New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Acts 11:17
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So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
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Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as [he did] unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
KJV text & permissions
If then God gave to them the same gift as us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
If then God gave unto them the like gift as [he did] also unto us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?
ASV text & permissions
If, then, God gave to them the same gift as also to us having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how was I able to forbid God?”
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Acts 11
15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
17 So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
18 When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
19 Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
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