Acts 18:27

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Summary

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

The brethren

Exhorting

Colossians 4:10

3 John 1:8

Helped

1 Corinthians 3:6

2 Corinthians 1:24

Philippians 1:25

Believed

Bible References

The brethren

But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae:

And when I arrive, whomsoever ye shall approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty unto Jerusalem:

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you?

Exhorting

Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner saluteth you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (touching whom ye received commandments; if he come unto you, receive him),

We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.

Helped

I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.

And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;

Believed

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:

through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:

having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,

Be not deceived, my beloved brethren.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.