howe that the Lorde sayde: Iohn baptized with water, but ye shalbe baptized with the holy ghost ¹⁷ For as much then, as God gaue them the lyke gyft as he dyd vnto vs, when we beleued on the Lorde Iesus Christ: what was I, that I shoulde haue withstande God ¹⁸ When they hearde these thynges, they helde their peace, and glorified God, saying: Then hath God also to ye Gentiles, graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe

² As they ministred to the Lorde and fasted, the holy ghost sayde: Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the worke wherunto I haue called them

² So, when there was rysen discention and disputyng, not a litle vnto Paul and Barnabas, agaynst them: they determyned that Paul and Barnabas, and certayne other of them, shoulde go vp to Hierusalem, vnto the Apostles and elders, about this question

³⁹ And the contention was so sharpe betwene the, that they departed a sunder, one from the other, and so Barnabas toke Marke, & sayled vnto Cypers

²⁴ But none of these thynges moue me, neither is my lyfe deare vnto my selfe, so that I myght fulfyll my course with ioy, and the ministerie whiche I haue receaued of the Lorde Iesu, to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God

¹⁷ So then fayth commeth by hearyng, and hearyng commeth by the worde of God ¹⁸ But I aske: Haue they not hearde? No doubt, their sounde went out into all landes, and their wordes into the endes of the worlde

⁷ But contrary wyse, when they sawe that the Gospell of the vncircumcision was committed vnto me, as the Gospel of the circumcision was committed vnto Peter ⁸ (For he that was myghtie in Peter, to the Apostleshyp of the circumcision, the same was myghtie in me towarde the gentiles ⁹ When they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me, then Iames, Cephas, and Iohn, which seemed to be pyllers, gaue to me and Barnabas the ryght handes of felowshyppe, that we [shoulde be Apostles] vnto the Heathen, and they vnto the circumcision

¹⁴ Do all thyng without murmuryng and disputyng