⁷ After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: “Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.^{(A) 8} God, who knows the heart,^(B) showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them,^(C) just as he did to us. ⁹ He did not discriminate between us and them,^(D) for he purified their hearts by faith.^{(E) 10} Now then, why do you try to test God^(F) by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke^(G) that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? ¹¹ No! We believe it is through the grace^(H) of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”