Acts 15:32

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Summary

Acts 15:32

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

Being

Exhorted

Confirmed

1 Peter 5:10

Bible References

Being

And it will be in the last days, says God,
that I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart,

In the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and hound from town to town.

Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’

According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts:

If prophecy,
use it according to the standard of one’s faith;

And God has placed these in the church:

first apostles, second prophets,
third teachers, next miracles,
then gifts of healing, helping,
managing, various kinds of languages.

But the person who prophesies speaks to people for edification, encouragement, and consolation.

This was not made known to people in other generations as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:

And He personally gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,

Don’t despise prophecies,

Exhorted

And with many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt generation!”

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with a firm resolve of the heart,

strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, “It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way into the kingdom of God.”

And after spending some time there, he set out, traveling through one place after another in the Galatian territory and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

And when he had passed through those areas and exhorted them at length, he came to Greece

if exhorting, in exhortation;
giving, with generosity;
leading, with diligence;
showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

As you know, like a father with his own children,

Finally then, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you must walk and please God—as you are doing—do so even more.

And we exhort you, brothers: warn those who are irresponsible, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

Now we command and exhort such people by the Lord Jesus Christ that quietly working, they may eat their own food.

First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone,

Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

In the same way, encourage the young men to be self-controlled

Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you:

Confirmed

He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Strengthen the weak hands,
steady the shaking knees!

In the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to strengthen and protect him.

He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

for the training of the saints in the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,

And we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith,

Now the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will personally restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little.