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Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

But God raised him from the dead.

God hath fulfilled this to us their children, in raising up Jesus: as it is written also in the second Psalm, Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.

Now David, having served the will of God in his generation, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption.

But he whom God raised, did not see corruption.

And when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who speaking to them, persuaded them, to continue in the grace of God.

And the next sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together, to hear the word of God.

Then Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly, said, It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold! we turn to the Gentiles.

We also are men of like passions with you, and preach to you, to turn from these vanities unto the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are therein: Who, in times past, suffered all nations to walk in their own ways:

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

they went down to Attalia, And thence sailed back to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God, for the work which they had fulfilled.

And being come and having gathered the church together, they related all that God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

And being come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and the apostles, and elders; and they declared all things which God had done with them.

And after much debate, Peter rose up and said to them, Brethren, ye know, that God long ago made choice among us, that the Gentiles should by my mouth hear the word of the gospel and believe.

And God who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving the Holy Ghost to them, even as also to us.

Then all the multitude kept silence and hearkened to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought by them among the Gentiles.

Simon hath declared, how God at first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.

Known unto God are all his works from eternity.

Wherefore my sentence is, That we trouble not them who from among the Gentiles turn to God.