7 After there had been much (A)debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brethren, you know that (a)in the early days (B)God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of (C)the gospel and believe. 8 And God, (D)who knows the heart, testified to them (E)giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; 9 and (F)He made no distinction between us and them, (G)cleansing their hearts by faith.

Footnotes:

a. Acts 15:7: ['Lit ', from days of old]

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