"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 the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,

[even] us whom He called, not of the Jews only, 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 baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we [have?"]

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

" How then can I answer Him, [And] choose my words [to reason] with Him?

Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.

"Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct [Him?] He who rebukes God, let him answer it."

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

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

All the inhabitants of the earth [are] reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven And [among] the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, "What have You done?"

But indeed, 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, wanting to show [His] wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

[even] us whom He called, not of the Jews only, 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."