4. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.
5. But some of the believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses! ”
6. Then the apostles and the elders assembled to consider this matter.
7. After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them: “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.
8. And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us.
9. He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
10. Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?
11. On the contrary, we believe we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way they are.”