Now send men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is called Peter.

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

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

When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.

he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And the man leaped up and began walking.

And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.

The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.

and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade).

After he spent some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

Then Paul went back upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them a long time, until dawn. Then he left.

You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,

testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’