Acts 15:8–9
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15:8And God, who knows the heart,25 has testified26 to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,2715:9and he made no distinction28 between them and us, cleansing29 their hearts by faith.
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- 25 The expression who knows the heart means “who knows what people think.”
- 26 Or “has borne witness.”
- 27 By giving them … just as he did to us. The allusion is to the events of Acts 10–11, esp. 10:44–48 and Peter’s remarks in 11:15–18.
- 28 διακρίνω 1.b lists this passage under the meaning “to conclude that there is a difference, make a distinction, differentiate.”
- 29 Or “purifying.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us. He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
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NLTNew Living Translation
God knows people’s hearts, and he confirmed that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us. He made no distinction between us and them, for he cleansed their hearts through faith.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us. And he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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