Acts 14:26

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,

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

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.

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

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you,

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”

My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.

We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.

Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one despise you.

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”, lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

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.

Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

but Paul chose Silas and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.

how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

But the one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.

But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, exhortation, and consolation.

For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty works.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.

Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

For this I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:

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

Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

“But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

They put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.

But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

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.

They wrote these things by their hand: “The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings.

Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words and strengthened them.

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.

We also speak these things, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.

But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,

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

Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.

When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.

So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.

When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.

Now, brothers, I entrust you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.

of which I was made a servant according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you to fulfill the word of God,

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

Tell Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.