At evening on that day, the first day of the week, when, for fear of the Jews, the doors were shut where the disciples were, Jesus came among them and said to them, May peace be with you!
So this saying went about among the brothers that this disciple would not undergo death: Jesus, however, did not say that he would not undergo death, but, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you?
And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,
For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.
For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,
And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.
For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you.
And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people.
And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.
But when they had given them orders to go out of the Sanhedrin, they had a discussion among themselves,
But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.
And no one among them was in need; for everyone who had land or houses, exchanging them for money, took the price of them,
Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.
Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.
My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.
But there was a division among the people of the town; some were on the side of the Jews and some on the side of the Apostles.
But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,
And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.
Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself.
For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;
Then it seemed good to the Apostles and the rulers and all the church, to send men from among them to antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas, named Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:
But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.
And so Paul went away from among them.
But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:
Then they took Alexander out from among the people, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander, making a sign with his hand, was about to make a statement to the people in answer:
And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.
I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;
And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.
And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.
And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:
And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.
And some said one thing and some another, among the people: and as he was not able to get a knowledge of the facts because of the noise, he gave orders for Paul to be taken into the army building.
And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.
For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:
But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.
So, he said, let those who have authority among you go with me, and if there is any wrong in the man, let them make a statement against him.
All the Jews have knowledge of my way of life from my early years, as it was from the start among my nation, and at Jerusalem;
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
And when they had been without food for a long time, Paul got up among them and said, Friends, it would have been better if you had given attention to me and not gone sailing out from Crete, to undergo this damage and loss.
And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,
Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Among whom you in the same way have been marked out to be disciples of Jesus Christ:
For the name of God is shamed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is said in the holy Writings.
We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.
Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, an olive-tree of the fields, were put in among them, and were given a part with them in the root by which the olive-tree is made fertile,
And so that the gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.
For it has been the good pleasure of those of macedonia and Achaia to send a certain amount of money for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.
Give my love to Andronicus and Junia, my relations, who were in prison with me, who are noted among the Apostles, and who were in Christ before me.
Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.
Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:
Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.
Because it has come to my knowledge, through those of the house of Chloe, that there are divisions among you, my brothers.
For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.
Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?
Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.
And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.
For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you;
As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.
I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?
For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.
For divisions are necessary among you, in order that those who have God's approval may be clearly seen among you.
The secrets of his heart are made clear; and he will go down on his face and give worship to God, saying that God is truly among you.
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes.
And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,
But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.
In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;
Truly the signs of an Apostle were done among you in quiet strength, with wonders and acts of power.
And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.
And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.
And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.
(Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);
He who gives you the Spirit, and does works of power among you, is it by the works of law, or by the hearing of faith?
For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,
Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God,
But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;
For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Among whom you were living in the past, when you did such things.
And when this letter has been made public among you, let the same be done in the church of Laodicea; and see that you have the letter from Laodicea.
For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,
For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:
For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:
You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;
But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;
And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
At his coming, when he will have glory in his saints, and will be a cause of wonder in all those who had faith (because our witness among you had effect) in that day.
And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.
For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order,
For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.
And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the evil One.
And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,
You have had news that all those in Asia went away from me; among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes:
But give comfort to one another every day as long as it is still Today; so that no one among you may be made hard by the deceit of sin:
Every high priest who is taken from among men is given his position to take care of the interests of men in those things which have to do with God, so that he may make offerings for sins.
Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.
But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.
Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.
What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?
Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.
Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.
Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.
Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;
Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;
I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:
But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.
(Because the soul of that upright man living among them was pained from day to day by seeing and hearing their crimes):
For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;
I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, whose desire is ever to have the first place among them, will not have us there.
For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
I have knowledge that your living-place is where satan has his seat: and you are true to my name, and were not turned away from your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my true witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan has his place.
These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
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