Acts 11:17

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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?

And, as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as also on us at the beginning;

And the heart-knowing God bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as to us:

Take up your own, and go. But I will to give to the last even as to you:

For He saith to Moses, "I will have mercy on whomsoever I have mercy; and I will have compassion on whomsoever I have compassion."

For who knew the mind of the Lord? Or who became His counsellor?

"Can any one forbid the water, that these should not be immersed, who, indeed, received the Holy Spirit as well as we?"

Nay but, O man, who are you that reply against God ? Shall the thing formed say to Him Who formed it, "Why didst Thou make me thus?"

"Can any one forbid the water, that these should not be immersed, who, indeed, received the Holy Spirit as well as we?"