Acts 11:15-18

Moffatt(i) 15 Now just as I began to speak, the holy Spirit fell upon them as upon us at the beginning; 16 and I remembered the saying of the Lord, that 'John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the holy Spirit.' 17 Well then, if God has given them exactly the same gift as he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I — how could I try to thwart God?" 18 On hearing this they desisted and glorified God, saying, "So God has actually allowed the Gentiles to repent and live!"