but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

and Paul answered, 'What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, 'Abba -- Father.'

and might deliver those, whoever, with fear of death, throughout all their life, were subjects of bondage,

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

But

And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.

And he answereth and speaketh unto me, saying: 'This is a word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying: Not by a force, nor by power, But -- by My Spirit, said Jehovah of Hosts.

lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;

And, lo, I do send the promise of my Father upon you, but ye -- abide ye in the city of Jerusalem till ye be clothed with power from on high.'

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people,

And Saul was still more strengthened, and he was confounding the Jews dwelling in Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

Jesus who is from Nazareth -- how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;

and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power --

Of love

and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

who also did declare to us your love in the Spirit.

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

A sound

My heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.

Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.

Mine is counsel and substance, I am understanding, I have might.

and they came forth to see what was come to pass, and they came unto Jesus, and found the man sitting, out of whom the demons had gone forth, clothed, and right-minded, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid;

'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining them to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting them even unto strange cities.

for whether we were beside ourselves, it was to God; whether we be of sound mind -- it is to you,

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and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!

who also did declare to us your love in the Spirit.

For ye came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,