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that have been known for ages.'

It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath."

men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,

Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of clairvoyance, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.

She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" And the spirit left her at that very moment.

by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice."

Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.

Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.

For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean."

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with the inscription: To an unknown God. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

'For in Him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are His offspring.'

For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising Him from the dead."