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

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？」

「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？」

“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 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.”

As they rode along, they came to some water, and the eunuch said,“ Look! There’s some water! Why can’t I be baptized?”

But now the people believed Philip’s message of Good News concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ. As a result, many men and women were baptized.

Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him.

God knows people’s hearts, and he confirmed that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.He made no distinction between us and them, for he cleansed their hearts through faith.

Abraham was ninety nine years old when he was circumcised,and Ishmael, his son, was thirteen.Both Abraham and his son, Ishmael, were circumcised on that same day,

And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.

“ As I began to speak,” Peter continued,“ the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as he fell on us at the beginning.Then I thought of the Lord’s words when he said,‘ John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’And since God gave these Gentiles the same gift he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God’s way?”

Circumcision was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous— even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are counted as righteous because of their faith.