² Let me ask you only this: ^(A)Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by ^(B)hearing with faith?

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.

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.

⁸ 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,

⁵ 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—

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.

^4 (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.

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?”

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