I would like to learn just one thing from you. Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law? Or did you receive the Spirit by believing what you heard?

我只要问你们这一件：你们受了圣灵，是因行律法呢？是因听信福音呢？

这是我惟一要问你们的：你们领受了圣灵，是因律法的行为或是因听信福音呢？

这是我惟一要问你们的：你们领受了圣灵，是因律法的行为或是因听信福音呢？

我只想问，你们领受了圣灵是靠遵行律法呢，还是因为相信所听见的福音呢？

我只想问你们这一点：你们接受了圣灵，是靠着行律法，还是因为信所听见的福音呢？

我只想请教你们这一点：你们领受了圣灵，是本于律法上的行为，还是本于信而听从呢？

我只要問你們這一件：你們受了聖靈，是因行律法呢？是因聽信福音呢？

這是我惟一要問你們的：你們領受了聖靈，是因律法的行為或是因聽信福音呢？

這是我惟一要問你們的：你們領受了聖靈，是因律法的行為或是因聽信福音呢？

我只想問，你們領受了聖靈是靠遵行律法呢，還是因為相信所聽見的福音呢？

我只想問你們這一點：你們接受了聖靈，是靠著行律法，還是因為信所聽見的福音呢？

單單這一點我要問你們：你們從前領受了聖靈，是由於行律法麼？還是由於聽受而信呢？

我只想請教你們這一點：你們領受了聖靈，是本於律法上的行為，還是本於信而聽從呢？

我試問爾、爾受聖神由行律乎、抑由聞而信乎、

我試問爾、爾之受聖神、恃法乎、抑信主乎、

我但問爾、爾受聖神、乃由行律法乎、抑由聽信福音乎、

予但問爾、爾之領受聖神，由遵行律法乎？抑由篤信福音乎？

I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?

Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law of Moses? Of course not! You received the Spirit because you believed the message you heard about Christ.

I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?

This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

This only would I learn from you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

But not all the people of Israel accepted the good news. Isaiah says,“ Lord, who has believed our message?”( Isaiah 53:1)So faith comes from hearing the message. And the message that is heard is the message about Christ.

Christ Jesus set us free so that the blessing given to Abraham would come to the Gentiles through Christ. He did it so that we might receive the promise of the Holy Spirit. The promised Spirit comes by believing in Christ.

God knows the human heart. By giving the Holy Spirit to the Gentiles, he showed that he accepted them. He did the same for them as he had done for us.

God showed that this message is true by signs and wonders. He showed that it’s true by different kinds of miracles. God also showed that this message is true by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. God gave them out as it pleased him.

He asked them,“ Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?”“ No,” they answered.“ We haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”So Paul asked,“ Then what baptism did you receive?”“ John’s baptism,” they replied.Paul said,“ John baptized people, calling them to turn away from their sins. He told them to believe in the one who was coming after him. Jesus is that one.”After hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.Paul placed his hands on them. Then the Holy Spirit came on them. They spoke in languages they had not known before. They also prophesied.

While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message.Some Jewish believers had come with Peter. They were amazed because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.They heard them speaking in languages they had not known before. They also heard them praising God. Then Peter said,“ Surely no one can keep these people from being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.”

When they arrived there, they prayed for the new believers. They prayed that they would receive the Holy Spirit.

Peter replied,“ All of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then your sins will be forgiven. You will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

So I ask you again, how does God give you his Spirit? How does he work miracles among you? Is it by doing what the law says? Or is it by believing what you have heard?

“ As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them. He came just as he had come on us at the beginning.Then I remembered the Lord’s words.‘ John baptized with water,’ he had said.‘ But you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’God gave them the same gift he gave those of us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. So who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”When they heard this, they didn’t object anymore. They praised God. They said,“ So then, God has allowed even Gentiles to turn away from their sins. He did this so that they could live.”

What if some people fall away from the faith? It won’t be possible to bring them back. It is true that they have seen the light. They have tasted the heavenly gift. They have shared in the Holy Spirit.

You also became believers in Christ. That happened when you heard the message of truth. It was the good news about how you could be saved. When you believed, he stamped you with an official mark. That official mark is the Holy Spirit that he promised.The Spirit marks us as God’s own. We can now be sure that someday we will receive all that God has promised. That will happen after God sets all his people completely free. All these things will bring praise to his glory.

The good news shows God’s power to make people right with himself. God’s power to be made right with him is given to the person who has faith. It happens by faith from beginning to end. It is written,“ The one who is right with God will live by faith.”( Habakkuk 2:4)

The Holy Spirit is given to each of us in a special way. That is for the good of all.To some people the Spirit gives a message of wisdom. To others the same Spirit gives a message of knowledge.To others the same Spirit gives faith. To others that one Spirit gives gifts of healing.To others he gives the power to do miracles. To others he gives the ability to prophesy. To others he gives the ability to tell the spirits apart. To others he gives the ability to speak in different kinds of languages they had not known before. And to still others he gives the ability to explain what was said in those languages.All the gifts are produced by one and the same Spirit. He gives gifts to each person, just as he decides.There is one body, but it has many parts. But all its many parts make up one body. It is the same with Christ.We were all baptized by one Holy Spirit. And so we are formed into one body. It didn’t matter whether we were Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free people. We were all given the same Spirit to drink.

It was made known to the prophets that they were not serving themselves. Instead, they were serving you when they spoke about the things that you have now heard. Those who have preached the good news to you have told you these things. They have done it with the help of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

Suppose someone comes to you and preaches about a Jesus different from the Jesus we preached about. Or suppose you receive a spirit different from the Spirit you received before. Or suppose you receive a different message of good news. Suppose it was different from the one you accepted earlier. You put up with those kinds of things easily enough.