Then the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, decided to choose some men from the group and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose two men who were highly respected by the believers, Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas,
When her owners realized that their chance of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them to the authorities in the public square.
“And now I commend you to the care of God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build you up and give you the blessings God has for all his people.
But by God's grace I am what I am, and the grace that he gave me was not without effect. On the contrary, I have worked harder than any of the other apostles, although it was not really my own doing, but God's grace working with me.