 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.  Lectures on Ecclesiastical History - Page 83by George Campbell - 1807 - 503 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Burgess - 1832 - 356 pages
...Peter. " Men and brethren," said he, in the synod of Jerusalem, L2 " ye know that, a good while ago, God made choice among us that the Gentiles, by my mouth, should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe." We have already had occasion to remark how this same Peter preached the glad tidings... | |
 | James P. Wilson - 1833 - 428 pages
...Gentiles. Thus he observed, (Acts xv. 7,) that " a good while ago" at the conversion of Cornelius, " God made choice among us, that the Gentiles, by my mouth, should hear the word of the gospel, and believe." The authority of his doctrine is also mentioned, "whatsoever thou shall bind on eartht... | |
 | 1834 - 406 pages
...disputing, Peter rose up and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago,God made choice among us, that the Gentiles, by my mouth, should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8 And God, which knpweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even... | |
 | Thomas Church Brownell - Bible - 1834 - 538 pages
...circumcision.' — Blomfield. — among lis,] God hath made choice of me, (the plural being for the singular) " that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe ;" ie that I should be the first instrument in the conversion of the Gentiles: — ch.... | |
 | Nicholas Snethen - 1835 - 390 pages
...of God, to the Gentiles. It is thus, the apostle himself speaks of it : — 'Brethren, ye know how that God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by...peculiar given to Peter; but merely that he should be honored, to be the first in the conversion of the Gentiles. Afterwards, Paul was incomparably more... | |
 | James Macknight - Bible - 1835 - 818 pages
...the other precepts of the law of Moses. For example, when Peter said in the council, Acts xv. 7. ' God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel and believe,' he evidently spake of Cornelius and his company, none of whom were idolatrous Gentiles... | |
 | Isaac Crewdson - Hicksites - 1835 - 170 pages
...believe on me through their word," John, xvii. 20. " Peter said, Ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe" Acts, xv. 7. " An angel—said unto him, [Cornelius] Send—for Simon, whose surname is... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - 1835 - 502 pages
...rose up, and said to them, Brethren, you know, that some considerable time since, God among us chose, that the Gentiles, by my mouth, should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. And God, who ktfhvs the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Sprit, even... | |
 | 1835 - 166 pages
...up, and said to them, Brethren, ye know how that, in the beginning,* God made a selection among us,f that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe. And God, who knoweth the hearts, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Ghost, even... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1837 - 512 pages
...resurrection, to Jews, and to the uncircumcised Gentiles. He thus speaks of it afterward himself : " Brethren, ye know that God made choice among us, that..." opening the door of faith to the Gentiles," and shows in what sense Peter got the " keys of the kingdom of heaven." Yet there is nothing here that... | |
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