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Berean Standard Bible

“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?””

Acts 11:17

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Peter is called to account by the Jerusalem believers for eating with Gentiles. He recounts how God gave the Holy Spirit to Cornelius's household just as to the apostles.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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?”

World English Bible (WEB)

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?”

King James Version (KJV)

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?

American Standard Version (ASV)

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?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

if 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?'

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Así que, si Dios les dió el mismo don también como á nosotros que hemos creído en el Señor Jesucristo, ¿quién era yo que pudiese estorbar á Dios?

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Ahora, díganme, si Dios mismo les dio a los gentiles el mismo don que nos dio a nosotros cuando creímos en el Señor Jesucristo, ¿quién era yo para oponerme a Dios?».

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