Acts 8:21

21 "You have 1no part or portion in this matter, for your heart is not 2right before God.

Acts 8:21 In-Context

19 saying, "Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."
20 But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
21 "You have no part or portion in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.
22 "Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.
23 "For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."

Cross References 2

  • 1. Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 12:12; Ephesians 5:5
  • 2. Psalms 78:37

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "teaching;" lit "word"
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