Acts 10:47

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

““Can anyone forbid these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just like us.””

— WEB

“Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?”

— KJV

“Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?”

— ASV

Acts 8:36 "As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?”"
Acts 11:15-17 "As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning."
Romans 10:12 "For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him."
Acts 15:8-9 "God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us."
Genesis 17:24-26 "Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin."
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."
Acts 8:12 "But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning God’s Kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and…"
Romans 4:11 "He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might…"

which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we--and are thus, in all that is essential to salvation, on a level with ourselves.

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