Acts 5:14

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Summary

Acts 5:14

And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

Believers

Multitudes

Galatians 3:28

General references

John 13:35

Bible References

Believers

So they welcomed his message and were baptized, and about three thousand people joined them that day.

But many of those who had heard what they said believed it, and their number grew to be about five thousand.

So God's message continued to spread; the number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a great many priests accepted the faith.

So the church all over Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace and became established. It lived in reverence for the Lord and, stimulated by the holy Spirit, it grew steadily in numbers.

Multitudes

But Saul harassed the church. He went into one house after another, and dragging out men and women, put them in prison.

and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women there who belonged to the Way, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.

I persecuted this Way even to the death, and bound both men and women and put them in prison,

But in union with the Lord, woman is not independent of man nor man of woman.

There is no room for "Jew" and "Greek"; there is no room for "slave" and "freeman"; there is no room for "male" and "female"; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.

General references

By this they will all know that you are my disciples??y your love for one another."