Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.

and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat.

For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.

They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

The smoke coming from the incense, along with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.

(These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.)

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”

Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

Immediately he stood up before them, picked up the stretcher he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God.

I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

For David says about him, ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.