^17 (A)And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and ^(B)laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord ^[a]Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and ^(C)be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

¹⁷ Then ^(A)they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

⁶ whom they set before the apostles; and ^(A)when they had prayed, ^(B)they laid hands on them.

⁴ And ^(A)they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began ^(B)to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

¹² “Then ^(A)a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, ^(B)having a good testimony with all the ^(C)Jews who dwelt there, ¹³ came to me; and he stood and said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight.’ And at that same hour I looked up at him. ¹⁴ Then he said, ^(D)‘The God of our fathers ^(E)has chosen you that you should ^(F)know His will, and ^(G)see the Just One, ^(H)and hear the voice of His mouth.

²² Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, nor ^(A)share in other people’s sins; keep yourself pure.

The Enduring Word

²² Since you ^(A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth ^[a]through the Spirit in ^[b]sincere ^(B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, ^23 (C)having been born again, not of ^[c]corruptible seed but ^[d]incorruptible, ^(D)through the word of God which lives and abides ^[e]forever,

⁵² And the disciples ^(A)were filled with joy and ^(B)with the Holy Spirit.

^2 (A)of the doctrine of baptisms, ^(B)of laying on of hands, ^(C)of resurrection of the dead, ^(D)and of eternal judgment.