Acts 19:21

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;

But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him,

You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.

The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;

Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;

The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.

Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown.

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him.

For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,

But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.

But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.

But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost,

In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,

because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

In all things be showing yourself an example of good works. In your teaching, be showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”

I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

When God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

He answered, “Don’t be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”

I 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.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

He who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

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.

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 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.

A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

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

but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.

When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.

except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.

The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”

In all, we were two hundred seventy-six souls on the ship.

but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,

that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

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?

Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,

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

Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.

for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

This will we do, if God permits.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,

Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake.”

The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.

God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”

Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me a little cake from it first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son.

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said this to him: “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.”

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”

Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

For if I have done wrong and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.

requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

Now I don’t desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.

which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”

Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?

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

Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”

When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

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

Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.”

When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

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 I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

So as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome.

whenever I travel to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.

But I will come to you when I have passed through Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia.

so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

Then after a period of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.

so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.