³³ The person who accepts what he says has proven that God is true.

²⁴ God is spirit. Those who worship God must worship in spirit and truth.”

³² God said, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’^[a] God is the God of living people, not dead people.”

⁹ And don’t think that you can say to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks.

⁸ You must do the things that will show that you really have changed your hearts. Don’t say, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you that God can make children for Abraham from these rocks here.

Peter’s Speech

³⁴ Peter began to speak: “I really understand now that to God every person is the same. ³⁵ God accepts anyone who worships him and does what is right. It is not important what country a person comes from.

God’s Love in Christ Jesus

³¹ So what should we say about this? If God is for us, then no one can defeat us.

²³ And if the Jews will believe in God again, then God will accept the Jews back again. God is able to put them back where they were.

⁴ You cannot judge another man’s servant. His own master decides if he is doing well or not. And the Lord’s servant will do well because the Lord helps him do well.

⁹ God is faithful. He is the One who has called you to share life with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.