Acts 16:5

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Acts 16:5

And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

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Increased

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So

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret for long ages

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

It was for freedom that Christ has set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to become mature, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so live in him,

and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,

Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, and strengthen you.

Increased

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

But many of those who heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to their number,

The word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace and was built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

But the word of God continued to grow and to be multiplied.

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

Many also of those who believed now came, confessing and disclosing their practices.