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, came to his assistance. He brought Saul to the Apostles, and related to them how, on his journey, he had seen the Lord, and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had fearlessly taught in the name of Jesus.

Herewith I introduce our sister Phoebe to you, who is a servant of the Church at Cenchreae,

And when I am with you, whatever brethren you accredit by letter I will send to carry your kind gift to Jerusalem.

Do you say that this is self-recommendation once more? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

Exhorting

Aristarchus my fellow prisoner sends greeting to you, and so does Barnabas's cousin Mark. You have received instructions as to him; if he comes to you, give him a welcome.

It is therefore our duty to show hospitality to such men, so that we may be fellow workers in promoting the truth.

Helped

I planted and Apollos watered; but it was God who was, all the time, giving the increase.

Not that we want to lord it over you in respect of your faith--we do, however, desire to help your joy--for in the matter of your faith you are standing firm.

I am convinced of this, and I know that I shall remain, and shall go on working side by side with you all, to promote your progress and joy in the faith;

Believed

But all who have received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;

through whom we have received grace and Apostleship in His service in order to win men to obedience to the faith, among all Gentile peoples,

But what I am I am by the grace of God, and His grace bestowed upon me did not prove ineffectual. But I labored more strenuously than all the rest--yet it was not I, but God's grace working with me.

For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit--

For you have had the privilege granted you on behalf of Christ--not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf;

having been buried with Him in your baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith produced within you by God who raised Him from among the dead.

And from us thanks are always due to God on your behalf--brethren whom the Lord loves--because God from the beginning has chosen you for salvation through the Spirit's sanctifying influence and your belief in the truth.

But when the goodness of God our Saviour, and His love to man, dawned upon us, not in consequence of things which we,

Do not be deceived, my dearly-loved brethren.

chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, with a view to their obedience and to their being sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. May more and more grace and peace be granted to you.