And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
9. And he put no difference. There was indeed some difference, because the Gentiles who were uncircumcised were suddenly admitted unto the covenant of eternal life; whereas the Jews were prepared by circumcision unto faith. But Peter’s meaning is, that they were both chosen “Utrosque pariter allectos esse,” that both were in like manner allured.
The apostles and elders assembled not by compulsion but by consent, hearing one another's minds together; the foremost in gifts and station must honor their juniors and subordinates, for in the multitude of counselors lies both safety and strength.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 15:6-21
And put no difference between us and them,.... Neither in the extraordinary gifts, nor special grace, of the Spirit; giving them the same graces of faith, hope, and love, admitting to the same privileges and immunities of the house of God, and giving them a right and title to the same inheritance of the saints in light, though the one were circumcised, and the other were not.