So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said, “Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen:

When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed.

This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,

Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,

(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)

Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.

and said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They replied, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”

But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.

But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”

as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.”

It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father’s wife.

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.

And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.

Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

And entrust what you heard me say in the presence of many others as witnesses to faithful people who will be competent to teach others as well.