Act 15:8-9, Heb 9:13, 23, 1Pe 1:22 | ESV | STEP | And God , who knows the heart , bore witness to them , by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us ,

Acts 15:8-9

8 And God, ^awho knows the heart, ^bbore witness to them, ^cby giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, 9 and ^dhe made no distinction between us and them, ^ehaving cleansed their hearts ^fby faith.

Hebrews 9:13

13 For if ^gthe blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with ^hthe ashes of a heifer, sanctify ^{▼▼Or For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies} for the purification of the flesh,

Hebrews 9:23

23 Thus it was necessary for ^jthe copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

1 Peter 1:22

22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for ^ka sincere brotherly love, ^llove one another earnestly from a pure heart,