Acts 15:7-9

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁷ 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,^[a] that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe. ⁸ And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving^[b] the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us.^{(A) 9} He made no distinction between us and them,^(B) cleansing their hearts by faith.^(C)