Acts 16:5

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Acts 16:5

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

So

Increased

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So

he departed, and passing through Syria and Cilicia, he settled the churches there.

Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, conformable to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret from antient times, but now is laid open,

therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye inflexibly steady, and continually surpass others in the work of the Lord, knowing that he will not leave your christian labour unrewarded.

Stand fast therefore, and be not hampered again with the yoke of bondage.

till being united in a perfect belief, and acknowledgment of the son of God, we grow up to that full state of maturity required by Christ:

continue therefore to follow the doctrine of our Lord Jesus Christ, as you have receiv'd it:

a minister of God, and our collegue in preaching the gospel of Christ, that by establishing you in the faith, and by his exhortations,

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ, and God our father, who has loved us, and by his favour given us the advantageous hopes of eternal joys, consolate your souls,

for the mind is better improv'd by the gospel-dispensation, than by the distinctions about meats, in which some have been so uselesly vers'd.

but may the all-gracious God, who has called us to eternal glory, perfect, confirm, fortify, and settle you, during the short interval of your sufferings.

Increased

praising God, and showing benevolence to all the people. and the Lord encreased the church daily with new converts.

however, many who heard Peter's discourse, believed, to the number of about five thousand people.

did not venture to approach near them. the number of those who believed in the Lord, both men and women, increas'd more and more.

thus the word of God was spread; and the number of disciples encreased very much at Jerusalem; and a numerous body of priests embrac'd the faith.

Then the churches in all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, were unmolested and establish'd, and by their religious conduct, and the assistance of the holy spirit, grew more extensive.

and as the divine assistance accompany'd them, a great number of persons believed and became converts.

word of God made continual progress. and after Barnabas

when the Gentiles heard this, they received the word with joy, glorifying the Lord: and as many as were dispos'd to eternal life, believed.

many that believed came to confess, and give an account of their past actions.