⁹ “The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’^(A)

⁹ He did not discriminate between us and them,^(A) for he purified their hearts by faith.^(B)

¹³ The blood of goats and bulls^(A) and the ashes of a heifer^(B) sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. ¹⁴ How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit^(C) offered himself^(D) unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences^(E) from acts that lead to death,^[a](F) so that we may serve the living God!^(G)

⁵ because it is consecrated by the word of God^(A) and prayer.

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.^(B)

²⁸ He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile.^(A) But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.^(B)

¹⁵ The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”^(A)