New International Reader's Version

Acts 11:13-18 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

13. He told us how he had seen an angel appear in his house. The angel said, 'Send to Joppa for Simon Peter.

14. He has a message to bring to you. You and your whole family will be saved through it.'

15. "As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them. He came just as he had come on us at the beginning.

16. Then I remembered the Lord's words. 'John baptized with water,' he had said. 'But you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

17. God gave them the same gift he gave those of us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. So who was I to think that I could oppose God?"

18. When they heard this, they didn't object anymore. They praised God. They said, "So then, God has allowed even those who aren't Jews to turn away from their sins and live."