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Acts 19:9

Contemporary English Version 1995

but some of them were stubborn and refused to believe. In front of everyone they said terrible things about God's Way. Paul left and took the followers with him to the lecture hall of Tyrannus. He spoke there every day

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At that time there was serious trouble because of the Lord's Way.

and asked for letters to the leaders of the synagogues in Damascus. He did this because he wanted to arrest and take to Jerusalem any man or woman who had accepted the Lord's Way.

These people are no better than senseless animals that live by their feelings and are born to be caught and killed. They speak evil of things they don't know anything about. But their own corrupt deeds will destroy them.

The people of Iconium did not know what to think. Some of them believed the Jewish group, and others believed the apostles.

But these people insult powers they don't know anything about. They are like senseless animals that end up getting destroyed, because they live only by their feelings.

Many people will follow their evil ways and cause others to tell lies about the true way.

You must encourage one another each day. And you must keep on while there is still a time that can be called “today.” If you don't, then sin may fool some of you and make you stubborn.

and nasty quarrels. They have wicked minds and have missed out on the truth. These people think religion is supposed to make you rich.

This means that only a chosen few of the people of Israel found what all of them were searching for. And the rest of them were stubborn,

Everything depends on what God decides to do, and he can either have pity on people or make them stubborn.

I made trouble for everyone who followed the Lord's Way, and I even had some of them killed. I had others arrested and put in jail. I didn't care if they were men or women.

You stubborn and hardheaded people! You are always fighting against the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.

to preach God's message. Do it willingly, even if it isn't the popular thing to do. You must correct people and point out their sins. But also cheer them up, and when you instruct them, always be patient.

Even though they will make a show of being religious, their religion won't be real. Don't have anything to do with such people.

You know that everyone in Asia has turned against me, especially Phygelus and Hermogenes.

But we would like to hear what you have to say. We understand that people everywhere are against this new group.”

The only charge they can bring against me is what I shouted out in court, when I said, “I am on trial today because I believe that the dead will be raised to life!”

Be on your guard! Remember how day and night for three years I kept warning you with tears in my eyes.

Paul wanted to go out and speak to the people, but the Lord's followers would not let him.

Some of them believed what Paul had said, and they became followers with Paul and Silas. Some Gentiles and many important women also believed the message.

He found Saul and brought him to Antioch, where they met with the church for a whole year and taught many of its people. There in Antioch the Lord's followers were first called Christians.

“The Lord has blinded the eyes of the people, and he has made the people stubborn. He did this so that they could not see or understand, and so that they would not turn to the Lord and be healed.”

Jesus said to the mob, “Why do you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like a criminal? Day after day I sat and taught in the temple, and you didn't arrest me.

You want a sign because you are evil and won't believe! But the only sign you will be given is what happened to Jonah. Then Jesus left.

Stay away from those Pharisees! They are like blind people leading other blind people, and all of them will fall into a ditch.”

“Listen, everyone! Some time ago, the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, warned you that he would bring disaster on Jerusalem and all nearby villages. But you were stubborn and refused to listen. Now the Lord is going to bring the disaster he promised.”

But you have ignored me and become even more stubborn and sinful than your ancestors ever were!

Run to me for protection. I am a rock that will make both Judah and Israel stumble and break their bones. I am a trap that will catch the people of Jerusalem—they will be captured and dragged away.

Come to my home each day and listen to me. You will find happiness.

Don't be stubborn and rebel as your ancestors did at Meribah and Massah out in the desert.

You warned them to turn back and discover true life by obeying your laws. But they stubbornly refused and continued to sin.

But the people only laughed and insulted these prophets. They ignored what the Lord God was trying to tell them, until he finally became so angry that nothing could stop him from punishing Judah and Jerusalem.

Don't be stubborn like your ancestors. Decide now to obey the Lord our God! Come to Jerusalem and worship him in the temple that will belong to him forever. Then he will stop being angry,

But the Israelites would not listen; they were as stubborn as their ancestors who had refused to worship the Lord their God.

because there is a wonderful opportunity for me to do some work here. But there are also many people who are against me.




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