Acts 21:16

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.

For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself.

The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;

His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

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.

for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

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.

“Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet them of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.

Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.

pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

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

“ ‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

and Yahweh will guide you continually, satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong. You will be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters don’t fail.

By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, will grow every tree for food, whose leaf won’t wither, neither will its fruit fail. It will produce new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary. Its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for healing.”

But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

When the brothers knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him off to Tarsus.

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

Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.

From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.

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

He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”

When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

However Festus answered that Paul should be kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart shortly.

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

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

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.

He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.

Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.

“Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder);

(although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples),

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

Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.

As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered together.

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

Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them John who was called Mark.

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.

But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

“Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching God’s Kingdom, will see my face no more.

Having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set sail.

When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for the ship was there to unload her cargo.

When those days were over, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.

and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.

And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance:

They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,

I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

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

On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his near friends.

He commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay some days.

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.

Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,

sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

On the next day, we who were Paul’s companions departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who were also in Christ before me.

yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.