51 lines
3.5 KiB
Markdown
51 lines
3.5 KiB
Markdown
Gentile Salvation Defended
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# Chapter 11
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1. The apostles and the brothers and sisters who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
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2. When Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him,
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3. saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them."
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4. Peter began to explain to them step by step,
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5. "I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a trance, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me.
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6. When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.
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7. I also heard a voice telling me, *'Get up, Peter; kill and eat.'*
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8. "'No, Lord!' I said. 'For nothing impure or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth.'
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9. But a voice answered from heaven a second time, *'What God has made clean, you must not call impure.'*
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10. "Now this happened three times, and everything was drawn up again into heaven.
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11. At that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where we were.
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12. The Spirit told me to accompany them with no doubts at all. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we went into the man's house.
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13. He reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.
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14. He will speak a message to you by which you and all your household will be saved.'
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15. "As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.
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16. I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, *'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'*
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17. If, then, God gave them the same gift that he also gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I possibly hinder God?"
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18. When they heard this they became silent. And they glorified God, saying, "So then, God has given repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles."
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The Church in Antioch
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19. Now those who had been scattered as a result of the persecution that started because of Stephen made their way as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.
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20. But there were some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
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21. The Lord's hand was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord.
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22. News about them reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to travel as far as Antioch.
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23. When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,
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24. for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And large numbers of people were added to the Lord.
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25. Then he went to Tarsus to search for Saul,
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26. and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
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Famine Relief
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27. In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
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28. One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the reign of Claudius.
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29. Each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers and sisters who lived in Judea.
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30. They did this, sending it to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul.
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