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After a lot of debating, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know what happened some time ago. God chose me so that people who aren't Jewish could hear the Good News and believe.
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God, who knows everyone's thoughts, showed that he approved of people who aren't Jewish by giving them the Holy Spirit as he gave the Holy Spirit to us.
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God doesn't discriminate between Jewish and non-Jewish people. He has cleansed non-Jewish people through faith as he has cleansed us Jews.
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So why are you testing God? You're putting a burden on the disciples, a burden neither our ancestors nor we can carry.
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We certainly believe that the Lord Jesus saves us the same way that he saves them--through his kindness."