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

Yet they abode a long time speaking boldly in the Lord, who bare witness to the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, having been a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never walked.

This man heard Paul speaking; who fixing his eyes upon him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,

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.

And he came down to Derbe and Lystra. And behold a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek:

Him Paul would have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places; for they all knew his father, that he was a Greek.

And the jailor awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword, and was going to kill himself, supposing the prisoners were fled.

And they spake the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house.

And taking them that very hour of the night, he washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his houshold.

And having brought them up into his house, he set a table before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with his whole house.

And Paul, according to his custom, went in to them, and three sabbath-days discoursed with them from the scriptures,

Now, while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him, seeing the city wholly given to idolatry.

For in him we live and move, and have our being; as certain likewise of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

And finding a certain Jew name Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy with Priscilla his wife (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome) he went to them.

But when they set themselves in opposition and blasphemed, he shook his raiment and said to them, Your blood is upon your own head; I am pure: from henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.

And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized.

And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were an act of injustice or wicked licentiousness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you.

And Paul still continued many days; and then taking leave of the brethren, sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow.