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After they had all talked about this problem for a long time, Peter stood up to speak.[a] He said, ‘My friends, you know that, a long time ago, God chose me from among all you leaders. He wanted me to teach Gentiles the good news about Jesus. God wanted them to hear his message and to believe in Jesus. God knows what people truly believe. He showed clearly that he accepts Gentile believers as his people. He gave his Holy Spirit to them in the same way that he did for us. He made no difference between them and us. When they believed in Jesus, he saved them. He made them clean inside.

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  1. 15:7 Peter was one of the apostles.