And there came against David one of the offspring of the Rephaim, whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, and having a new sword, he made an attempt to put David to death.
Having in mind your true faith, which first was in your mother's mother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and, I am certain, is now in you.
But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion,
Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.
Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,
And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.
And having given them an account of everything, he sent them to Joppa.
Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.
And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,
And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.
And having put to destruction seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them the land for their heritage for about four hundred and fifty years.
And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.
For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.
Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:
And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,
Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:
And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking.
It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,
So they, being sent away, came down to Antioch, and having got the people together, they gave them the letter.
And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.
And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God with all his family.
And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;
And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.
And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.
And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having gone through the higher country, came to Ephesus, where there were certain disciples:
And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.
And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.
And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.
And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:
So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.
And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.
But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,
He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction.
But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order.
This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be put to death by them, when I came on them with the army and took him out of danger, having knowledge that he was a Roman.
And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.
And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia,
Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.
So Festus, having come into that part of the country which was under his rule, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Then Festus, having had a discussion with the Jews, made answer, You have said, Let my cause come before Caesar; to Caesar you will go.
And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.
And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.
And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra, in Lycia.
And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.
Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles.
And kept back part of the price, his wife having knowledge of it, and took the rest and put it at the feet of the Apostles.
And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.
And about three hours after, his wife, having no knowledge of what had taken place, came in.
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