Acts 11:17

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If then God gave them the same gift that He gave to us after we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God's way?

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  • Acts 10:47 : 47 “Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”
  • Matt 20:14-15 : 14 'Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.' 15 'Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 'But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop it. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.' They were persuaded by him.
  • Acts 10:45 : 45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,
  • Acts 11:15 : 15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had on us at the beginning.
  • Acts 15:8-9 : 8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us. 9 He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
  • Rom 9:15-16 : 15 For he says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' 16 So then, it does not depend on human desire or effort but on God’s mercy.
  • Rom 9:20-26 : 20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its maker, 'Why have you made me like this?' 21 Does not the potter have the right over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? 22 What if God, wishing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction? 23 And what if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of mercy, whom he prepared beforehand for glory— 24 even us, whom he has also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? 25 As he says in Hosea: 'I will call those who were not my people, ‘My people,’ and her who was not beloved, ‘Beloved.’' 26 And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
  • Rom 11:34-36 : 34 Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor? 35 Or who has ever given to Him that God should repay them? 36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.
  • Job 9:12-14 : 12 If He snatches away, who can stop Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing? 13 God will not turn back His anger; even the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath Him. 14 How then can I answer Him? I would choose my words carefully in His presence.
  • Job 33:13 : 13 Why do you contend with Him? For He does not answer all of man's words.
  • Job 40:2 : 2 Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let the one who argues with God answer.
  • Job 40:8-9 : 8 Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified? 9 Do you have an arm like God's, and can your voice thunder like His?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 11:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    15As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had on us at the beginning.

    16Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

  • Acts 11:18
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    18When they heard this, they became silent and glorified God, saying, 'So then, God has granted repentance leading to life even to the Gentiles.'

  • Acts 10:44-47
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    76%

    44While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down on all who were listening to the message.

    45The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,

    46for they were hearing them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter responded:

    47“Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

  • 1 Cor 15:9-11
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    9For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

    10But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

    11Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

  • Acts 15:7-8
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    7After much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose me among you so that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

    8And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us.

  • Gal 2:6-9
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    75%

    6Now from those who seemed to be important—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show partiality—those of reputation contributed nothing to me.

    7On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter was to the circumcised—

    8(For He who worked through Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also worked through me for mine to the Gentiles)—

    9And recognizing the grace given to me, James, Cephas, and John, who were esteemed as pillars, gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, so that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

  • Acts 15:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10Now then, why are you testing God by placing a yoke on the necks of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

    11On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.

    12The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul as they narrated all the signs and wonders that God had done among the Gentiles through them.

  • Acts 11:1
    73%

    1The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that even the Gentiles had accepted the word of God.

  • Rom 15:15-18
    4 verses
    73%

    15Yet I have written to you quite boldly on some points, to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me.

    16To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

    17Therefore, I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

    18I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done.

  • Acts 11:23
    72%

    23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
    72%

    5I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'

  • Gal 2:14
    72%

    14But when I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, 'If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?'

  • Eph 3:7
    72%

    7Of this gospel I became a servant, according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me through the working of His power.

  • 1 Cor 3:5
    72%

    5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each.

  • Acts 19:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2He asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They replied, "We haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

    3Paul then asked, "Into what, then, were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."

  • 2 Cor 11:7
    72%

    7Did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

  • Acts 10:29
    71%

    29That is why I came without objection when I was sent for. Now may I ask why you sent for me?

  • Acts 11:12
    71%

    12The Spirit told me to go with them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house.

  • Acts 11:21
    71%

    21The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

  • Acts 14:27
    71%

    27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

  • Acts 8:17
    71%

    17Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 14:3
    70%

    3So Paul and Barnabas stayed there for a considerable time, speaking boldly in reliance on the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by granting signs and wonders to be done through their hands.

  • Rom 11:13
    70%

    13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry.

  • Acts 21:19
    70%

    19After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of everything God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • Acts 13:46
    70%

    46Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, 'It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are now turning to the Gentiles.'

  • Gal 2:11
    70%

    11But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

  • Gal 1:24
    70%

    24And they glorified God because of me.

  • 1 Tim 1:12
    70%

    12I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, appointing me to His service.

  • Acts 13:48
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    48When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

  • Acts 18:27
    70%

    27When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed.

  • Acts 22:19
    70%

    19But I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You in the synagogues.

  • Acts 26:19
    70%

    19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

  • Gal 1:16
    70%

    16to reveal His Son in me, so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

  • Acts 26:17
    70%

    17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them,