Acts 5:39

WEB

³⁹But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”

KJV

³⁹But if it be of God, ye can not overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

BSB

³⁹But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”

FBV

³⁹But if it comes from God, you won't be able to defeat them. You could even find yourselves fighting against God!”

Related Resources

Five Essentials of Evangelism, Part 1 (Acts 5:11-42) - Grace to You

Extra References

Proverbs 21:30

³⁰There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Isaiah 46:10

¹⁰I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.

Matthew 16:18

¹⁸I also tell you that you are Peter,^[+] and on this rock ^[+] I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades^[+] will not prevail against it.

Acts 11:17

¹⁷If then God gave to them the same gift as us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?”

Acts 7:51

⁵¹“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.

1 Corinthians 1:25

²⁵because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Luke 21:15

¹⁵for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

Acts 6:10

¹⁰They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

Acts 9:5

⁵He said, “Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

Isaiah 43:13

¹³Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”