Acts 10:22

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Summary

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.

Cornelius

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Cornelius

And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian,

A just

having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, that there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;

Who is wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!

Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.

and Joseph her husband being righteous, and not willing to make her an example, did wish privately to send her away.

for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.

And lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name is Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him,

And lo, a man, by name Joseph, being a counsellor, a man good and righteous,

For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, 'And the righteous one by faith shall live,'

and 'the righteous by faith shall live,' and 'if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'

to the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,

Of good

look out, therefore, brethren, seven men of you who are well testified of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may set over this necessity,

and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the law, being testified to by all the Jews dwelling there,

And they, having come near unto Jesus, were calling upon him earnestly, saying -- 'He is worthy to whom thou shalt do this,

and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.

for in this were the elders testified of;

to Demetrius testimony hath been given by all, and by the truth itself, and we also -- we do testify, and ye have known that our testimony is true.

And to

this one doth lodge with a certain Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea; this one shall speak to thee what it behoveth thee to do.'

who shall speak sayings by which thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

Verily, verily, I say to you -- He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life.

the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;

verily, verily, I say to you, he who is receiving whomsoever I may send, doth receive me; and he who is receiving me, doth receive Him who sent me.'

because the sayings that Thou hast given to me, I have given to them, and they themselves received, and have known truly, that from Thee I came forth, and they did believe that Thou didst send me.

so then the faith is by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

And the all things are of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and did give to us the ministration of the reconciliation,

to be mindful of the sayings said before by the holy prophets, and of the command of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour,