⁵ But some of ^(A)the sect of the ^(B)Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to ^(C)circumcise ^[a]them and to direct them to keep the Law of Moses.”

^6 (D)The apostles and the elders came together to ^[b]look into this ^[c]matter. ⁷ After there had been much ^(E)debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “^[d]Brothers, you know that ^[e]in the early days ^(F)God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of ^(G)the gospel and believe. ⁸ And God, ^(H)who knows the heart, testified to them ^(I)giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; ⁹ and ^(J)He made no distinction between us and them, ^(K)cleansing their hearts by faith. ¹⁰ Since this is the case, why are you ^(L)putting God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which ^(M)neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear? ¹¹ But we believe that we are saved through ^(N)the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”