that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, *Behold, I lay in Tziyon for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.
No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness which is of me, says the LORD.
Now the names of the twelve emissaries are these. The first, Shim`on, who is called Kefa; Andrew, his brother; Ya`akov Ben-Zavdai; Yochanan, his brother;
You, Kefar-Nachum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to She'ol. For if the mighty works had been done in Sedom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.
Walking by the sea of the Galil, he saw two brothers: Shim`on, who is called Kefa, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
He brought him to Yeshua. Yeshua looked at him, and said, *You are Shim`on the son of Yonah. You shall be called Kefa* (which is by interpretation, Rock).
Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
Sha'ul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Yerushalayim in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Yehudah and Shomron, except for the emissaries.
and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, Ya`akov and Kefa and Yochanan, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Bar-Nabba the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, *The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Messiah. He will reign forever and ever!*