Acts 11:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

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  • Acts 1:5 : 5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.
  • Mark 1:8 : 8 I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.
  • Luke 3:16 : 16 John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:
  • Prov 1:23 : 23 Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.
  • Acts 19:2-4 : 2 And he said to them, Did you get the Holy Spirit when you had faith? And they said to him, No, we have had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit. 3 And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John. 4 And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.
  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you.
  • Matt 3:11 : 11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
  • 2 Pet 3:1 : 1 My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;
  • John 16:4 : 4 I have said these things to you so that when the time comes, what I have said may come to your mind. I did not say them to you at the first, because then I was still with you.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.
  • 1 Cor 12:13 : 13 For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.
  • Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit come down on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring. 4 And they will come up like grass in a well-watered field, like water-plants by the streams. 5 One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.
  • Ezek 36:25 : 25 And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.
  • Joel 3:18 : 18 Put in the blade, for the grain is ready: come, get you down, for the wine-crusher is full, the vessels are overflowing; for great is their evil-doing.
  • Luke 24:8 : 8 And his words came back into their minds,
  • John 1:26 : 26 John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;
  • John 1:33 : 33 I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.
  • Titus 3:5-6 : 5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit, 6 Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

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  • Acts 11:14-15
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    14 Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.

    15 And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.

  • Acts 1:4-5
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    4 And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

    5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

  • Mark 1:8-10
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    8 I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

    9 And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

    10 And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove:

  • Acts 19:2-6
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    2 And he said to them, Did you get the Holy Spirit when you had faith? And they said to him, No, we have had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit.

    3 And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.

    4 And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.

    5 And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.

    6 And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.

  • Acts 11:17
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    17 If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

  • Acts 10:44-48
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    44 While Peter was saying these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were hearing the word.

    45 And the Jews of the faith, who had come with Peter, were full of wonder, because the Holy Spirit was given to the Gentiles,

    46 And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God. Then Peter said,

    47 Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?

    48 And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.

  • Acts 8:14-17
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    14 Now when the Apostles at Jerusalem had news that the people of Samaria had taken the word of God into their hearts, they sent to them Peter and John;

    15 Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:

    16 For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

    17 Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.

  • Luke 3:16
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    16 John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

  • John 1:31-33
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    31 I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

    32 And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

    33 I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 2:37-38
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    37 Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?

    38 And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

  • Matt 3:11
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    11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

  • Acts 2:4
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    4 And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

  • Acts 15:8
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    8 And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

  • Acts 2:16
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    16 But this is the thing which was said by the prophet Joel;

  • Acts 22:15-16
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    15 For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.

    16 And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.

  • Acts 1:8
    72%

    8 But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

  • 1 Cor 1:15-16
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    15 So that no one may be able to say that you had baptism in my name.

    16 And I gave baptism to the house of Stephanas; but I am not certain that any others had baptism from me.

  • John 7:39
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    39 This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come.

  • Matt 3:16
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    16 And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;

  • Acts 10:37
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    37 That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11 And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

  • Mark 16:16
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    16 He who has faith and is given baptism will get salvation; but he who has not faith will be judged.

  • John 1:26
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    26 John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;

  • John 3:22
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    22 After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

  • 1 Cor 12:13
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    13 For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.

  • Acts 4:31
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    31 And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.

  • Acts 11:1
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    1 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judaea had news that the word of God had been given to the Gentiles.

  • Mark 10:39
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    39 And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, You will take of the cup from which I take; and the baptism which I am about to undergo you will undergo:

  • Matt 3:13
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    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

  • Acts 8:36
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    36 And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?