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Acts 17:4

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Some of them were convinced and joined Paul and Silas, along with many of the Greeks who worshiped God and many of the important women.

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Spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer.

Stop your foolish ways, and you will live; take the road of understanding.

Where has your lover gone, most beautiful of women? Which way did your lover turn? We will look for him with you.

“At that time people from many nations will join with the Lord and will become my people. Then I will live among you, and you will know that the Lord All-Powerful has sent me to you.

Some people said to each other, “Where will this man go so we cannot find him? Will he go to the Greek cities where our people live and teach the Greek people there?

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 the Jewish people stirred up some of the important religious women and the leaders of the city. They started trouble against Paul and Barnabas and forced them out of their area.

In Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual to the synagogue. They spoke so well that a great many Jews and Greeks believed.

But the city was divided. Some of the people agreed with the Jews, and others believed the apostles.

The apostles, the elders, and the whole church decided to send some of their men with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. They chose Judas Barsabbas and Silas, who were respected by the believers.

So we are sending Judas and Silas, who will tell you the same things.

Judas and Silas, who were also prophets, said many things to encourage the believers and make them stronger.

but Paul chose Silas and left. The believers in Antioch put Paul into the Lord’s care,

Paul wanted Timothy to travel with him, but all the people living in that area knew that Timothy’s father was Greek. So Paul circumcised Timothy to please his mother’s people.

That same night the believers sent Paul and Silas to Berea where they went to the synagogue.

So, many of them believed, as well as many important Greek women and men.

The believers quickly sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.

In the synagogue, he talked with the Jews and the Greeks who worshiped God. He also talked every day with people in the marketplace.

But some of the people believed Paul and joined him. Among those who believed was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and some others.

Every Sabbath day he talked with the Jews and Greeks in the synagogue, trying to persuade them to believe in Jesus.

for two years. Because of his work, every Jew and Greek in Asia heard the word of the Lord.

All the believers were together and shared everything.

They shouted, “People of Israel, help us! This is the man who goes everywhere teaching against the law of Moses, against our people, and against this Temple. Now he has brought some Greeks into the Temple and has made this holy place unclean!”

Some believed what Paul said, but others did not.

After Peter and John left the meeting of leaders, they went to their own group and told them everything the leading priests and the elders had said to them.

And they gave in a way we did not expect: They first gave themselves to the Lord and to us. This is what God wants.




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