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Galatians 2:8

Weymouth NT

for He who had been at work within Peter with a view to his Apostleship to the Jews had also been at work within me with a view to my Apostleship to the Gentiles–

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to occupy the place in this ministry and Apostleship from which Judas through transgression fell, in order to go to his own place.«

and yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and Samaria and to the remotest parts of the earth.«

Then the whole assembly remained silent while they listened to the statement made by Paul and Barnabas as to all the signs and marvels that God had done among the Gentiles through their instrumentality.

and you see and hear that, not in Ephesus only but throughout almost the whole province of Asia, this fellow Paul has led away a vast number of people by inducing them to believe that they are not gods at all that are made by men's hands.

After exchanging friendly greetings, Paul told in detail all that God had done among the Gentiles through his instrumentality.

»`Go,' He replied; `I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'«

But many of those who had listened to their preaching believed; and the number of the adult men had now grown to be about 5,000.

Then the Apostles placed their hands upon them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

»Go,« replied the Lord; »he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of Israel.

But what I am I am by the grace of God, and His grace bestowed upon me did not prove ineffectual. But I labored more strenuously than all the rest–yet it was not I, but God's grace working with me.

If to other men I am not an Apostle, yet at any rate I am one to you; for your very existence as a Christian Church is the seal of my Apostleship.

He who gives you His Spirit and works miracles among you–does He do so on the ground of your obedience to the Law, or is it the result of your having heard and believed:

To this end, like an earnest wrestler, I exert all my strength in reliance upon the power of Him who is mightily at work within me.

And for this further reason we render unceasing thanks to God, that when you received God's Message from our lips, it was as no mere message from men that you embraced it, but as –what it really is– God's Message, which also does its work in the hearts of you who believe.




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