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1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul took a route through the interior and came to Ephesus, where he found some disciples.
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While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul passed through the interior regions and came to Ephesus, where he found some disciples.
2 He asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you came to believe?" They replied, "We've not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
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He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?" They replied, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
3 Then he said, "What baptism did you receive, then?" They answered, "John's baptism."
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Then he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."
4 Paul explained, "John baptized with a baptism by which people showed they were changing their hearts and lives. It was a baptism that told people about the one who was coming after him. This is the one in whom they were to believe. This one is Jesus."
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Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."
5 After they listened to Paul, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in other languages and prophesying.
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When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied—
7 Altogether, there were about twelve people.
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altogether there were about twelve of them.