Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law of Moses? Of course not! You received the Spirit because you believed the message you heard about Christ.

我只要问你们这一件：你们受了圣灵，是因行律法呢？是因听信福音呢？

这是我惟一要问你们的：你们领受了圣灵，是因律法的行为或是因听信福音呢？

这是我惟一要问你们的：你们领受了圣灵，是因律法的行为或是因听信福音呢？

我只想问，你们领受了圣灵是靠遵行律法呢，还是因为相信所听见的福音呢？

我只想问你们这一点：你们接受了圣灵，是靠着行律法，还是因为信所听见的福音呢？

我只想请教你们这一点：你们领受了圣灵，是本于律法上的行为，还是本于信而听从呢？

我只要問你們這一件：你們受了聖靈，是因行律法呢？是因聽信福音呢？

這是我惟一要問你們的：你們領受了聖靈，是因律法的行為或是因聽信福音呢？

這是我惟一要問你們的：你們領受了聖靈，是因律法的行為或是因聽信福音呢？

我只想問，你們領受了聖靈是靠遵行律法呢，還是因為相信所聽見的福音呢？

我只想問你們這一點：你們接受了聖靈，是靠著行律法，還是因為信所聽見的福音呢？

單單這一點我要問你們：你們從前領受了聖靈，是由於行律法麼？還是由於聽受而信呢？

我只想請教你們這一點：你們領受了聖靈，是本於律法上的行為，還是本於信而聽從呢？

我試問爾、爾受聖神由行律乎、抑由聞而信乎、

我試問爾、爾之受聖神、恃法乎、抑信主乎、

我但問爾、爾受聖神、乃由行律法乎、抑由聽信福音乎、

予但問爾、爾之領受聖神，由遵行律法乎？抑由篤信福音乎？

I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?

I would like to learn just one thing from you. Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law? Or did you receive the Spirit by believing what you heard?

Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?

I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?

This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

This only would I learn from you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard?

I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

But not everyone welcomes the Good News, for Isaiah the prophet said,“ Lord, who has believed our message?”So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.

Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.

God knows people’s hearts, and he confirmed that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.

And God confirmed the message by giving signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever he chose.

“ Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” he asked them.“ No,” they replied,“ we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”“ Then what baptism did you experience?” he asked. And they replied,“ The baptism of John.”Paul said,“ John’s baptism called for repentance from sin. But John himself told the people to believe in the one who would come later, meaning Jesus.”As soon as they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.Then when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in other tongues and prophesied.

Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the message.The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles, too.For they heard them speaking in other tongues and praising God. Then Peter asked,“ Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?”

As soon as they arrived, they prayed for these new believers to receive the Holy Spirit.

Peter replied,“ Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ.

“ As I began to speak,” Peter continued,“ the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as he fell on us at the beginning.Then I thought of the Lord’s words when he said,‘ John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’And since God gave these Gentiles the same gift he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God’s way?”When the others heard this, they stopped objecting and began praising God. They said,“ We can see that God has also given the Gentiles the privilege of repenting of their sins and receiving eternal life.”

For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened— those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit,

And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.

This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say,“ It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”

A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge.The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing.He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said.It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ.Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.

They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.

You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed.