Acts 18:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea,

And when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?

Exhorting

My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you his greetings, and also Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you have received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him.)

Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers in the truth.

Helped

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.

Not that we lord it over your faith; but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.

Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,

Believed

But to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

Through him we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of themyet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God

For to you it has been granted for the sake of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for his sake,

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised up 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 by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,

Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.

who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling with his blood: may grace and peace be yours in abundance.