Acts 15:4-9

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⁴ When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.^(A)

⁵ Then some of the believers who belonged to the party^(B) of the Pharisees^(C) stood up and said, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.”^(D)

⁶ The apostles and elders met to consider this question. ⁷ After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.^{(E) 8} God, who knows the heart,^(F) showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them,^(G) just as he did to us. ⁹ He did not discriminate between us and them,^(H) for he purified their hearts by faith.^(I)