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

He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, so you shall be established. Believe his prophets, so you shall prosper."

and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.'"

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,

and sent Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;

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

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

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

Increased

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

But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

More believers were added to the Lord, crowds of both men and women.

The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

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

But the word of God grew and multiplied.

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

Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.