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After there had beenmuch1debate, Peterstood up and said to them, "Brethren*, you know that in the earlydays2Godmade a choiceamong you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of 3the gospel and believe.
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"And God, 4whoknows the heart, testified to them 5giving them the HolySpirit, just as He also did to us;
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and 6He madenodistinctionbetween us and them, 7cleansing their hearts by faith.
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"Nowthereforewhy do you 8putGod to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yokewhich9neither our fathersnor we have beenable to bear?
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"But we believe that we are savedthrough10the grace of the LordJesus, in the sameway as they also are."