So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.

And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.

For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay,

But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

So he was addressing the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there.

But the evil spirit replied to them, “I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”

So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.

If then Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against someone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another there.

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

Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.

But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves.

and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.

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

First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

And the gift is not like the one who sinned. For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, led to condemnation, but the gracious gift from the many failures led to justification.

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. Each must be fully convinced in his own mind.