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Bible study · Acts 15:1-41

Acts 15: Through the grace of the Lord Jesus

Read Acts 15:1-41 before you meet.

In a few lines

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).

The verse to carry

“But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.”

Acts 15:11

To talk about

  1. 1. Peter 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. 3. The 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?

Prayer requests