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In Iconium

¹ Now it happened that in ^(C1)Iconium ^(C2)they entered the synagogue of the Jews together and spoke in such a manner ^(C3)that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of ^(C4)Greeks.² But ^(C1)the ^(F1)(C2)unbelieving Jews instigated and embittered the ^(F2)minds of the Gentiles against ^(C3)the brothers.³ Therefore they spent a long time there ^(C1)speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that ^(F1)(C2)signs and wonders be done through their hands.^4 (C1)But the multitude of the city was divided; and some ^(F1)sided with ^(C2)the Jews, and some with ^(C3)the apostles.⁵ And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and ^(C1)the Jews with their rulers to mistreat and to ^(C2)stone them,⁶ they became aware of it and fled to the cities of ^(C1)Lycaonia, ^(C2)Lystra and ^(C3)Derbe, and the surrounding region;⁷ and there they continued to ^(C1)proclaim the gospel.

In Lystra and Derbe

⁸ And at ^(C1)Lystra ^(C2)a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother's womb, who had never walked.⁹ This man listened to Paul as he spoke, who, ^(C1)when he fixed his gaze on him and saw that he had ^(C2)faith to be ^(F1)saved from being lame,¹⁰ said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." ^(C1)And he leaped up and began to walk.¹¹ And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the ^(C1)Lycaonian language, "^(C2)The gods have become like men and have come down to us."¹² And they began calling Barnabas, ^(F1)Zeus, and Paul, ^(F2)Hermes, because he was ^(F3)the chief speaker.¹³ And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was ^(F1)just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and ^(C1)was wanting to offer sacrifice with the crowds.¹⁴ But when ^(C1)the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they ^(C2)tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out¹⁵ and saying, "Men, why are you doing these things? We are also ^(C1)men of the same nature as you, ^(C2)proclaiming the gospel to you that you should turn from these ^(F1)(C3)vain things to a ^(C4)living God, ^(C5)WHO MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM.¹⁶ "^(F1)In the generations gone by He ^(C1)permitted all the ^(F2)nations to ^(C2)go their own ways;¹⁷ and yet ^(C1)He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and ^(C2)gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness."¹⁸ And saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

¹⁹ But ^(C1)Jews came from ^(C2)Antioch and ^(C3)Iconium, and after winning over the crowds and ^(C4)stoning Paul, they were dragging him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.²⁰ But while ^(C1)the disciples stood around him, he rose up and entered the city. The next day he went away with Barnabas to ^(C2)Derbe.²¹ And after they had ^(C1)proclaimed the gospel to that city and had ^(C2)made many disciples, they returned to ^(C3)Lystra and to ^(C4)Iconium and to ^(C5)Antioch,²² strengthening the souls of ^(C1)the disciples, encouraging them to continue in ^(C2)the faith, and saying, "^(C3)Through many afflictions we must enter the kingdom of God."²³ And when ^(C1)they had appointed ^(C2)elders for them in every church, having ^(C3)prayed with fasting, they ^(C4)commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

The Return to Antioch

²⁴ And when they passed through ^(C1)Pisidia, they came into ^(C2)Pamphylia.²⁵ And when they had spoken the word in ^(C1)Perga, they went down to Attalia.²⁶ And from there they sailed to ^(C1)Antioch, from ^(C2)where they had been ^(C3)committed to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled.²⁷ And when they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to ^(C1)report all things that God had done with them and ^(F1)how He had opened a ^(C2)door of faith to the Gentiles.²⁸ And they spent not a little time with ^(C1)the disciples.