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But the Lord's followers in Antioch were very happy and were filled with the Holy Spirit.

But the Jews who did not have faith in him made the other Gentiles angry and turned them against the Lord's followers.

But when the two apostles found out what was happening, they escaped to the region of Lycaonia. They preached the good news there in the towns of Lystra and Derbe and in the nearby countryside.

But he showed that he was there by the good things he did. God sends rain from heaven and makes your crops grow. He gives food to you and makes your hearts glad.

But when the Lord's followers gathered around Paul, he stood up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas went to Derbe.

But some Pharisees had become followers of the Lord. They stood up and said, "Gentiles who have faith in the Lord must be circumcised and told to obey the Law of Moses."

But our Lord Jesus was kind to us, and we are saved by faith in him, just as the Gentiles are.

We have heard that some people from here have terribly upset you by what they said. But we did not send them!

But you should not eat anything offered to idols. You should not eat any meat that still has the blood in it or any meat of any animal that has been strangled. You must also not commit any terrible sexual sins. If you follow these instructions, you will do well. We send our best wishes.

But Paul and Barnabas stayed on in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached about the Lord.

But Paul did not want to, because Mark had left them in Pamphylia and had stopped working with them.

but Paul took Silas and left after the followers had placed them in God's care.

and Paul wanted him to go with them. But Paul first had him circumcised, because all the Jewish people around there knew that Timothy's father was Greek. had him circumcised... Timothy's father was Greekitw : Timothy would not have been acceptable to the Jews unless he had been circumcised, and Greeks did not circumcise their sons. f

Paul and his friends went through Phrygia and Galatia, but the Holy Spirit would not let them preach in Asia.

After they arrived in Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not let them.

But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! No one has escaped."

But Paul told the police, "We are Roman citizens, and the Roman officials had us beaten in public without giving us a trial. They threw us into jail. Now do they think they can secretly send us away? No, they cannot! They will have to come here themselves and let us out."

But Paul and Silas went straight to the home of Lydia, where they saw the Lord's followers and encouraged them. Then they left.

to show them that the Messiah had to suffer, but that he would rise from death. Paul also told them that Jesus is the Messiah he was preaching about.

But when they did not find them there, they dragged out Jason and some of the Lord's followers. They took them to the city authorities and shouted, "Paul and Silas have been upsetting things everywhere. Now they have come here,