Acts 13:46

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”

Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation. I will make you angry with a nation void of understanding.”

I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity,

For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the law shall go out of Zion, and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem.

What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.

God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.

for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and with which they made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Yahweh said to Moses, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.

Yahweh had said to Moses, “Tell the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up among you for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.’ ”

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.

Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with abominations.

I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Yahweh.

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.

“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.

Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’

The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”

Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”

All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.

But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. Therefore he turned and became their enemy, and he himself fought against them.

To whom should I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, Yahweh’s word has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’ ”

As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

In Iconium, they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.”

They, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse, for they are a rebellious house, yet they will know that there has been a prophet among them.

Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn’t turn from his way; he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.

But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.

“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy.

He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard that, they said, “May that never be!”

Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”

if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you,

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”

Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?

The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples, like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!” ’

‘Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’

saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

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

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all—

They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.

When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed God’s word in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their attendant.

But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.

Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.

He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,

and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.