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And after there had been a long debate, Peter got up and said to them, Brethren, you know that quite a while ago God made a choice or selection from among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the message of the Gospel [concerning the [a]attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God] and believe (credit and place their confidence in it).

And God, Who is acquainted with and understands the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit as He also did to us;

And He made no difference between us and them, but cleansed their hearts by faith ([b]by a strong and welcome conviction that Jesus is the Messiah, through Whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God).

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:7 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. Acts 15:9 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

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