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And God, who knoweth the hearts, gave testimony, giving unto them the Holy Ghost, as well as to us:
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And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
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Now therefore, why tempt you God to put a yoke upon the necks of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
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But by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we believe to be saved, in like manner as they also.
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And all the multitude held their peace: and they heard Barnabas and Paul telling what great signs and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
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And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying: Men, brethren, hear me.
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Simon hath related how God first visited to take to the Gentiles, a people to his name.
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And to this agree the words of the prophets, as it is written:
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After these things I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down: and the ruins thereof I will rebuild. And I will set it up:
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That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, and all nations upon whom my name is invoked, saith the Lord, who doth these things.
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To the Lord was his own work known from the beginning of the world.