³⁴ Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism^(A)

³⁴ Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism^(A)

³⁵ but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.^(A)

³⁵ but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.^(A)

⁷ After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.^{(A) 8} God, who knows the heart,^(B) showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them,^(C) just as he did to us. ⁹ He did not discriminate between us and them,^(D) for he purified their hearts by faith.^(E)

⁷ After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.^{(A) 8} God, who knows the heart,^(B) showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them,^(C) just as he did to us. ⁹ He did not discriminate between us and them,^(D) for he purified their hearts by faith.^(E)