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Acts 11:18

RepentancePraise and worshipEternal lifeThe stranger and outcast

16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

17 So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

19 Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

20 But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

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BSB
When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
KJV
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
WEB
When they heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”
ASV
And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.
DARBY
And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life.
BLB
And having heard these things, they were silent and glorified God, saying, “Then indeed God has given also to the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
ÅB
Da de hørte dette, slo de seg til ro, og de priste Gud og sa: Så har da Gud også gitt hedningene omvendelsen til livet.
OTB
Da de hørte dette, roet de seg og priste Gud, og sa: “Så har Gud også gitt hedningene omvendelse som fører til liv.”
B1930
Da de hørte dette, slo de sig til ro, og de priste Gud og sa: Så har da Gud også gitt hedningene omvendelsen til livet.

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