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Acts 13:26

New Century Version

“Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and others who worship God, listen! The news about this salvation has been sent to us.

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Our God, you forced out the people who lived in this land as your people Israel moved in. And you gave this land forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham.

You are descendants of his servant Abraham, the children of Jacob, his chosen people.

The Lord says, “People of Israel, you are my servants. People of Jacob, I chose you. You are from the family of my friend Abraham.

I will soon do the things that are right. I will bring salvation soon. I will save Jerusalem and bring glory to Israel.”

The Lord says, “Family of Jacob, listen to me. You are called Israel, and you come from the family of Judah. You swear by the Lord’s name and praise the God of Israel, but you are not honest or sincere.

But go to the people of Israel, who are like lost sheep.

And don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks.

He has given us a powerful Savior from the family of God’s servant David.

You will make his people know that they will be saved by having their sins forgiven.

and that a change of hearts and lives and forgiveness of sins would be preached in his name to all nations, starting at Jerusalem.

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, who would we go to? You have the words that give eternal life.

Cornelius was a religious man. He and all the other people who lived in his house worshiped the true God. He gave much of his money to the poor and prayed to God often.

In every country God accepts anyone who worships him and does what is right.

When the meeting was over, many people with those who had changed to worship God followed Paul and Barnabas from that place. Paul and Barnabas were persuading them to continue trusting in God’s grace.

But Paul and Barnabas spoke very boldly, saying, “We must speak the message of God to you first. But you refuse to listen. You are judging yourselves not worthy of having eternal life! So we will now go to the people of other nations.

This girl followed Paul and us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God. They are telling you how you can be saved.”

The high priest and the whole council of elders can tell you this is true. They gave me letters to the brothers in Damascus. So I was going there to arrest these people and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.

“I want you to know that God has also sent his salvation to all nations, and they will listen!” [

God has raised up his servant Jesus and sent him to you first to bless you by turning each of you away from doing evil.”

Jesus is the only One who can save people. No one else in the world is able to save us.”

“Go stand in the Temple and tell the people everything about this new life.”

I am not ashamed of the Good News, because it is the power God uses to save everyone who believes—to save the Jews first, and then to save non-Jews.

So it is with you. When you heard the true teaching—the Good News about your salvation—you believed in Christ. And in Christ, God put his special mark of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit that he had promised.

You have this faith and love because of your hope, and what you hope for is kept safe for you in heaven. You learned about this hope when you heard the message about the truth, the Good News




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