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Acts 16:5

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

So the Churches grew stronger in the Faith, and increased in numbers from day to day.

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The power of the Lord was with them, so that a great number who had learned to believe came over to the Lord's side.

Meanwhile the Lord's Message kept extending, and spreading far and wide.

Started on his journey and went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the Churches in the faith.

And the Lord daily added to their company those who were in the path of Salvation.

Many, however, of those who had heard the Apostles' Message became believers in Christ, the number of the men alone amounting to about five thousand.

And still larger numbers, both of men and women, as they became believers in the Lord, were added to their number.

So God's Message spread, and the number of the disciples continued to increase rapidly in Jerusalem, and a large body of the priests accepted the Faith.

And so it came about that the Church, throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, enjoyed peace and became firmly established; and, ordering its life by reverence for the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

Now to him who is able to strengthen you, as promised in the Good News entrusted to me and in the proclamation of Jesus Christ, in accordance with the revelation of that hidden purpose, which in past ages was kept secret but now has been revealed

Therefore, my dear Brothers, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord's work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.

It is for freedom that Christ set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not again be held under the yoke of slavery.

Since, therefore, you have received Jesus, the Christ, as your Lord, live your lives in union with him--

And so make your hearts strong, and your lives pure beyond reproach, in the sight of our God and Father, at the Coming of our Lord Jesus, with all his Holy Ones.

And sent Timothy, our Brother and God's minister of the Good News of the Christ, to strengthen you, and to encourage you in your faith,

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and, in his loving-kindness, gave us unfailing consolation and good ground for hope,

Do not let yourselves be carried away by the various novel forms of teaching. It is better to rely for spiritual strength upon the divine help, than upon regulations regarding food; for those whose lives are guided by such regulations have not found them of service.

God, from whom all help comes, and who called you, by your union with Christ, into his eternal glory, will, when you have suffered for a little while, himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.




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