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And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they 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 stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a 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, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

And all the assembly fell silent, 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 from 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 Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, 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 Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.

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

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 along with his entire household that he had believed in God.

But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the 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 temples made by man,

that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,

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

And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue.

And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.