Then you will begin to say, &#8216;We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.&#8217;<n id="1" />

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God&#8217;s angels<n id="1" /> over one sinner who repents.&#8221;p>

He<n id="1" /> found favor<n id="2" /> with<n id="3" /> God and asked that he could<n id="4" /> find a dwelling place<n id="5" /> for the house<n id="6" /> of Jacob.

and said, &#8216;Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity<n id="1" /> have been remembered before God.<n id="2" />

After he said this, Paul<n id="1" /> took bread<n id="2" /> and gave thanks to God in front of them all,<n id="3" /> broke<n id="4" /> it, and began to eat.

For <i>no one is declared righteous before himi><n id="1" /> by the works of the law,<n id="2" /> for through the law comes<n id="3" /> the knowledge of sin.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Remind people<n id="1" /> of these things and solemnly charge them<n id="2" /> before the Lord<n id="3" /> not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.<n id="4" />

They<n id="1" /> have testified to your love before the church.<n id="2" /> You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.<n id="3" />

Then<n id="1" /> I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

The<n id="1" /> smoke coming from the incense,<n id="2" /> along with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel&#8217;s hand.

(These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.)<n id="1" />

for he will be great in the sight of<n id="1" /> the Lord. He<n id="2" /> must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.<n id="3" />

And he will go as forerunner before the Lord<n id="1" /> 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,<n id="2" /> to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.&#8221;p>

Just then<n id="1" /> some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man<n id="2" /> on a stretcher.<n id="3" /> They<n id="4" /> were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.<n id="5" />

Immediately<n id="1" /> he stood up before them, picked<n id="2" /> up the stretcher<n id="3" /> he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying<n id="4" /> God.

I will get up and go to my father and say to him, &#8220;Father, I have sinned<n id="1" /> against heaven<n id="2" /> and against<n id="3" /> you.

<p class="bodytext">Now Jesus performed<n id="1" /> many other miraculous signs in the presence of the<n id="2" /> disciples, which are not recorded<n id="3" /> in this book.<n id="4" />

For David says about him,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>I saw the Lord always in front of me,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shakenb>.i>p>

But Peter and John replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Whether it is right before God to obey<n id="2" /> you rather than God, you decide,

The faith<n id="1" /> you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.