to take the place in this apostolic ministry that Judas left to go where he belongs.’
Galatians 2:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised since the one at work in Peter for an apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in me for the Gentiles. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (for he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For He Who motivated and fitted Peter and worked effectively through him for the mission to the circumcised, motivated and fitted me and worked through me also for [the mission to] the Gentiles. American Standard Version (1901) (for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles); Common English Bible The one who empowered Peter to become an apostle to the circumcised empowered me also to be one to the Gentiles. Catholic Public Domain Version For he who was working the Apostleship to the circumcised in Peter, was also working in me among the Gentiles. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version (For he who wrought in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought in me also among the Gentiles.) |
to take the place in this apostolic ministry that Judas left to go where he belongs.’
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’
The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describe all the signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and misled a considerable number of people by saying that gods made by hand are not gods.
After greeting them, he reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
‘He said to me, “Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.” ’
But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
But the Lord said to him, ‘Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to take my name to Gentiles, kings, and Israelites.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace towards me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, because you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
So then, does God give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law? Or is it by believing what you heard #– #
I labour for this, striving with his strength that works powerfully in me.
This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe.