Acts 15:6-12

The Jerusalem Council Convenes

Acts 15:6-12
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So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
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After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
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And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
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He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.
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Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
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On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
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The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
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