Acts 15:7-9

7After 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.

8And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us.

9He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.