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Acts 7:25

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He assumed his people would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

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I labour for this, striving  with his strength that works powerfully in me.


Working together with him, we also appeal to you, ‘Don’t receive the grace of God in vain.’


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.


For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me  by word and deed for the obedience of the Gentiles,


After greeting them, he reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.


After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, ‘Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you,  that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.


When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.


After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them  and that he had opened the door  of faith to the Gentiles.


They understood none of these things.  The meaning of the saying  , was hidden  from them, and they did not grasp what was said.


But they did not understand this statement;  it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it,  and they were afraid to ask him about it.


But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask him.


Naaman,  commander of the army for the king of Aram, was a man important to his master and highly regarded  because through him, the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man was a valiant warrior, but he had a skin disease.


He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine,  and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel.  You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason? ’


But the people said to Saul, ‘Must Jonathan die? He accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel! No, as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground,  for he worked with God’s help today.’  So the people redeemed Jonathan, and he did not die.


For we are God’s co-workers.  You are God’s field, God’s building.


Looking all around and seeing no one, he struck the Egyptian dead and hid him in the sand.


When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.


The next day he appeared while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, “Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other? ”


They said to him, ‘We’ve come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines.’ Then Samson told them, ‘Swear to me that you yourselves won’t kill me.’





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