44:015:007 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
44:015:008 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
44:015:009 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
44:015:010 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
44:015:011 But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
44:015:012 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
44:015:013 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
44:015:014 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
44:015:015 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
44:015:016 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: