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

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16 But (A)they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, (B)“Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So (C)faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

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14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might (A)come to the Gentiles, so that (B)we might receive (C)the promised Spirit[a] through faith.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:14 Greek receive the promise of the Spirit

And he said to them, (A)“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, (B)we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” And he said, (C)“Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into (D)John's baptism.” And Paul said, (E)“John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people (F)to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” On hearing this, (G)they were baptized in[a] the name of the Lord Jesus. And (H)when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and (I)they began speaking in tongues and (J)prophesying.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:5 Or into

And God, (A)who knows the heart, (B)bore witness to them, (C)by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

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(A)while God also bore witness (B)by signs and wonders and various miracles and by (C)gifts of the Holy Spirit (D)distributed according to his will.

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The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles

44 While Peter was still saying these things, (A)the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. 45 And the believers from among (B)the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because (C)the gift of the Holy Spirit (D)was poured out even on the Gentiles. 46 For they were hearing them (E)speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, 47 (F)“Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit (G)just as we have?”

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15 who came down and prayed for them (A)that they might receive the Holy Spirit,

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For it is impossible, in the case of those (A)who have once been enlightened, who have tasted (B)the heavenly gift, and (C)have shared in the Holy Spirit,

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13 In him you also, when you heard (A)the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, (B)were sealed with the (C)promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is (D)the guarantee[a] of our (E)inheritance until (F)we acquire (G)possession of it,[b] (H)to the praise of his glory.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:14 Or down payment
  2. Ephesians 1:14 Or until God redeems his possession

Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and (A)works miracles among you do so (B)by works of the law, or by hearing with faith—

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15 As I began to speak, (A)the Holy Spirit fell on them (B)just as on us at the beginning. 16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, (C)‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 If then (D)God gave (E)the same gift to them as he gave to us (F)when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, (G)who was I (H)that I could stand in God's way?” 18 When they heard these things they fell silent. And they (I)glorified God, saying, (J)“Then to the Gentiles also God has (K)granted (L)repentance that leads to life.”

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38 And Peter said to them, (A)“Repent and (B)be baptized every one of you (C)in the name of Jesus Christ (D)for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive (E)the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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17 For in it (A)the righteousness of God is revealed (B)from faith for faith,[a] (C)as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:17 Or beginning and ending in faith
  2. Romans 1:17 Or The one who by faith is righteous shall live

12 (A)It was revealed to them that (B)they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you (C)by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, (D)things into which angels long to look.

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(A)To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of (B)wisdom, and to another the utterance of (C)knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another (D)faith by the same Spirit, to another (E)gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another (F)the working of miracles, to another (G)prophecy, to another (H)the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another (I)various kinds of tongues, to another (J)the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, (K)who apportions to each one individually (L)as he wills.

One Body with Many Members

12 For just as (M)the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, (N)so it is with Christ. 13 For (O)in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—(P)Jews or Greeks, slaves[a] or free—and (Q)all were made to drink of one Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 12:13 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

For if someone comes and (A)proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept (B)a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.

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