Acts 15:8

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.”

— WEB

“And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;”

— KJV

“And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;”

— ASV

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Acts 1:24 "They prayed, and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen"
Acts 10:47 "“Can anyone forbid these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just like us.”"
Hebrews 4:13 "There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an…"
Acts 14:3 "Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders …"
Acts 2:4 "They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak."
Jeremiah 11:20 "But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have rev…"
Jeremiah 17:10 "“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”"
Acts 11:15-17 "As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning."

Commentary

God, which knoweth the hearts--implying that the real question for admission to full standing in the visible Church is the state of the heart. Hence, though that cannot be known by men, no principle of admission to church privileges which reverses this can be sound.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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