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The Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Difference between revisions
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F.F. Bruce comments on this passage thusly: | F.F. Bruce comments on this passage thusly: | ||
:The seal of the Spirit was received by the Gentiles here addressed as it had been received earlier by Jewish Christians—'''when they believed'''. The verbal form used here is identical with that found in Acts 19:2, where Paul at Ephesus asks a group of “disciples” if they received the Holy Spirit when they believed; it is a participial form meaning “having believed” or “on believing.<ref>F. F. Bruce, The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1984), 265.<ref> | :The seal of the Spirit was received by the Gentiles here addressed as it had been received earlier by Jewish Christians—'''when they believed'''. The verbal form used here is identical with that found in Acts 19:2, where Paul at Ephesus asks a group of “disciples” if they received the Holy Spirit when they believed; it is a participial form meaning “having believed” or “on believing.<ref>F. F. Bruce, The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1984), 265.</ref> | ||
And Peter O'Brien is clearly in agreement with this interpretation: | And Peter O'Brien is clearly in agreement with this interpretation: | ||