Acts 15:11
in Acts 15On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in like manner as they.
KJV
But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
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This verse in Acts 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThere is yet another passage similar to this: "By grace you have been saved" (Eph. 2:5). Thus, formerly the law saved those who kept everything written in the law, but now the grace of the Lord, even without observance of the law, saves through faith.
This site's exposition
tempt ye God
on Acts 15:10-11
Now therefore why tempt ye God, Peter presses, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear, naming the law's demand a burden Israel itself never carried without failure, not a new hardship invented for Gentiles. Peter's own confession, that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they, reverses the expected order, Jews saved the same way as Gentiles rather than Gentiles required to become Jews first. Peter's argument settles the theology before James settles the practical terms.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The Lord Jesus - He does not here say our Lord; because in this solemn place he means the Lord of all, we - Jews, shall be saved even as they - Gentiles, namely, through the grace of the Lord Jesus, not by our observance of the ceremonial law.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
But we believe - We apostles, who have been with them, and have seen the evidences of their acceptance with God. Through the grace ... - By the grace or mercy of Christ alone, without any of the rites and ceremonies of the Jews. We shall be saved, even as they - In the same manner, by the mere grace of Christ. So far from being necessary to their salvation, they are really of no use in ours. We are to be saved, not by these ceremonies, but by the mere mercy of God in the Redeemer.
The words behind it
13 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἀλλὰ | alla | But | G235 → | 635 times |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 → | 664 times |
| τῆς | tes | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| χάριτος | charitos | grace | G5485 → | 153 times |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κυρίου | kuriou | Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| Ἰησοῦ | iesou | Jesus | G2424 → | 908 times |
| πιστεύομεν | pisteuomen | we believe | G4100 → | 237 times |
| σωθῆναι | sothenai | to be saved | G4982 → | 105 times |
| καθ᾽ | kath᾽ | in | G2596 → | 468 times |
| ὃν | hon | [the] same | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| τρόπον | tropon | manner [as] | G5158 → | 13 times |
| κἀκεῖνοι. | kakeinoi | they also. | G1565 →G2532 → | 260 times |
ἀλλὰBut
allaG235 →635 times
διὰthrough
diaG1223 →664 times
τῆςthe
tesG3588 →19766 times
χάριτοςgrace
charitosG5485 →153 times
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
κυρίουLord
kuriouG2962 →711 times
ἸησοῦJesus
iesouG2424 →908 times
πιστεύομενwe believe
pisteuomenG4100 →237 times
σωθῆναιto be saved
sothenaiG4982 →105 times
καθ᾽in
kath᾽G2596 →468 times
ὃν[the] same
honG3739 →1405 times
τρόπονmanner [as]
troponG5158 →13 times
κἀκεῖνοι.they also.
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Titus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
it leads to
- Ephesians 2:8
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- 1 Timothy 2:4
who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- Isaiah 45:22
Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death…
- Ephesians 2:5
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
- Ephesians 2:8
Through
Romans 3:24and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 1:18–19
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- Titus 3:5–7
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Peter 1:18–19
Through
Galatians 2:16know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in…
it leads to
- Philippians 3:9
and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- Philippians 3:9
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About Acts

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Acts of the Apostles; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Calvin, Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.
