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This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: "I have not lost one of those you gave me."

Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty."

The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe.

These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken,"

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.

and said, "Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit."

Then Simon answered, "Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me."

and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

The men replied, "We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say."

God raised him from the dead so that he will never be subject to decay. As God has said, "‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.'

God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.

This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.

so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.

Take these men, join in their purification rites and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law.

Provide horses for Paul so that he may be taken safely to Governor Felix."

But I have nothing definite to write to His Majesty about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that as a result of this investigation I may have something to write.

to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'