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

Barnabas, however, introduced Saul to the apostles, telling them how on the road Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him, and how courageously he had spoken in the name of Jesus in Damascus.

Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess in the church at Cenchrea.

When I arrive, I will send letters along with the men you approve to take your gift to Jerusalem.

Are we beginning to recommend ourselves again? Unlike some people, we do not need letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?

Exhorting

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. You have received instructions about him. If he comes to you, welcome him.

Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can become genuine helpers with them.

Helped

I planted, Apollos watered, but God kept everything growing.

It is not that we are trying to rule over your faith, but rather to work with you for your joy, because you have been standing firm in the faith.

Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will continue to live and be with all of you, so you will mature in the faith and know joy in it.

Believed

However, to all who received him, those believing in his name, he gave authority to become God's children,

Through him we received grace and a commission as an apostle to bring about faithful obedience among all the gentiles for the sake of his name.

But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace shown to me was not wasted. Instead, I worked harder than all the others not I, of course, but God's grace that was with me.

For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God

For you have been given the privilege for the Messiah's sake not only to believe in him but also to suffer for him.

When you were buried with the Messiah in baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

At all times we are obligated to thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you to be the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through faith in the truth.

In grace our Savior God appeared, to make his love for mankind clear.

Do not be deceived, my dear brothers.

To: The exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, the people chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through the sanctifying action of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus, the Messiah, and to be sprinkled with his blood. May grace and peace be yours in abundance!