[26] God began by making one man, and from him he made all the different people who live everywhere in the world. He decided exactly when and where they would live.
[27] “God wanted people to look for him, and perhaps in searching all around for him, they would find him. But he is not far from any of us.
[28] It is through him that we are able to live, to do what we do, and to be who we are. As your own poets have said, ‘We all come from him.’
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.17.26-28.ERV
[26] God began by making one man, and from him he made all the different people who live everywhere in the world. He decided exactly when and where they would live.
[27] “God wanted people to look for him, and perhaps in searching all around for him, they would find him. But he is not far from any of us.
[28] It is through him that we are able to live, to do what we do, and to be who we are. As your own poets have said, ‘We all come from him.’
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.17.26-28.ERV
[25] About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing songs to God. The other prisoners were listening to them.
[26] Suddenly there was an earthquake so strong that it shook the foundation of the jail. All the doors of the jail opened, and the chains on all the prisoners fell off.
[27] The jailer woke up and saw that the jail doors were open. He thought that the prisoners had already escaped, so he got his sword and was ready to kill himself.
[28] But Paul shouted, “Don’t hurt yourself! We are all here!”
[29] The jailer told someone to bring a light. Then he ran inside and, shaking with fear, fell down in front of Paul and Silas.
[30] Then he brought them outside and said, “Men, what must I do to be saved?”
[31] They said to him, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved—you and all who live in your house.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.16.25-31.ERV
[16] One day we were going to the place for prayer, and a servant girl met us. She had a spirit in her that gave her the power to tell what would happen in the future. By doing this she earned a lot of money for the men who owned her.
[17] She started following Paul and the rest of us around. She kept shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God! They are telling you how you can be saved!”
[18] She continued doing this for many days. This bothered Paul, so he turned and said to the spirit, “By the power of Jesus Christ, I command you to come out of her!” Immediately, the spirit came out.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.16.16-18.ERV
[9] That night Paul saw a vision. In it, a man from Macedonia came to Paul. The man stood there and begged, “Come across to Macedonia and help us.”
[10] After Paul had seen the vision, we immediately prepared to leave for Macedonia. We understood that God had called us to tell the Good News to those people.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.16.9-10.ERV
[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
