¹⁵ And as I began to speak, ^(A)the Holy Spirit fell upon them just ^(B)as He did upon us at the beginning. ¹⁶ And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, ‘^(C)John baptized with water, but you will be baptized ^[a]with the Holy Spirit.’ ¹⁷ Therefore, if ^(D)God gave them the same gift as He also gave to us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, ^(E)who was I that I could ^[b]stand in God’s way?”