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15 And saying, Men, what are you doing? We also are ordinary human beings like you, who preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God who made heaven and earth and the sea and all things that are therein, 16 Who in generations past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. 17 Nevertheless he left himself without testimony, in that he bestowed good on them from heaven, and gave them rain, and caused the fruits to grow in their seasons, and satisfied their hearts with food and gladness. 18 And even though they said these things they had difficulty in restraining the people from offering sacrifice to them. 19 But there came there Jews from I-co’nium and An’ti-och and stirred up the people against them, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. 20 Howbeit, as the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and entered again into the city: and the next day he departed from there with Bar’na-bas, and they came to the city of Der’be. 21 And when they had preached the gospel to the people of that city, and had converted many, then they returned to the city of Lys’tra, and to I-co’ni-um, and An’ti-och, 22 Strengthening the souls of the converts, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and telling them that only through much tribulation can we enter into the kingdom of God. 23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with them with fasting, they commended them to our LORD, on whom they believed. 24 And after they had traveled through the country of Pi-sid’i-a, they came to Pamphyl’i- a. 25 And when they had preached the word of the LORD in the city of Per’ga, they went down to At-ta’li-a: 26 And thence they sailed and came to An’tioch, because from there they had been recommended to the grace of the LORD, for the work which they fulfilled. 27 And as the whole congregation was gathered together, they related everything that God had done to them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. 28 And there they remained a long time with the disciples. Acts 14:15-28, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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