Acts 15:7-9

Listen to Acts 15:7-9
7 And after there had been much 1debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, 2that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear 3the word of 4the gospel and believe.
8 And God, 5who knows the heart, 6bore witness to them, 7by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,
9 and 8he made no distinction between us and them, 9having cleansed their hearts 10by faith.

Cross References 10

  • 1. 15:7 ver. 2
  • 2. 15:7 ch. 10:20
  • 3. 15:7 [Eph. 1:13; Col. 1:5; 1 Thess. 1:5]
  • 4. 15:7 ch. 20:24
  • 5. 15:8 ch. 1:24
  • 6. 15:8 ch. 14:3
  • 7. 15:8 ch. 10:44, 47; 11:15, 17; [ver. 28; Gal. 3:2]
  • 8. 15:9 ch. 11:12; Rom. 3:22-24; Eph. 3:6; [ch. 10:28, 34]
  • 9. 15:9 Ps. 51:10; [ch. 26:18; 2 Cor. 7:1; 1 Pet. 1:22]
  • 10. 15:9 See ch. 10:43
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