The Jerusalem Council

⁶ Now the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter. ⁷ And when there had been much dispute, Peter rose up and said to them: ^(A)“Men and brethren, you know that a good while ago God chose among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. ⁸ So God, ^(B)who knows the heart, ^[a]acknowledged them by ^(C)giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, ^9 (D)and made no distinction between us and them, ^(E)purifying their hearts by faith. ¹⁰ Now therefore, why do you test God ^(F)by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? ¹¹ But ^(G)we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus ^[b]Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they.”

¹² Then all the multitude kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring how many miracles and wonders God had ^(H)worked through them among the Gentiles.