Acts 11:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ If then God gave to them the same Gift [equally] as He gave to us when we believed in (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on) the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I and what power or authority had I to interfere or hinder or forbid or withstand God?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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?

Common English Bible

¹⁷ If God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, then who am I? Could I stand in God’s way?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Therefore, if God gave them the same grace, as also to us, who have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I would be able to prohibit God?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ If then God gave them the same grace, as to us also who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I, that could withstand God?

Acts 11:17 Cross References

Job 33:13

Why do you contend against him, saying, ‘He will answer none of my words’?

Job 40:2

“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

Daniel 4:35

all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing; and he does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What doest thou?”

Acts 10:45

And the believers from among the circumcised who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

Acts 10:47

“Can any one forbid water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

Acts 11:15

As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning.

Acts 5:39

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!”