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Acts 15 Bible study: Through the grace of the Lord Jesus

The men from Judea said, "you can’t be saved" (15:1), and Peter's words end, "we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are" (15:11): in the Greek, saved is the same word. And Paul's "Let’s return now and visit" (15:36) has the verbs of James's "turn" (15:19) and "visited" (15:14).

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“But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.”
Acts 15:11 · World English Bible

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Can't be saved, and are saved

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"Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.”" (15:1). Paul and Barnabas "had no small discord and discussion with them" (15:2), and they were appointed "to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question" (15:2). In Jerusalem, "some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”" (15:5). Peter's words end, "But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are." (15:11) (tap saved). Here is what almost everyone misses: in the Greek, saved in 15:11 is the same word as saved in 15:1, the same form of the same verb. The men from Judea said who "can’t be saved"; Peter says how "we are saved".

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The Greek word behind it

σώζωsozosay SODE-zo

Strong's: "to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)". The men from Judea taught, "Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved." (15:1). Peter's words in the meeting end, "But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are." (15:11). The section Can't be saved, and are saved says what the two verses share. Favor's Acts 2 studies the verb, quotes 15:11 and counts it in Acts; there it is in "The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved." (2:47).

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Acts 15 Bible study questions

  1. 1Peter says, "we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are" (15:11). How does that shape the way you see believers who are very different from you?
  2. 2"All the multitude kept silence, and they listened" (15:12). When people disagree, what helps you listen before you speak?
  3. 3The letter calls them "our beloved Barnabas and Paul" (15:25), and later "they separated from each other" (15:39). What helps you keep loving someone you've disagreed with sharply?

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Last reviewed October 7, 2026. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. Hebrew and Greek words are checked against the original-language texts and public-domain lexicons. What we believe · Favor home