Act 15:7-9 | NASB2020 | STEP | After there had been much debate , Peter stood up and said to them, “ Brothers , you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe .

Acts 15:7-9

7 After there had been much ^adebate, Peter stood up and said to them, “ ^{▼▼Lit Men, brothers}Brothers, you know that ^{▼▼Lit from days of old}in the early days ^dGod made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of ^ethe gospel and believe. 8 And God, ^fwho knows the heart, testified to them ^ggiving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; 9 and ^hHe made no distinction between us and them, ⁱcleansing their hearts by faith.