He said to them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.

For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. (Now they also had John as their assistant.)

who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.

who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.

But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to,

To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, by human descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever! Amen.

So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that “an idol in this world is nothing,” and that “there is no God but one.”

And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.

For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gave it to Abraham through the promise.