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34 Peter said, "I really am learning that God doesn't show partiality to one group of people over another.
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Then Peter began to speak to them: "I truly understand that God shows no partiality,
35 Rather, in every nation, whoever worships him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
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but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
36 This is the message of peace he sent to the Israelites by proclaiming the good news through Jesus Christ: He is Lord of all!
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You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all.
37 You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism John preached.
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That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced:
38 You know about Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit and endowed with power. Jesus traveled around doing good and healing everyone oppressed by the devil because God was with him.
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how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
39 We are witnesses of everything he did, both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree,
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We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree;
40 but God raised him up on the third day and allowed him to be seen,
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but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear,
41 not by everyone but by us. We are witnesses whom God chose beforehand, who ate and drank with him after God raised him from the dead.
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not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.
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He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead.
43 All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."
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All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."
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