Acts 15:6-13
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6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
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7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
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8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
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9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
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10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
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11 But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
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12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
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13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: