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At the meeting, after a long discussion, Peter stood and addressed them as follows: “Brothers, you all know that God chose me from among you some time ago to preach to the Gentiles so that they could hear the Good News and believe.
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God knows people’s hearts, and he confirmed that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.
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He made no distinction between us and them, for he cleansed their hearts through faith.
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So why are you now challenging God by burdening the Gentile believers with a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors were able to bear?
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We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.”