Acts 11:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 10:47 : 47 Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?
  • Matt 20:14-15 : 14 Take what is yours, and go away; it is my pleasure to give to this last, even as to you. 15 Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.
  • Acts 10:45 : 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,
  • Acts 11:15 : 15 And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.
  • Acts 15:8-9 : 8 And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us; 9 Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.
  • Rom 9:15-16 : 15 For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity. 16 So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.
  • Rom 9:20-26 : 20 But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so? 21 Or has not the potter the right to make out of one part of his earth a vessel for honour, and out of another a vessel for shame? 22 What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction: 23 And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory, 24 Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles? 25 As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved. 26 And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.
  • Rom 11:34-36 : 34 Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes? 35 Or who has first given to him, and it will be given back to him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.
  • Job 9:12-14 : 12 If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing? 13 God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him. 14 How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?
  • Job 33:13 : 13 Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
  • Job 40:8-9 : 8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld. 9 Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 11:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

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

    16 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.

  • Acts 11:18
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    18 And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

  • Acts 10:44-47
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    76%

    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?

  • 1 Cor 15:9-11
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    9 For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

    10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

    11 If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • Acts 15:7-8
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    7 And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith.

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

  • Gal 2:6-9
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    6 But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

    7 But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision

    8 (Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

    9 When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

  • Acts 15:10-12
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    73%

    10 Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?

    11 But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.

    12 And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.

  • Acts 11:1
    73%

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

  • Rom 15:15-18
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    73%

    15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

    16 To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

    17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

    18 And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

  • Acts 11:23
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    23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

  • 2 Cor 11:5
    72%

    5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

  • Gal 2:14
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    14 But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?

  • Eph 3:7
    72%

    7 Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

  • 1 Cor 3:5
    72%

    5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

  • Acts 19:2-3
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    72%

    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.

  • 2 Cor 11:7
    72%

    7 Or did I do wrong in making myself low so that you might be lifted up, because I gave you the good news of God without reward?

  • Acts 10:29
    71%

    29 And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?

  • Acts 11:12
    71%

    12 And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house:

  • Acts 11:21
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    21 And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

  • Acts 14:27
    71%

    27 And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 8:17
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    17 Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.

  • Acts 14:3
    70%

    3 So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

  • Rom 11:13
    70%

    13 But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

  • Acts 21:19
    70%

    19 And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

  • Acts 13:46
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    46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

  • Gal 2:11
    70%

    11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.

  • Gal 1:24
    70%

    24 And they gave glory to God in me.

  • 1 Tim 1:12
    70%

    12 I give praise to him who gave me power, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he took me to be true, making me his servant,

  • Acts 13:48
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    48 And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.

  • Acts 18:27
    70%

    27 And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

  • Acts 22:19
    70%

    19 And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

  • Acts 26:19
    70%

    19 So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;

  • Gal 1:16
    70%

    16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

  • Acts 26:17
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    17 And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,