⁴⁷ Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?

³⁶ And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?

²⁴ Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.

²⁵ And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.

²⁶ Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.

⁴ And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.

¹² But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, a number of men and women had baptism.

¹⁵ And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.

¹⁶ And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

⁸ And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

⁹ Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.

¹¹ And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account;

¹² And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name: