Acts 18:27

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Summary

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

The brethren

Exhorting

Colossians 4:10

3 John 1:8

Helped

1 Corinthians 3:6

2 Corinthians 1:24

Philippians 1:25

Believed

Bible References

The brethren

But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae:

And when I come, I will send the men of your selection with letters to take the money you have got together to Jerusalem.

Do we seem to be again attempting to put ourselves in the right? or have we need, as some have, of letters of approval to you or from you?

Exhorting

Aristarchus, my brother-prisoner, sends his love to you, and Mark, a relation of Barnabas (about whom you have been given orders: if he comes to you, be kind to him),

So it is right for us to take in such men as guests, so that we may take our part in the work of the true faith.

Helped

I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.

Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.

And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;

Believed

To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

Through whom grace has been given to us, sending us out to make disciples to the faith among all nations, for his name:

But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:

Having been put to death with him in baptism, by which you came to life again with him, through faith in the working of God, who made him come back from the dead.

But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:

But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen,

Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.

Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.