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 declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way and had spoken with him: and how he had done boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus;

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, which is a minister of the congregation of Cenchreae,

When I am come, whosoever ye shall allow by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.

We begin to praise ourselves again. Need we, as some others, of epistles of recommendation unto you? Or letters of recommendation from you?

Exhorting

Aristarchus my prison fellow saluteth you; And Mark, Barnabas' sister's son: touching whom, ye received commandments. If he come unto you receive him:

We therefore ought to receive such, that we also might be helpers to the truth.

Helped

I have planted. Apollos watered. But God gave increase.

Not that we be lords over your faith: but helpers of your joy. For by faith ye stand.

And this am I sure of, that I shall abide, and with you all continue, for the furtherance and joy of your faith,

Believed

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to be the sons of God: in that they believed on his name:

by whom we have received grace and apostleship, to bring all manner heathen people unto obedience of the faith, that is in his name:

But by the grace of God I am that I am. And his grace which is in me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.

For by grace are ye made safe through faith, and that, not of yourselves: For it is the gift of God,

For unto you it is given, that not only ye should believe on Christ: but also suffer for his sake,

in that ye are buried with him through baptism, in whom ye are also risen again through faith, that is wrought by the operation of God which raised him from death.

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, for because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctifying of the spirit; And through believing the truth:

But after that the kindness and love of our saviour God to man ward appeared,

Err not, my dear brethren.

Elect by the foreknowledge of God the father, through the sanctifying of the spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace be with you, and peace be multiplied.