Acts 13:52 - Plain English Version52 But the people there in Antioch that believed in Jesus were very happy, and they kept on letting the Holy Spirit control them. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176952 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition52 And the disciples were continually filled [throughout their souls] with joy and the Holy Spirit. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible52 Because of the abundant presence of the Holy Spirit in their lives, the disciples were overflowing with happiness. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version52 The disciples were likewise filled with gladness and with the Holy Spirit. Ver Capítulo |
But if God’s spirit controls people, he gets them to do good things. You know that a good fruit tree always gets good fruit on it. Well, like that, a person with God’s spirit does good things. If you let God’s spirit lead you, he will get you to love God and to love other people. And you will be happy. And you will feel good and quiet inside yourself so that you will not fight with other people. God’s spirit inside you will help you be good to people and not get angry, even if they give you trouble. And he will get you to be friendly to other people, and he will get you to do good things. He will make you the sort of person that other people can trust.
We belong to God. He doesn’t give us rules about the things that we can’t eat or drink, but he wants us to have his spirit in us so that we will do the things that are right, and we will always feel good and quiet inside ourselves, and we will always be happy. If we live like that as we work for Jesus Christ, then we make God happy. And other people are happy with us too.
The Christians in Antioch heard Agabus tell that message, and they remembered the Christians in Judea. They knew that the Judea Christians were poor, so they would have a very hard time if there is not much food. The Antioch Christians wanted to help them, so they all put money into a bag. Each of them gave as much money as they could. Then they gave it to Barnabas and Saul, and those 2 men, took it to the Christian leaders in Jerusalem, in Judea country.