Acts 14:21-28
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When they had preached the gospel to that city and had k made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,
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l strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them m to continue in n the faith, and saying that o through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
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And when they had p appointed q elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting r they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
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Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.
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And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia,
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and from there they sailed to Antioch, s where they had been t commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.
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And when they arrived and gathered the church together, u they declared all that God had done with them, and v how he had w opened x a door of faith to the Gentiles.
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And they remained no little time with the disciples.
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Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words.
Acts 15:41
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
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.
1 Thessalonians 3:2
And we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith.
1 Thessalonians 3:13
So that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
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Acts 13:43
And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
Colossians 1:23
If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
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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.
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John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servan...
John 16:33
I have said these things to you, that in me you...
1 Thessalonians 3:3
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2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in ...
Acts 9:16
For I will show him how much he must suffer for...
Mark 10:30
Who will not receive a hundredfold now in this ...
Luke 22:28 - 29
You are those who have stayed with me in my tri...
Romans 8:17
And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and ...
Philippians 1:20
As it is my eager expectation and hope that I w...
2 Thessalonians 1:5
This is evidence of the righteous judgment of G...
2 Timothy 2:12
If we endure, we will also reign with him; if w...
1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered a little while, the...
Revelation 1:9
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribul...
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Titus 1:5
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you -
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Acts 11:30
And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
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Acts 20:32
And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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Acts 13:3
Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
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Acts 15:40
But Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
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Acts 15:4
When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
Acts 15:3
So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
Acts 15:12
And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
Acts 21:19
After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
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Acts 11:18
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, "Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.
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1 Corinthians 16:9
For a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
2 Corinthians 2:12
When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord.
Colossians 4:3
At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison -
Revelation 3:8
'I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
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Hosea 2:15
And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
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