Acts 18:27

Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

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.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

for he who worked through Peter in the apostleship with the circumcised also worked through me with the Gentiles—

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

All the princes of the provinces, the local governors, the governors, and those who did the king’s business helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.

Joses, who by the apostles was also called Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,

The word of God increased and the number of the disciples greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.

Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a vow.

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.

Moreover I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;

whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

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

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

When they had come to him, he said to them, “You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time,

Take them and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.

but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead,

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit

True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.

I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,

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For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,

Now I beg you, brothers—you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to serve the saints—

The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?

For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.

Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.

I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for I am in no way inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house.

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

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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

not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.

to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”

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.

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

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

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

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

They delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s local governors, and to the governors beyond the River. So they supported the people and God’s house.

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done with them.

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples.

through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for his name’s sake;

Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

When I arrive, I will send whoever you approve with letters to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem.

We don’t control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.

As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,

Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, greets you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commandments, “if he comes to you, receive him”),

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,