'So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God's way?'—Peter's rhetorical argument (epi ti ēmyn to theon kōlyein, 'who was I to resist God?') appeals to divine sovereignty; to refuse Gentiles baptism would be to resist God's own action. The 'same gift' (to ison dōron, 'equal gift') establishes parity and eliminates hierarchy. Peter's humility ('who was I') acknowledges that apostolic authority is subordinate to divine action.

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