And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning.

So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us,

and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.

Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?

For He says to Moses, I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.

and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand unto glory,

whom He also called, not only of us Jews, but also of the Gentiles?

For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become His counselor?

For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?

If He takes away, who can repulse Him? Who can say to Him, What are You doing?

How then can I answer Him, and choose my words before Him?

Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give account to you of His business.

Shall the one who contends with the Almighty find fault? He who reproves God, let him testify.

Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me so that you may be justified?

Have you an arm like the Mighty God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

And all those living in the earth are counted as nothing. And He does according to His will in the army of Heaven, and among those living in the earth. And no one is able to restrain His hand or say to Him, What are You doing?

No, rather, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?

What if God, determining to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath rendered fit unto destruction,

whom He also called, not only of us Jews, but also of the Gentiles?

And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, There they shall be called, Sons of the living God.