Les Feldick Bible Study

How are Jews and Gentiles saved according to Acts 15:11?

According to Acts 15:11, both Jews and Gentiles are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. Peter declares that Jewish believers and Gentile believers are saved the same way, not by putting a yoke upon disciples that neither the fathers nor they were able to bear, but by grace.

Les explains that in Acts 15 Peter recalls how God chose him to speak the Gospel to the Gentiles, so they would hear the word and believe—not repent and be baptized, but believe. God purified their hearts by faith. Peter then asks why test God by putting a yoke on the disciples that neither their fathers nor they were able to bear. Verse 11 gives the conclusion: through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, they shall be saved even as the Gentiles. Les adds that Peter likely forgot much of this later, still unable to yield to Paul's Gospel superseding his position.

Acts 15:11

But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.