A womannamedLydia,from the cityof Thyatira,a seller of purple fabrics,a worshiperof God,was listening;and the Lordopenedher heartto respondto the things spokenby Paul.
Your peoplewill volunteerfreelyin the dayof Your power;In holyarray,from the wombof the dawn,Your youthare to You [as] the dew.
"My belovedextendedhis handthroughthe opening,And my feelingswere arousedfor him.
The LordGODhas openedMy ear;And I was not disobedientNordid I turnback.
ThenHe openedtheir mindsto understandthe Scriptures,
Nowtherewere someGreeksamongthosewho were goingup to worshipat the feast;
a devout manand one who fearedGodwith allhis household,and gavemanyalmsto the [Jewish] peopleand prayedto Godcontinually.
And the handof the Lordwas with them, and a largenumberwho believedturnedto the Lord.
Nowwhen [the meeting of] the synagoguehad brokenup, manyof the Jewsand of the God-fearingproselytesfollowedPauland Barnabas,who,speakingto them, were urgingthem to continuein the graceof God.
But the Jewsincitedthe devoutwomenof prominenceand the leading menof the city,and instigateda persecutionagainstPauland Barnabas,and drovethem out of their district.
They wentout of the prisonand entered[the house of] Lydia,and when they sawthe brethren,they encouragedthem and departed.
Thenhe leftthereand wentto the houseof a mannamedTitiusJustus,a worshiperof God,whosehousewas nextto the synagogue.
Sohe gotup and went;and there was an Ethiopianeunuch,a court officialof Candace,queenof the Ethiopians,whowas in chargeof allher treasure;and he had cometo Jerusalemto worship,
So thenit [does] not [depend] on the man who willsorthe man who runs,but on Godwho has mercy.
for it is Godwho is at workin you, bothto willand to workfor [His] good pleasure.
saying,"Writein a bookwhatyou see,and send[it] to the sevenchurches:to Ephesusand to Smyrnaand to Pergamumand to Thyatiraand to Sardisand to Philadelphiaand to Laodicea."
Behold,I standat the doorand knock;ifanyonehearsMy voiceand opensthe door,I will comein to him and will dinewith him, and he with Me.
"And to the angelof the churchin Philadelphiawrite:He who is holy,who is true,who hasthe keyof David,who opensand noonewill shut,and who shutsand no oneopens,saysthis:
