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It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
Acts 15:25 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
  • BSB So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
  • NKJV it seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
  • NASB it seemed good to us, having become of one mind, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
  • NLT So we decided, having come to complete agreement, to send you official representatives, along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

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Quick answer

With one accord they chose men to send alongside beloved Barnabas and Paul. United agreement marked the council's decision.

Overview

The phrase 'one accord' stresses the genuine unity reached after serious debate. Calling Barnabas and Paul 'beloved' affirms the church's full support for their Gentile mission. The harmony displayed here models how Christians can reach unity on disputed matters through Scripture and the Spirit.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 18

  • Luke 1:3It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
  • Acts 15:2When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
  • 2 Pet 3:15And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
  • Acts 15:22Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
  • Acts 1:14These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
  • 1 Cor 1:10Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
  • Rom 16:12Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
  • Eph 6:21But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:
  • Col 4:9With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.
  • Gal 2:9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
  • Acts 15:35Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
  • Col 4:7All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
  • Acts 2:1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
  • Acts 15:27–28We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
  • Matt 11:26Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
  • Acts 15:6And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
  • Acts 2:46And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
  • Phlm 1:16Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?

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Christ at the center

Acts is the risen Christ continuing his work by the Spirit through the church, as the apostles preach that there is salvation in no other name under heaven.

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