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

I commend to you Phebe our sister, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:

And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality to Jerusalem.

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you.

Exhorting

Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, saluteth you; and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (concerning whom ye received commandments: if he should come to you, receive him;)

We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-helpers to the truth.

Helped

I have planted, Apollos watered: but God hath given the increase.

Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;

Believed

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

By whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for his name:

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

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

For to you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

Buried with him in baptism, in which also ye are raised with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth:

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

Do not err, my beloved brethren.

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