"And so, from the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood firm, so that he might be reinforced and strengthened.
Acts 15:32 - Catholic Public Domain Version But Judas and Silas, being also prophets themselves, consoled the brothers with many words, and they were strengthened. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets (inspired interpreters of the will and purposes of God), urged and warned and consoled and encouraged the brethren with many words and strengthened them. American Standard Version (1901) And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them. Common English Bible Judas and Silas were prophets, and they said many things that encouraged and strengthened the brothers and sisters. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, with many words comforted the brethren, and confirmed them. English Standard Version 2016 And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words. |
"And so, from the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood firm, so that he might be reinforced and strengthened.
For this reason, behold, I send to you prophets and wisemen, and scribes. And some of these you will put to death and crucify; and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,
Because of this also, the wisdom of God said: I will send to them Prophets and Apostles, and some of these they will kill or persecute,
And when he had arrived there and had seen the grace of God, he was gladdened. And he exhorted them all to continue in the Lord with a resolute heart.
Now there were, in the Church at Antioch, prophets and teachers, among whom were Barnabas, and Simon, who was called the Black, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manahen, who was the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
And when they had established priests for them in each church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.
And certain ones, descending from Judea, were teaching the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
Then it pleased the Apostles and elders, with the whole Church, to choose men from among them, and to send to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, and Judas, who was surnamed Barsabbas, and Silas, preeminent men among the brothers,
Therefore, we have sent Judas and Silas, who themselves also will, with the spoken word, reaffirm to you the same things.
Therefore, being led by the church, they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles. And they caused great joy among all the brothers.
And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the Churches, instructing them to keep the precepts of the Apostles and the elders.
And having spent some length of time there, he set out, and he walked in order through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
And then, with very many other words, he testified and he exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this depraved generation."
And when he had walked through those areas and had exhorted them with many sermons, he went into Greece.
And we each have different gifts, according to the grace that has been given to us: whether prophecy, in agreement with the reasonableness of faith;
he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, in simplicity; he who governs, in solicitude; he who shows mercy, in cheerfulness.
And he, too, will strengthen you, even until the end, without guilt, until the day of the advent of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But whoever prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and consolation.
In other generations, this was unknown to the sons of men, even as it has now been revealed to his holy Apostles and Prophets in the Spirit,
And we sent Timothy, our brother and a minister of God in the Gospel of Christ, to confirm you and to exhort you, on behalf of your faith,
Therefore, concerning other things, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the Lord Jesus, that, just as you have received from us the way in which you ought to walk and to please God, so also may you walk, in order that you may abound all the more.
And we ask you, brothers: correct the disruptive, console the weak-minded, support the sick, be patient with everyone.
Now we charge those who act in this way, and we beg them in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work in silence and eat their own bread.
And so I beg you, first of all, to make supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings for all men,
that you should preach the word urgently, in season and out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke, with all patience and doctrine.
Therefore, I beg the elders who are among you, as one who is also an elder and a witness of the Passion of Christ, who also shares in that glory which is to be revealed in the future:
But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself perfect, confirm, and establish us, after a brief time of suffering.
I have written briefly, through Sylvanus, whom I consider to be a faithful brother to you, begging and testifying that this is the true grace of God, in which you have been established.