「既然這些人已經和我們一樣領受了聖靈，誰能阻止他們接受洗禮呢？」

于是彼得说：“这些人既受了圣灵，与我们一样，谁能禁止用水给他们施洗呢？”

“这些人既受了圣灵，跟我们一样，谁能阻止用水给他们施洗呢？”

“这些人既受了圣灵，跟我们一样，谁能阻止用水给他们施洗呢？”

“既然这些人已经和我们一样领受了圣灵，谁能阻止他们接受洗礼呢？”

“这些人既然领受了圣灵，跟我们一样，谁能禁止他们受水的洗礼呢？”

“这些人就像我们一样也领受了圣灵，到底谁能阻止用水给他们施洗呢？”

於是彼得說：「這些人既受了聖靈，與我們一樣，誰能禁止用水給他們施洗呢？」

「這些人既受了聖靈，跟我們一樣，誰能阻止用水給他們施洗呢？」

「這些人既受了聖靈，跟我們一樣，誰能阻止用水給他們施洗呢？」

“這些人既然領受了聖靈，跟我們一樣，誰能禁止他們受水的洗禮呢？”

於是彼得應時說：『這些人既受了聖靈跟我們一樣，誰能攔阻他們不受水的洗禮呢？』

「這些人就像我們一樣也領受了聖靈，到底誰能阻止用水給他們施洗呢？」

彼得曰、斯人既受聖神如我儕然、以水與之施洗、孰能禁之、

彼得曰、此人既受聖神、如我儕然、以水施洗、孰能禦之、

彼得曰、此人既受聖神、如我儕然、則以水施之洗禮、孰能禁之乎、

於是伯鐸祿曰：『彼等既領聖神、與吾儕無異、孰能禁水而不為施洗耶？』

“ Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.”

“ Surely no one can keep these people from being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.”

“ Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

“ Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?”

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

“ Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

“ Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

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

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

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

“ No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

“ Can anyone forbid these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just like us.”

他們往前走的時候，經過一處有水的地方，太監說：「你看，這裡有水，我可以在這裡接受洗禮嗎？」

後來，他們相信了腓利所傳關於上帝的國度和耶穌基督的福音，男男女女都接受了洗禮。

猶太人和希臘人並沒有分別，因為主是所有人的主，祂厚待所有求告祂的人，

洞悉人心的上帝把聖靈賜給他們，正如賜給我們一樣，以表明祂也接納外族人。上帝對他們和我們一視同仁，祂因他們的信心而潔淨了他們的心靈。

亞伯拉罕接受割禮的時候九十九歲。他的兒子以實瑪利接受割禮的時候十三歲。他們父子二人就在那天接受了割禮。

大家都被聖靈充滿，得到聖靈所賜的才能，說起別的語言來。

「我開口講話時，聖靈降在他們身上，跟當初降在我們身上的情形一模一樣。我就想起主的話，『約翰用水施洗，但你們要受聖靈的洗禮。』既然上帝給他們恩賜，就如我們信主耶穌基督時給我們一樣，我是誰，怎能攔阻上帝？」

他後來受割禮只不過是一個記號，表明他在受割禮前已經因信而被稱為義人了。他因此成為一切未受割禮的信徒之父，使這些人也可以被算為義人。