Acts 15:9

put no difference. discriminated in nothing. Greek. diakrino.

purifying. having cleansed. Greek. katharizo. Compare Acts 10:15; Acts 11:9. The Heartsearcher is the Heart-cleanser.

faith. the faith. Greek. pistis. App-150.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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⁹ And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Related Commentaries of Acts 15:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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