I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted your name and your word above everything.
Acts 13:48 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 When the gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord, and as many as had been destined for eternal life became believers. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified (praised and gave thanks for) the Word of God; and as many as were destined (appointed and ordained) to eternal life believed (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Jesus as the Christ and their Savior). American Standard Version (1901) And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. Common English Bible When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and honored the Lord’s word. Everyone who was appointed for eternal life believed, Catholic Public Domain Version Then the Gentiles, upon hearing this, were gladdened, and they were glorifying the Word of the Lord. And as many as believed were preordained to eternal life. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Gentiles hearing it, were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to life everlasting, believed. |
I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted your name and your word above everything.
And these will go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life.”
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.
For I also am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me, and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does it.”
I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God.
When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people urged them to speak about these things again the next Sabbath.
And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to discuss this question with the apostles and the elders.
So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added.
praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
We went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there, for he had made this arrangement, intending to go by land himself.
I asked, ‘What am I to do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told everything that has been assigned to you to do.’
After they had set a day to meet with him, they came to him at his lodgings in great numbers. From morning until evening he explained the matter to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.
What then? Israel has not achieved what it was pursuing. The elect have achieved it, but the rest were hardened,
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
Now, brothers and sisters, you know that members of the household of Stephanas were the first fruits in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints;
In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,
and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power.
just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.
He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us, so that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified everywhere, just as it is among you,