Acts 15:7-11

7 and after there had been a long discussion Peter rose to his feet. "It is within your own knowledge," he said, "that God originally made choice among you that from my lips the Gentiles were to hear the Message of the Good News, and believe.

8 And God, who knows all hearts, gave His testimony in their favour by bestowing the Holy Spirit on them just as He did on us;

9 and He made no difference between us and them, in that He cleansed their hearts by their faith.

10 Now, therefore, why try an experiment upon God, by laying on the necks of these disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?

11 On the contrary, we believe that it is by the grace of the Lord Jesus that we, as well as they, shall be saved."