God, who knows the heart,(A) showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them,(B) just as he did to us. He did not discriminate between us and them,(C) for he purified their hearts by faith.(D) 10 Now then, why do you try to test God(E) by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke(F) that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear?

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And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

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So God, (A)who knows the heart, [a]acknowledged them by (B)giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, (C)and made no distinction between us and them, (D)purifying their hearts by faith. 10 Now therefore, why do you test God (E)by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:8 bore witness to