Acts 15:2

After sharp dispute, Paul, Barnabas, and others were sent to Jerusalem to settle the question. The early church addressed doctrinal conflict through deliberate, shared counsel.

Cross-references · 20

• Acts 15:22–23Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.
• Gal 2:1–2Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
• Acts 15:6–7The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
• Gal 1:6–10I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”;
• 2 Cor 11:5For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.
• Acts 11:30which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
• Gal 2:5to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.
• Acts 15:4When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.
• 1 Sam 8:7Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.
• 1 Cor 9:19–23For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
• Acts 10:23So he called them in and provided a place to stay. On the next day Peter arose and went out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
• Acts 21:18The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.
• 1 Cor 1:1Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
• Exod 18:23If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their place in peace.”
• Acts 15:27We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
• Acts 16:4As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
• Acts 11:12The Spirit told me to go with them, without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house.
• Acts 15:25it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
• Jude 1:3Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
• Phlm 1:8–9Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,

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