Acts of the Apostles
The Acts of our fathers the apostles, may their blessings be with us.
Acts 15 : 7 - 12
Chapter 15
| 7 | And when there had been much dispute, Peter rose up and said to them: "Men and brethren, you know that a good while ago God chose among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
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| 8 | So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us,
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| 9 | and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
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| 10 | Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on 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 in the same manner as they."
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| 12 | Then all the multitude kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring how many miracles and wonders God had worked through them among the Gentiles.
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The word of the Lord shall grow, multiply, be mighty, and be confirmed, in the holy Church of God.
Amen.
