Acts 4:20

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

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;

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

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.

But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”

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

My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned. I spoke with my tongue:

Then he said to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.”

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life

“Cry aloud! Don’t spare! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

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

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,

We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.”

When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

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

that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.

God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

Yahweh has made his holy arm bare in the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.

He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;

For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed; nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.

They urged him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.” He went in to stay with them.

You are witnesses of these things.

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.

Ananias departed and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

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.

For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

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

My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.

If I say, I will not make mention of him, or speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can’t.

Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it will become a desolate heap, and her daughters will be burned with fire: then Israel will possess those who possessed him,” says Yahweh.

“Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and tell them, ‘When I bring the sword on a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman;

For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.

But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.

for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.

Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says,’ whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse.

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.”

The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

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

We are his witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”

For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.”

Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it.

“If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.

My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

But as for me, I am full of power by Yahweh’s Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.

For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me if I don’t preach the Good News.

that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

“Yahweh’s Spirit spoke by me. His word was on my tongue.

For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me.

to the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me.

For Yahweh spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

Therefore I am full of Yahweh’s wrath. I am weary with holding it in. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife will be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.

and Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

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.”

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.

and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.

Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.

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

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.

who testified to God’s word and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, “Come and see!”

beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”