Acts 18 - 19
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After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
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And he found a Jew named v Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife v Priscilla, because w Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,
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and x because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
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And y he reasoned in the synagogue y every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.
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z When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul a was occupied with the word, b testifying to the Jews that the Christ was c Jesus.
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And when they opposed and reviled him, d he shook out his garments and said to them, e "Your blood be on your own heads! f I am innocent. g From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
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And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius h Justus, i a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue.
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j Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together k with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
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And the Lord said to Paul l one night in m a vision, n "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,
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n for I am with you, and o no one will attack you to harm you, for p I have many in this city who are my people."
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And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
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But when Gallio was q proconsul of Achaia, r the Jews made a united attack on Paul and s brought him before the tribunal,
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saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to t the law."
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But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious u crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint.
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But v since it is a matter of questions about words and names and w your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things."
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And he drove them from the tribunal.
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And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.
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After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of x the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him y Priscilla and Aquila. At z Cenchreae a he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
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And they came to b Ephesus, and he left them there, but c he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
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When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined.
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But on taking leave of them he said, "I will return to you d if God wills," and he set sail from Ephesus.
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When he had landed at Caesarea, he e went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.
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After spending some time there, he departed and f went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, g strengthening all the disciples.
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Now a Jew named h Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, i competent in the Scriptures.
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He had been instructed in j the way of the Lord. And k being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only l the baptism of John.
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He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when m Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him n the way of God more accurately.
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And when he wished to cross to o Achaia, p the brothers encouraged him and q wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, r he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,
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for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures s that the Christ was Jesus.
Acts 19
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And it happened that while t Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed u through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
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And he said to them, v "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said, "No, w we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
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And he said, x "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into y John's baptism."
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And Paul said, y "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people z to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus."
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On hearing this, a they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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And b when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and c they began speaking in tongues and d prophesying.
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There were about twelve men in all.
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And e he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them f about the kingdom of God.
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g But when some became stubborn and h continued in unbelief, speaking evil of i the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
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This continued for j two years, so that k all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
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And l God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
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l so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and m the evil spirits came out of them.
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Then some of the itinerant Jewish n exorcists o undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, p "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims."
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Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this.
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But the evil spirit answered them, q "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?"
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And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
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And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and r the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.
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Also many of those who were now believers came, s confessing and divulging their practices.
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And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.
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So the word of the Lord t continued to increase and prevail mightily.
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Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit u to pass through v Macedonia and Achaia and w go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, x I must also see Rome."
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And having sent into Macedonia two of y his helpers, z Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia a for a while.
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About that time b there arose no little disturbance concerning c the Way.
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For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, d brought no little business to the craftsmen.
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d These he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth.
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And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, e saying that f gods made with hands are not gods.
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And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the g great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship."
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When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, g "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
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So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and h Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's i companions in travel.
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But when Paul wished to go in among the crowd, the disciples would not let him.
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And even some of the Asiarchs, who were friends of his, sent to him and were urging him not to venture into the theater.
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j Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.
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Some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom the Jews had put forward. And Alexander, k motioning with his hand, wanted to make a defense to the crowd.
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But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours they all cried out with one voice, l "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
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And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from m the sky?
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Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash.
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For you have brought n these men here who are neither o sacrilegious nor blasphemers of our goddess.
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If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open, and there are p proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another.
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But if you seek anything further, it shall be settled in the regular assembly.
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For we really are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause that we can give to justify this commotion."
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And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly.
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Acts 18:18
After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
Acts 18:26
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
Romans 16:3
Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 16:19
The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.
2 Timothy 4:19
Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
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Acts 18:18
After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
Acts 18:26
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
Romans 16:3
Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 16:19
The churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.
2 Timothy 4:19
Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
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Acts 11:28
And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).
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Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that these hands ministered...
1 Corinthians 4:12
And we labor, working with our own hands. When ...
1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have made no use of any of these rights, ...
2 Corinthians 11:7
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so tha...
2 Corinthians 12:13
For in what were you less favored than the rest...
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil:...
2 Thessalonians 3:8
Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying fo...
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Acts 17:17
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
Acts 13:14
But they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
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Acts 17:17
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
Acts 13:14
But they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
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Acts 17:15
Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
1 Thessalonians 3:6
But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you -
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2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died.
Job 32:18
For I am full of words; the spirit within me constrains me.
Jeremiah 6:11
Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord ; I am weary of holding it in. "Pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the gatherings of young men, also; both husband and wife shall be taken, the elderly and the very aged.
Jeremiah 20:9
If I say, "I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name," there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
Amos 3:8
The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?
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Acts 20:21
Testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Acts 18:28
For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, s...
Acts 2:36
Let all the house of Israel therefore know for ...
Acts 5:42
And every day, in the temple and from house to ...
Acts 17:3
Explaining and proving that it was necessary fo...
Acts 3:20
That times of refreshing may come from the pres...
Acts 8:5
Philip went down to the city of Samaria and pro...
Acts 9:22
But Saul increased all the more in strength, an...
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Nehemiah 5:13
I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, "So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied." And all the assembly said "Amen" and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.
Acts 13:51
But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.
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Ezekiel 18:13
Lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself.
Ezekiel 33:4
Then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
2 Samuel 1:16
And David said to him, "Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the Lord 's anointed.'
Matthew 27:25
And all the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!
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Acts 20:26
Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you.
Ezekiel 3:18 - 19
If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
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Acts 13:46
And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
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Acts 1:23
And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.
Colossians 4:11
And Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
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Acts 16:14
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
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1 Corinthians 1:14
I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius.
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Acts 11:14
He will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.
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Acts 23:11
The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.
Acts 27:23
For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship.
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Acts 26:16
But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you.
2 Corinthians 12:1 - 4
I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
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Acts 27:24
And he said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.
Joshua 1:5 - 6
No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
Jeremiah 1:8
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
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Acts 18:9
And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent.
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Luke 21:18
But not a hair of your head will perish.
2 Thessalonians 3:2
And that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith.
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John 10:16
And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
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Acts 13:7
He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
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Acts 13:50
But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
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Acts 16:19
But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
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Acts 18:15
But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.
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Acts 13:10
And said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
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Acts 23:29
I found that he was being accused about questions of their law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.
Acts 25:19
Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
1 Timothy 6:4
He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions.
2 Timothy 2:14
Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
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Acts 18:13
Saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.
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John 21:23
So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?
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Acts 18:2
And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them.
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Romans 16:1
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae.
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Acts 21:23 - 24
Do therefore what we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow.
Numbers 6:2
Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord.
Numbers 6:18
And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.
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Acts 19:1
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corin...
Acts 20:16 - 17
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so t...
1 Corinthians 15:32
What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought w...
1 Corinthians 16:8
But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost.
Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of...
1 Timothy 1:3
As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, r...
2 Timothy 1:18
May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the L...
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Acts 18:4
And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.
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1 Corinthians 4:19
But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills,...
1 Corinthians 16:7
For I do not want to see you now just in passin...
Hebrews 6:3
And this we will do if God permits.
James 4:15
Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, w...
Romans 15:32
So that by God's will I may come to you with jo...
1 Peter 3:17
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if t...
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Acts 11:2
So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying.
Acts 21:15
After these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
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Acts 16:6
And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
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Acts 14:22
Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
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Acts 19:1
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corin...
1 Corinthians 1:12
What I mean is that each one of you says, "I fo...
1 Corinthians 3:5 - 6
What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants th...
1 Corinthians 4:6
I have applied all these things to myself and A...
1 Corinthians 16:12
Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly ...
Titus 3:13
Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apol...
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Ezra 7:6
This Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
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Acts 9:2
And asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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Romans 12:11
Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
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Acts 19:3
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism.
Luke 7:29
( When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
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Acts 18:2
And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them.
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Matthew 22:16
And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.
Acts 18:25
He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
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Acts 19:1
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.
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Acts 18:18
After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
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2 Corinthians 3:1
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?
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1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
Acts 11:21
And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
Acts 11:23
When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose.
Acts 15:11
But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.
Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.
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Acts 18:5
When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
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Acts 18:24
Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures.
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Acts 18:23
After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
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Acts 11:16 - 17
And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 8:16
For he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
John 7:39
Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
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Acts 8:16
For he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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Acts 18:25
He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
Hebrews 6:2
And of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Acts 13:24 - 25
Before his coming, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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Acts 19:3
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism.
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John 1:7
He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
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Acts 8:12
But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Acts 8:16
For he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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Acts 8:17
Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 10:46
For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared.
Mark 16:17
And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues.
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Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
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Acts 1:3
He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
Acts 28:23
When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening he expounded to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.
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Acts 13:45 - 46
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him.
1 Corinthians 16:9
For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
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Acts 14:2
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
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Acts 19:23
About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way.
Acts 9:2
And asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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Acts 19:8
And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.
Acts 20:31
Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish everyone with tears.
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2 Timothy 1:15
You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
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Acts 5:15
So that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.
Acts 5:12
Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico.
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Acts 19:11
And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul.
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Mark 16:17
And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues.
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Matthew 12:27
And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
Luke 11:19
And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
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Mark 9:38
John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.
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Matthew 26:63
But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.
Mark 5:7
And crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.
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James 2:19
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe - and shudder!
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2 Thessalonians 1:12
So that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Matthew 3:6
And they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
Mark 1:5
And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
Romans 14:11
For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
James 5:16
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
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Acts 6:7
And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
Acts 12:24
But the word of God increased and multiplied.
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1 Corinthians 16:5
I will visit you after passing through Macedonia, for I intend to pass through Macedonia.
Acts 20:1
After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia.
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Romans 15:26
For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.
1 Thessalonians 1:7 - 8
So that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
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Acts 20:16
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
Acts 20:22
And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there.
Romans 15:25
At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints.
2 Corinthians 1:16
I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea.
1 Corinthians 16:3 - 4
And when I arrive, I will send those whom you accredit by letter to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
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Romans 15:24
I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.
Romans 15:28
When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected, I will leave for Spain by way of you.
Acts 23:11
The following night the Lord stood by him and said, "Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.
Romans 1:13
I want you to know, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles.
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Colossians 4:7
Tychicus will tell you all about my activities....
2 Timothy 1:18
May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the L...
2 Timothy 4:11
Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him w...
Philemon 1:13
I would have been glad to keep him with me, in ...
Acts 19:29
So the city was filled with the confusion, and ...
Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed t...
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Acts 16:1
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
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1 Corinthians 16:8 - 9
But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost.
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2 Corinthians 1:8
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.
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Acts 19:9
But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
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Acts 16:16
As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.
Acts 16:19
But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
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Acts 19:24
For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen.
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Acts 14:15
Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
Acts 17:29
Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one.
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Deuteronomy 4:28
And there you will serve gods of wood and stone...
2 Kings 19:18
And have cast their gods into the fire, for the...
Psalms 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of hu...
Isaiah 44:10 - 20
Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is pro...
Jeremiah 10:3 - 6
For the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tr...
Revelation 9:20
The rest of mankind, who were not killed by the...
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Acts 8:10
They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called Great.
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Acts 19:27
And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.
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Acts 20:4
Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.
Acts 27:2
And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.
Colossians 4:10
Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions - if he comes to you, welcome him).
Philemon 1:24
And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
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2 Corinthians 8:19
And not only that, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us as we carry out this act of grace that is being ministered by us, for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our good will.
Acts 19:22
And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me.
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Acts 21:34
Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
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Acts 12:17
But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell these things to James and to the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place.
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Acts 19:28
When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!
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Acts 14:12
Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
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Acts 19:29
So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's companions in travel.
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Romans 2:22
You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
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Acts 13:7
He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
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