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I never shrank back from telling you what you needed to hear, either publicly or in your homes.I did not shrink from doing anything helpful, proclaiming the message to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house.
For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.”They answered, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.
Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added.
We are witnesses of these things and so is the Holy Spirit, who is given by God to those who obey him.And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.
Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?
After saying this, he was taken up into a cloud while they were watching, and they could no longer see him.When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.
“As I began to speak,” Peter continued, “the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as he fell on us at the beginning.”And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning.
Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized. Have your sins washed away by calling on the name of the Lord.And now why do you delay? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.
And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah.”And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease to teach and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah.
For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’This Jesus is ‘the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.’
Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful.
All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had.Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways are justice; and he is able to bring low those who walk in pride.
After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with boldness.When they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.
Then Peter replied, “I see very clearly that God shows no favoritism. In every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right.”Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.”
They all met together and were constantly united in prayer, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, several other women, and the brothers of Jesus.All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers.
When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.
For the Lord gave us this command when he said, ‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.’For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’
All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Paul said, “John’s baptism called for repentance from sin. But John himself told the people to believe in the one who would come later, meaning Jesus.”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, in Jesus.”
God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him.While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them.”While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
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