[8] God knows everyone, even their thoughts, and he accepted these non-Jewish people. He showed this to us by giving them the Holy Spirit the same as he did to us.
[9] To God, those people are not different from us. When they believed, God made their hearts pure.
[11] No, we believe that we and these people will be saved the same way—by the grace of the Lord Jesus.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.15.8-11.ERV
[22] In those cities they helped the followers grow stronger in their faith and encouraged them to continue trusting God. They told them, “We must suffer many things on our way into God’s kingdom.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.14.22.ERV
[16] “In the past God let all the nations do what they wanted.
[17] But God was always there doing the good things that prove he is real. He gives you rain from heaven and good harvests at the right times. He gives you plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.14.16-17.ERV
[8] In Lystra there was a man who had something wrong with his feet. He had been born crippled and had never walked.
[9] He was sitting and listening to Paul speak. Paul looked straight at him and saw that the man believed God could heal him.
[10] So Paul shouted, “Stand up on your feet!” The man jumped up and began walking around.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.14.8-10.ERV
[3] So Paul and Barnabas stayed in Iconium a long time, and they spoke bravely for the Lord. They told the people about God’s grace. The Lord proved that what they said was true by causing miraculous signs and wonders to be done through them.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.14.3.ERV
[46] But Paul and Barnabas spoke very boldly. They said, “We had to tell God’s message to you Jews first, but you refuse to listen. You have made it clear that you are not worthy of having eternal life. So we will now go to those who are not Jews.
[47] This is what the Lord told us to do: ‘I have made you a light for the other nations, to show people all over the world the way to be saved.’” Isaiah 49:6
[48] When the non-Jewish people heard Paul say this, they were happy. They gave honor to the message of the Lord, and many of them believed it. These were the ones chosen to have eternal life.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.13.46-48.ERV
[38-39] Brothers, understand what we are telling you. You can have forgiveness of your sins through this Jesus. The Law of Moses could not free you from your sins. But you can be made right with God if you believe in Jesus.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.13.38-39.ERV
[35] But in another Psalm it says, ‘You will not let your Holy One rot in the grave.’ Psalm 16:10
[36] “David did God’s will during the time he lived. Then he died and was buried like all his ancestors. And his body did rot in the grave!
[37] But the one God raised from death did not rot in the grave.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.13.35-37.ERV
[32] “We tell you the Good News about the promise God made to our ancestors.
[33] We are their descendants, and God has made this promise come true for us. God did this by raising Jesus from death. We also read about this in Psalm 2: ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.’ Psalm 2:7
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.13.32-33.ERV
[27] The Jews living in Jerusalem and their leaders did not realize that Jesus was the Savior. The words the prophets wrote about him were read every Sabbath day, but they did not understand. They condemned Jesus. When they did this, they made the words of the prophets come true.
[28] They could not find any real reason why Jesus should die, but they asked Pilate to kill him.
[30] But God raised him up from death!
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.13.27-30.ERV
[23] “As he promised, God has brought one of David’s descendants to Israel to be their Savior. That descendant is Jesus.
[24] Before he came, John told all the people of Israel what they should do. He told them to be baptized to show they wanted to change their lives.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.13.23-24.ERV
[21] Herod decided on a day to meet with them. On that day he was wearing a beautiful royal robe. He sat on his throne and made a speech to the people.
[22] The people shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
[23] Herod did not give the glory to God. So an angel of the Lord caused him to get sick. He was eaten by worms inside him, and he died.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.12.21-23.ERV
[6] One night, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two of the soldiers. More soldiers were guarding the door of the jail. Herod was planning to bring Peter out before the people the next day.
[7] Suddenly an angel of the Lord was standing there, and the room was filled with light. The angel tapped Peter on the side and woke him up. The angel said, “Hurry, get up!” The chains fell off Peter’s hands.
[8] The angel said, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” Peter did as he was told. Then the angel said, “Put on your coat and follow me.”
[9] So the angel went out and Peter followed. He did not know if the angel was really doing this. He thought he might be seeing a vision.
[10] Peter and the angel went past the first guard and the second guard. Then they came to the iron gate that separated them from the city. The gate opened for them by itself. After they went through the gate and walked about a block, the angel suddenly left.
[11] Peter realized then what had happened. He thought, “Now I know that the Lord really sent his angel to me. He rescued me from Herod and from everything those Jews thought would happen to me.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.12.6-11.ERV
[21] The Lord was helping these men, and a large number of people believed and decided to follow the Lord.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.11.21.ERV
[44] While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down on all those who were listening to his speech.
[45] The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the Holy Spirit had been poured out as a gift also to people who were not Jews.
[46] They heard them speaking different languages and praising God. Then Peter said,
[47] “How can anyone object to these people being baptized in water? They have received the Holy Spirit the same as we did!”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.10.44-47.ERV
[43] Everyone who believes in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name. All the prophets agree that this is true.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.10.43.ERV
[34] Peter began to speak: “I really understand now that God does not consider some people to be better than others.
[35] He accepts anyone who worships him and does what is right. It is not important what nation they come from.
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[28] Peter said to the people, “You understand that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit anyone who is not a Jew. But God has shown me that I should not consider anyone unfit or say they are not pure.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.10.28.ERV
[9] The next day they were coming near Joppa about noon, when Peter was going up to the roof to pray.
[10] He was hungry and wanted to eat. But while they were preparing the food for Peter to eat, he had a vision.
[11] He saw something coming down through the open sky. It looked like a big sheet being lowered to the ground by its four corners.
[12] In it were all kinds of animals, reptiles, and birds.
[13] Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill anything here and eat it.”
[14] But Peter said, “I can’t do that, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is not pure or fit to be used for food.”
[15] But the voice said to him again, “God has made these things pure. Don’t say they are unfit to eat.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.10.9-15.ERV
[40] Peter sent all the people out of the room. He knelt down and prayed. Then he turned to Tabitha’s body and said, “Tabitha, stand up!” She opened her eyes. When she saw Peter, she sat up.
[41] He gave her his hand and helped her stand up. Then he called the believers and the widows into the room. He showed them Tabitha; she was alive!
[42] People everywhere in Joppa learned about this, and many believed in the Lord.
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[33] There he met a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had not been able to get out of bed for the past eight years.
[34] Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed!” He stood up immediately.
[35] All the people living in Lydda and on the plain of Sharon saw him, and they decided to follow the Lord.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.9.33-35.ERV