Acts 15:8-18

New King James Version

⁸So God, ^(A)who knows the heart, ^[a]acknowledged them by ^(B)giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, ⁹^(C)and made no distinction between us and them, ^(D)purifying their hearts by faith. ¹⁰Now 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? ¹¹But ^(F)we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus ^[b]Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they.”

¹²Then all the multitude kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring how many miracles and wonders God had ^(G)worked through them among the Gentiles. ¹³And after they had ^[c]become silent, ^(H)James answered, saying, “Men and brethren, listen to me: ¹⁴^(I)Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name. ¹⁵And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:

¹⁶‘After^(J) this I will return
And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down;
I will rebuild its ruins,
And I will set it up;
¹⁷So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name,
Says the ^[d]Lord who does all these things.’