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OET (OET-RV) and planned it this way from eternity.’
SR-GNT γνωστὰ ἀπʼ αἰῶνος. ‡
(gnōsta apʼ aiōnos.)
Key: orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
Some older versions read, This is what the Lord says, to whom are known all his deeds from eternity.
UST I told my people long ago that I would do this.”
BSB [that] have been known for ages.’[fn]
15:18 Amos 9:11–12 (see also LXX); BYZ and TR says the Lord, who does all these things. 18Known unto God are all His works from the ages.
MSB Known for ages to God are all His works.[fn]
15:18 CT says the Lord who does these things 18that have been known for ages.’
BLB known from eternity.'
AICNT {known from of old}.’[fn][fn]
15:18, known from of old: Some manuscripts read “known to God from of old are all his works.”
15:16-18, Amos 9:11-12 LXX
OEB says the Lord, as he does these things, known from long ago.”
WEBBE “All of God’s works are known to him from eternity.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET known from long ago.
LSV Known from the ages to God are all His works.
FBV This is what the Lord says, who revealed these things long ago.’[fn]
15:18 Quoting Amos 9:11-12.
TCNT § All God's works are known to him from long ago.
T4T I caused my people to know about them long ago.”
LEB No LEB ACTs book available
BBE Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.
Moff No Moff ACTs book available
Wymth Says the Lord, who has been making these things known from ages long past.'
ASV Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.
DRA To the Lord was his own work known from the beginning of the world.
YLT 'Known from the ages to God are all His works;
Drby known from eternity.
RV Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from the beginning of the world.
(Saith the Lord, who maketh/makes these things known from the beginning of the world. )
SLT Known to God are all his works from eternity.
Wbstr Known to God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
KJB-1769 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
KJB-1611 Knowen vnto God are all his workes frō the beginning of the world.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps No Bshps ACTs book available
Gnva From the beginning of the worlde, God knoweth all his workes.
(From the beginning of the world, God knoweth/knows all his works. )
Cvdl No Cvdl ACTs book available
TNT knowne vnto God are all his workes from the begynninge of the worlde.
(known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. )
Wycl No Wycl ACTs book available
Luth No Luth ACTs book available
ClVg Notum a sæculo est Domino opus suum.]
(Notum from forever it_is Master work/need his_own.] )
UGNT γνωστὰ ἀπ’ αἰῶνος.
(gnōsta ap’ aiōnos.)
SBL-GNT γνωστὰ ἀπʼ ⸀αἰῶνος.
(gnōsta apʼ ⸀aiōnos.)
RP-GNT Γνωστὰ ἀπ' αἰῶνός ἐστιν τῷ θεῷ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.
(Gnōsta ap' aiōnos estin tōi theōi panta ta erga autou.)
TC-GNT § Γνωστὰ ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνός ἐστι τῷ Θεῷ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.
( § Gnōsta ap aiōnos esti tōi Theōi panta ta erga autou. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
15:4-21 The first council of the church met to resolve the dispute concerning Gentiles and circumcision (15:1-2).
Circumcision in the New Testament
Circumcision (cutting off the male foreskin) was widely practiced in the ancient Near East (see Jer 9:25-26). For Jews, it had religious significance as the sign of the covenant that God had established with the people of Israel (Gen 17:9-14; Josh 5:2; John 7:22; Acts 7:8; Sirach 44:20). It was normally performed on the eighth day of a male infant’s life (Gen 17:12; Lev 12:3; Luke 1:59; Acts 7:8). The New Testament notes the circumcision of John the Baptist, Jesus, Paul, and Timothy (Luke 1:59; 2:21; Acts 16:2-3; Phil 3:5). Circumcision became a metaphor for the renewal of a person’s relationship with God (Deut 10:16; 30:6; Jer 4:4; Rom 2:28-29). In the late 40s AD, some Jewish Christians tried to require Gentile Christians to undergo circumcision (Acts 15:1, 5; see 21:20-21; Gal 2:4, 11-13), to which Paul and Barnabas objected (Acts 15:2). The ensuing church council at Jerusalem settled the matter in favor of not requiring Gentiles to be circumcised (15:19-21, 28-29).
Paul insisted that “it makes no difference whether or not a man has been circumcised” (1 Cor 7:19). “What is important is faith expressing itself in love” (Gal 5:6). In Galatians, Paul argued against vigorous Jewish opponents and insisted that everyone enters God’s family simply through faith in Jesus Christ (Gal 2:14-21). Circumcision is not required for acceptance by God (Gal 5:6). The cross of Christ is the way that sinners enter into covenant with God (Gal 2:14-21; Col 2:11-15).
Passages for Further Study
Gen 17:9-14; Lev 12:3; Josh 5:2-9; Jer 9:25-26; Luke 1:59; 2:21; John 7:22-24; Acts 7:8; 15:1-5, 19-21, 28-31; 16:2-3; 21:18-24; Rom 2:25-29; 1 Cor 7:17-19; Gal 2:3-5, 11-21; 5:6; 6:15; Phil 3:5-9; Col 2:11-23
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
γνωστὰ
known
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [that people have known]