17If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?|


In Context

14 who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.'

15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

16 I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'

17 If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?|

18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, |Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!|

19 They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.

Acts 11:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:17Forasmuch 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?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:17So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could oppose God?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:17If then God gave them the same grace, as to us also who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I, that could withstand God?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:17If 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was I to be able to forbid God?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:17If 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did to us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I that I could withstand God?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:17if then the equal gift God did give to them as also to us, having believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, I — how was I able to withstand God?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:17For as much then as God gave them the like gift as he did to us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?