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If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?

And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.

And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.

Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.

And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.

The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.

Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.

From this man's seed has God given to Israel a Saviour, even Jesus, as he gave his word;

My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

But God gave him back from the dead:

Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.

But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.

Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.

And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.

Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.