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Acts 11:17

So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

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ASV

If then God gave unto them the like gift as he did also unto us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?

KJV

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?

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25 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
εἰeiIfG1487 →
οὖνounthenG3767 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
ἴσηνisēnsameG2470 →
δωρεὰνdōreangiftG1431 →
ἔδωκενedōkenhas givenG1325 →
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
θεὸςtheosGodG2316 →
ὡςhōsasG5613 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
ἡμῖν,hēminto usG3165 →
πιστεύσασινpisteusasinhaving believedG4100 →
ἐπὶepionG1909 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
κύριονkurionLordG2962 →
ἸησοῦνIēsounJesusG2424 →
Χριστόν,ChristonChrist,G5547 →
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473 →
τίςtishowG5101 →
ἤμηνēmēnwasG1510 →
δυνατὸςdunatosableG1415 →
κωλῦσαιkōlusaito forbidG2967 →
τὸνton<the>G3588 →
θεόν;¶theonGod?G2316 →

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Acts 10:47“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”Romans 9:20–26But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”Acts 8:20But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!Isaiah 60:5Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.Romans 14:4Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.Romans 11:34–36“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”Acts 15:8–9And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.Job 33:13Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?Romans 9:15–16For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”2 Chronicles 20:6and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.Hebrews 6:4It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,Job 40:8–9Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?Acts 10:45All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”Acts 11:15As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.Job 9:12–14If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’Acts 5:39But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”

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