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He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.

“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.

The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.

All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.

He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

“You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”

Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.

On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.

But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.

Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!

And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.

As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’

…and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.

In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.

Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.

Then Paul and Silas spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.

At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.

Then he brought them into his home and set a meal before them. So he and all his household rejoiced that they had come to believe in God.

Then he brought them into his home and set a meal before them. So he and all his household rejoiced that they had come to believe in God.

As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

…and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,

But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.

Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.

When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.

And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.

The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.

So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

They were especially grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.

Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.

You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”

Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.

Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.

When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.

When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.

He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.

He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.

After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”

I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.

But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.

Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:

Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:

For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.

The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.

When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.

Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.

…the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

…regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

…and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”

…if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

If a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?

Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

…and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.