Acts 15:8
“And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;”
And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
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.
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
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?
Related Verses
“And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.”
“Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.”
“Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:”
“And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
“While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.”