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Acts 9:6

Weymouth NT

»But rise and go to the city, and you will be told what you are to do.«

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»But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first.«

The crowds repeatedly asked him, »What then are we to do?«

Their reply was, »Cornelius, a Captain, an upright and God-fearing man, of whom the whole Jewish nation speaks well, has been divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and listen to what you have to say.«

Send therefore to Jaffa, and invite Simon, surnamed Peter, to come here. He is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a tanner, close to the sea.'

He is staying as a guest with Simon, a tanner, who has a house close to the sea.«

Stung to the heart by these words, they said to Peter and the rest of the Apostles, »Brethren, what are we to do?«

And I asked, »`What am I to do, Lord?' «And the Lord said to me, »`Rise, and go into Damascus. There you shall be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.'

`But rise, and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for the very purpose of appointing you My servant and My witness both as to the things you have already seen and as to those in which I will appear to you.

»Who art thou, Lord?« he asked. »I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,« was the reply.

And Isaiah, with strange boldness, exclaims, »I have been found by those who were not looking for Me, I have revealed Myself to those who were not inquiring of Me.«

Ignorant of the righteousness which God provides and building their hopes upon a righteousness of their own, they have refused submission to God's righteousness.

Now Law was brought in later on, so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace has overflowed;

Once, apart from Law, I was alive, but when the Commandment came, sin sprang into life, and I died;

Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling –not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you– labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.

But He gives more abundant grace, as is implied in His saying, »God sets Himself against the haughty, but to the lowly He gives grace.«




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