Acts 11:15-18

15As I began to speak, athe Holy Spirit fell on them bjust as on us at the beginning. 16And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, cJohn baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17If then dGod gave ethe same gift to them as he gave to us fwhen we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, gwho was I hthat I could stand in God’s way?” 18When they heard these things they fell silent. And they iglorified God, saying, jThen to the Gentiles also God has kgranted lrepentance that leads to life.”

Acts 15:7-8

7And after there had been much mdebate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, nthat by my mouth the Gentiles should hear othe word of pthe gospel and believe. 8And God, qwho knows the heart, rbore witness to them, sby giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,
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