Acts 15:7-11

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.

10 Now, therefore, why ¹¹are you putting God to the test ¹²by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples ¹³that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

11 But we ¹⁴believe that we will be ¹⁵saved through ¹⁶the grace of the Lord Jesus, ¹⁷just as they will."

Cross References

• 1. ver. 2
• 2. Acts 10:20
• 3. [Ephesians 1:13; Colossians 1:5; 1 Thessalonians 1:5]
• 4. Acts 20:24
• 5. Acts 1:24
• 6. Acts 14:3
• 7. Acts 10:44, 47; Acts 11:15, 17; [ver. 28; Galatians 3:2]
• 8. Acts 11:12; Romans 3:22-24; Ephesians 3:6; [Acts 10:28, 34]
• 9. Psalms 51:10; [Acts 26:18; 2 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Peter 1:22]
• 10. See Acts 10:43
• 11. Psalms 106:14; Isaiah 7:12
• 12. Galatians 5:1; [ver. 28]
• 13. [Matthew 11:28; Matthew 23:4; Luke 11:46]
• 14. [Acts 16:31]
• 15. Ephesians 2:5, 8; 2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 2:11; Titus 3:7; [Romans 3:24; 1 Thessalonians 5:9]
• 16. Romans 5:15
• 17. [See ver. 9 above]