And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him,

saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!"

"Then He said to me, 'Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

Now they were listening to him until this statement, and they lifted their voice saying, "Take away such a [man] from the earth, for it is not fitting [for] him to live!"

Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.

And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He was speaking with a woman; however no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why are You speaking with her?"

Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, and it was early morning. But they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium, lest they might be defiled, but so that they might eat the Passover.

For before certain [men] came from James, he would eat together with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to draw back and began to separate himself, fearing those of the circumcision party.

But when I saw that they did not act rightly with respect to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live in Gentile fashion and not in Jewish fashion, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as Jews?

And a voice [spoke] again the second [time] to him, "That which God has made clean, you must not make common."

And Peter, opening his mouth, said: "In truth I comprehend that God is not One to show partiality.

"But the voice answered me a second [time] from heaven, 'What God has made clean, you must not call common.'

And God, the knower of hearts, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as also [He did] to us,

and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

who say, Depart from me, draw not near to me, for I am pure. This is the smoke of My wrath, a fire burns with it continually.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men--swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

that the Gentiles should be joint-heirs, and of the same body, and joint-partakers in His promise in Christ by the gospel,

of which I became a minister according to the free gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the working of His power.