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Acts 11:26

James Moffatt - New Testament

and on finding him he brought him to Antioch, where for a whole year they were guests of the church and taught considerable numbers. It was at Antioch too that the disciples were originally called "Christians."

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but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed, he must rather glorify God for that.

"At this rate," Agrippa remarked, "it won't be long before you believe you have made a Christian of me!"

but the unction you received from him remains within you, and you really need no teaching from anyone; simply remain in him, for his unction teaches you about everything and is true and is no lie — remain in him, as it has taught you to do.

If you are denounced for the sake of Christ, you are blessed; for then the Spirit of glory and power, the Spirit of God himself, is resting on you.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name and nature,

Hence if at a gathering of the whole church everybody speaks with 'tongues,' and if outsiders or un believers come in, will they not say you are insane?

As the human body is one and has many members, all the members of the body forming one body for all their number, so is it with Christ.

First of all, in your church-meetings I am told that cliques prevail. And I partly believe it.

To ensure this, I am sending you Timotheus, my beloved and trustworthy son in the Lord; he will remind you of those methods in Christ Jesus which I teach everywhere in every church.

On their arrival they gathered the church together and reported how God had been with them, what he had done, and how he had opened a door into faith for the Gentiles.

go and make disciples of all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the holy Spirit,

I advise you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich, white raiment to clothe you and prevent the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to rub on your eyes, that you may see.

They chose presbyters for them in every church, and with prayer and fasting entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

During these days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch,

The news of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they despatched Barnabas to Antioch.

Some of them, however, were Cypriotes and Cyrenians, who on reaching Antioch told the Greeks also the gospel of the Lord Jesus;

This plan commended itself to the whole body, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nikanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nikolaos a proselyte from Antioch;

and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

Now during these days Peter stood up among the brothers (there was a crowd of about a hundred and twenty persons all together).

During these days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists began to complain against the Hebrews, on the ground that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

Then he took some food and felt strong again. For several days he stayed at Damascus with the disciples.

When the disciples heard that Peter was at Lydda (for Joppa is not far from Lydda), they sent two men to beg him to "Come on to us without delay."

So the disciples put aside money, as each of them was able to afford it, for a contribution to be sent to the brothers in Judaea.

However, as the disciples gathered round him, he got up and went into the town. Next day he went off with Barnabas to Derbe,

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold by the faith, and telling them that "we have to get into the Realm of God through many a trouble."

They spent a considerable time with the disciples there.

As he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers wrote and urged the disciples there to give him a welcome. And on his arrival he proved of great service to those who by God's grace had believed,

But as some grew stubborn and disobedient, decrying the Way in presence of the multitude, he left them, withdrew the disciples, and continued his argument every day from eleven to four in the lecture-room of Tyrannus.

When the tumult had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and encouraged them; he then took leave of them and went his way to Macedonia.

and men of your own number will arise with perversions of the truth to draw the disciples after them.

We found out the local disciples and stayed there for seven days. These disciples told Paul by the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem;

Is it not they who scoff at the noble Name you bear?




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