Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort.

In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.

The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.

For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar?

So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.

You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you

You, however, be self-controlled in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

then his sister-in-law must approach him in view of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then respond, “Thus may it be done to any man who does not maintain his brother’s family line!”

The Levite said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. But no one has invited me into their home.

He eliminated the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem. (They offered sacrifices to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.)

I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, I am tired of trying to hold it in.” The Lord answered, “Vent it, then, on the children who play in the street and on the young men who are gathered together. Husbands and wives are to be included, as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.

This is the record of the family line of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against the Philistines.

Preparations were made, and the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions as prescribed by the king.

They say, “Commit yourself to the Lord! Let the Lord rescue him! Let the Lord deliver him, for he delights in him.”

At that time she became sick and died. When they had washed her body, they placed it in an upstairs room.

And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.