After there had been much (A)debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brethren, you know that [a]in the early days (B)God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of (C)the gospel and believe. And God, (D)who knows the heart, testified to them (E)giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; and (F)He made no distinction between us and them, (G)cleansing their hearts by faith. 10 Now therefore why do you (H)put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which (I)neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? 11 But we believe that we are saved through (J)the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”

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  1. Acts 15:7 Lit from days of old

and there having been much disputing, Peter having risen up said unto them, `Men, brethren, ye know that from former days, God among us did make choice, through my mouth, for the nations to hear the word of the good news, and to believe;

and the heart-knowing God did bare them testimony, having given to them the Holy Spirit, even as also to us,

and did put no difference also between us and them, by the faith having purified their hearts;

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

11 but, through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we believe to be saved, even as also they.'

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