Acts 11:17

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?

Forasmuch {G1487} then {G3767} as {G5613} God {G2316} gave {G1325} them {G846} the like {G2470} gift {G1431} as {G2532} he did unto us {G2254}, who believed {G4100} on {G1909} the Lord {G2962} Jesus {G2424} Christ {G5547};{G1161} what {G5101} was {G2252} I {G1473}, that I could {G1415} withstand {G2967} God {G2316}?

Therefore, if God gave them the same gift as he gave us after we had come to put our trust in the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who was I to stand in God’s way?”

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?”

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?

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Cross-References

  • Acts 10:47 (7 votes)

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

  • Romans 9:20 (5 votes)

    Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed [it], Why hast thou made me thus?

  • Romans 9:26 (5 votes)

    And it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

  • Job 33:13 (3 votes)

    Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

  • Romans 11:34 (3 votes)

    For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

  • Romans 11:36 (3 votes)

    For of him, and through him, and to him, [are] all things: to whom [be] glory for ever. Amen.

  • Acts 15:8 (3 votes)

    And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;