Act 10:47
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
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And as they went on {their} way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, {here is} water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as {he did} unto us;
And Abraham {was} ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which {he had yet} being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: {teach...: or, make disciples, or, Christians of all nations}
And as they went on {their} way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, {here is} water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
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?
And when he had said this, he breathed on {them}, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as {he did} unto us;
Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.