Acts 15:32

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Acts 15:32

And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

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Exhorted

Confirmed

1 Peter 5:10

Bible References

Being

"And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour our of my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

Who, when he arrived there, and beheld the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted them all, with full purpose of heart to adhere to the Lord.

NOW there were at Antioch, according to the established church, prophets and teachers; such as Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger the black, and Lucius a Cyrenian, and Manaen, Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother, and Saul.

Therefore, behold, I am sending to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye shall kill, and crucify; and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:

Therefore also the wisdom of God hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall kill, and shall persecute:

Having then different gifts according to the grace which is given unto us, if it be prophecy, speak according to the analogy of faith;

And these also hath God placed in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, next miracles, then gifts of healings, helpers, directors, different kinds of tongues.

But he that prophesieth, addresseth men for edification, and exhortation, and consolation.

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it hath been now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

And he himself appointed, some indeed apostles, and some prophets; and others preachers of the Gospel; and others pastors and teachers;

Despise not prophesyings.

Exhorted

And with many other words he testified and exhorted, saying, Be saved from this untoward generation.

Who, when he arrived there, and beheld the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted them all, with full purpose of heart to adhere to the Lord.

strengthening the souls of the brethren, exhorting them to abide firm in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must pass into the kingdom of heaven.

And after making some stay, he departed, passing in regular order through the Galatian district, and Phrygia, confirming all the disciples.

And passing through those parts, and having exhorted them with much discourse, he went into Greece.

or he that exhorteth, in exhortation; he that distributes, let him do it with simplicity; he that presideth, with diligence; he that is employed in acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

as ye know how [we treated] every one of you, as a father doth his children, exhorting you, and admonishing, and conjuring you,

FINALLY, brethren, we beseech you therefore, and conjure you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk, and please God, so ye would abound more and more.

Now we conjure you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient with all men.

Now such we command, and conjure, by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they labour, and eat their own bread.

I EXHORT therefore, first of all, that there be offered supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings for the whole race of mankind:

preach the word, be urgent, in season, out of season; reprove, enjoin, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

The younger men in like manner exhort to be sober minded.

THE presbyters among you I exhort, who am a co-presbyter and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed:

Confirmed

And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

who shall confirm you to the end blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

for the perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ:

and sent Timothy our brother, and a minister of God, and our fellow-labourer in the gospel of Christ, that he might stablish you, and comfort you concerning your faith:

But the God of all grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered a little while, himself perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.