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Acts 13:52

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

And went to Iconium, leaving the disciples full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.

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Be glad and rejoice, because your reward in Heaven will be great; for so men persecuted the Prophets who lived before you.

So the disciples, without exception, determined, in proportion to their means, to send something to help the Brethren living in Judea.

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with strange 'tongues' as the Spirit prompted their utterances.

Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the Temple Courts, and to the Breaking of Bread at their homes, while they partook of their food in simple-hearted gladness, praising God, and winning the good-will of all the people.

When their prayer was ended, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to tell God's Message fearlessly.

But the Apostles left the Council, rejoicing that they had been thought worthy to suffer disgrace for that Name;

For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and gladness through the presence of the Holy Spirit.

May God, who inspires our hope, grant you perfect happiness and peace in your faith, till you are filled with this hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

And not only that, but let us also exult in our troubles;

How, tired though they were by many a trouble, their overflowing happiness, and even their deep poverty, resulted in a flood of generosity.

But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.

And you yourselves began to follow, not only our example, but the Master's also; and, in spite of much suffering, you welcomed the Message with a joy inspired by the Holy Spirit,

My Brothers, whatever may be the temptations that beset you from time to time, always regard them as a reason for rejoicing,

No, the more you share the sufferings of the Christ, the more may you rejoice, that, when the time comes for the manifestation of his Glory, you may rejoice and exult.




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