²⁹ “What have I done now?” David replied. “I was only asking a question!”

⁹ Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing.

¹⁵ Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others.

² But when Peter arrived back in Jerusalem, the Jewish believers^[a] criticized him. ³ “You entered the home of Gentiles^[b] and even ate with them!” they said.

⁴ Then Peter told them exactly what had happened.