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Acts 15:7-15

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After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you,  that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe. And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us.  He made no distinction between us and them,  cleansing their hearts by faith.  Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks  that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear? On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace  of the Lord Jesus in the same way they are.” The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describe all the signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.  After they stopped speaking, James responded, “Brothers, listen to me. Simeon  has reported how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for his name.  And the words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written

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