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Acts · read by David Guzik
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Acts 2
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When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.Read from NKJV · How to Pray for Revival
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And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.Read from NKJV · How to Pray for Revival
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Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.Read from ESV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, "What does this mean?"Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.Read from NKJV · Are the Gifts of the Spirit for Today?
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Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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A sense of awe came over everyone, and the apostles performed many wonders and signs.Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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All the believers were together and had everything in common.Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
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praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.Read from NKJV · (Joel) Come, Let Us Return to the Lord
Acts 3
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You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.Read from NKJV · The Prince of Life
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You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.Read from NKJV · The Prince of Life
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Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
Acts 4
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The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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and lay them at the apostles' feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
Acts 5
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Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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With his wife's full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles' feet.Read from NKJV · Broken Vows
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Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!"Read from NKJV · Broken Vows
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On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.Read from NKJV · Broken Vows
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Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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About three hours later his wife also came in, unaware of what had happened.Read from NKJV · Broken Vows
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"Tell me," said Peter, "is this the price you and your husband got for the land?" "Yes," she answered, "that is the price."Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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"How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?" Peter replied. "Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also."Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.Read from NKJV · Broken Vows
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The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon's Colonnade.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went outRead from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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"Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life."Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin —the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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"We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside."Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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Then someone came in and announced, "Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!"Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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"We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name," he said. "Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man's blood."Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him."Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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"Men of Israel," he said, "consider carefully what you are about to do to these men.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God."Read from NKJV · The Battle for Grace and Graciousness
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The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
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Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.Read from NKJV · Small, but Crucial Differences
Acts 8
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Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.Read from NKJV · How to Pray for Revival
Acts 10
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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.Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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Then Peter began to speak: "I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name."Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.Read from NKJV · How to Pray for Revival
Acts 11
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The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with himRead from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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and said, "You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them."Read from ESV · Explaining a Work of God
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But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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Then I heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter, kill and eat.'Read from ESV · Explaining a Work of God
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'No, Lord,' I said, 'for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, 'Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.'Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's home.Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.'Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?"Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, "So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life."Read from NKJV · Explaining a Work of God
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Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.Read from NKJV · The Mystery of Multiplication
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But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.Read from NKJV · The Mystery of Multiplication
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The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.Read from NKJV · The Mystery of Multiplication
Acts 15
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It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.Read from NKJV · Church Government: Jesus Style and Moses Style
Acts 16
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Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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Then he brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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Then Paul and Silas spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
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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.Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel
Acts 17
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While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, "What is this babbler trying to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign gods." They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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'For in Him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are His offspring.'Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man's skill and imagination.Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead."Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, "We want to hear you again on this topic."Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
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But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.Read from NKJV · Is Jesus the Only Way?
Acts 19
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While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciplesRead from NKJV · The Mystery of Multiplication
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This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.Read from NKJV · Confession: Giving Glory to God
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Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.Read from NKJV · Confession: Giving Glory to God
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And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.Read from NKJV · Confession: Giving Glory to God
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So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.Read from NKJV · Confession: Giving Glory to God
Acts 20
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From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.Read from NKJV · Church Government: Jesus Style and Moses Style
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Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.Read from NKJV · Church Government: Jesus Style and Moses Style
Acts 24
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We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,Read from KJV · Jesus of Nazareth
Acts 26
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So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.Read from NKJV · The First Word of the Gospel