- Then, after completing their fasting and prayer, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
- God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, but now he commands people everywhere to repent.
- As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit descended upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning.
- But the one who did not know those wishes, and who acted in such a manner as to deserve a beating, will be beaten less severely. Much will be demanded of a person to whom much has been given, and even more will be asked of a person to whom more has been entrusted.
- And we are witnesses to these things, as is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.
- And now, what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.
- Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of your opportunity. Let your speech always be gracious and seasoned with wisdom, so that you will know how to respond properly to all.
- For ‘In him we live and move and have our being.’ As even your own poets have said, ‘We are all his offspring.’
- And every day, both in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming Jesus as the Christ.
- Can anyone withhold the water of baptism from these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?
- There is no salvation in anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to men by which we can be saved.
- Those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand people were added to their number.
- When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your wicked ways.
- About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
- All of these were constantly engaged in prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
- They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers.
- Exalted at God’s right hand, he received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
- Do not let this book of the law be absent from your mouth; meditate upon it day and night, so that you might carefully observe everything that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.
- Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”
- I did not hesitate to tell you what was for your benefit as I proclaimed the word to you and taught you publicly as well as from house to house.
- The entire community of believers was united in heart and soul. No one claimed any of his possessions as his own, for everything was held in common.
- Everyone who hears these words of mine and acts in accordance with them will be like a wise man who constructed his house on a rock foundation.
- Enriched in every way, you will be able to practice all your acts of generosity, which, through our intervention, will result in thanksgiving to God.
- For so has the Lord commanded us to do, saying,
‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles
so that you may bring salvation
to the farthest corners of the earth.’ - On one occasion, while they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me to do the work to which I have called them.”
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