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 Saul, brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

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

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

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? We don't need letters of recommendation to you or from you as some other people do, do we?

Exhorting

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him).

Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth.

Helped

I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.

I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.

And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,

Believed

But to all who have received him -- those who believe in his name -- he has given the right to become God's children

Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them -- yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

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

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

Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

But "when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,

Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with Jesus Christ's blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure!