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Ask a Question"As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.
"Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
So they shook the dust off their feet as a warning to them and went to Iconium.
He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed
The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."
and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
This will take place on the day when God judges people's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring.
And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"),
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did - and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham's descendants? So am I.
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.