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strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

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

And when they arrived, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.

And after there had been much debate, Peter rose and said to them, "Brethren, you know that in the early days God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.

And God who knows the heart bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us;

Now therefore why do you make trial of God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

And all the assembly kept silence; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,

And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedo'nia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyati'ra, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to give heed to what was said by Paul.

She followed Paul and us, crying, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation."

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

Then he brought them up into his house, and set food before them; and he rejoiced with all his household that he had believed in God.

But when the Jews of Thessaloni'ca learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroe'a also, they came there too, stirring up and inciting the crowds.

For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, 'To an unknown god.' What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man,

that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us,

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent,