Acts 15:7-9 ▼

7 and there having been much disputing, Peter having risen up said to them, “Men, brothers, you know that from former days God made choice among us, through my mouth, for the nations to hear the word of the good news, and to believe;

8 and the heart-knowing God bore them testimony, having given to them the Holy Spirit, even as also to us,

9 and also put no difference between us and them, having purified their hearts by faith;