Acts 9:31

Saul In Jerusalem

³⁰ When the brothers found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him away to Tarsus. ³¹ 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. ³² As Peter was traveling about among them all, he happened to visit God's people at Lydda.

Fear of God

Fear of the Lord

Holy Spirit

In Me

In the Fear of the Lord

Galilee

Judaea

Judea

Samaria

Acts 8:1

And Saul entirely approved of his being put to death. A great persecution of the church in Jerusalem broke out that day, and they were all scattered over Judea and Samaria except the apostles.

John 14:16-18

And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you always.

Romans 5:5

and hope will not disappoint us. For, through the holy Spirit that has been given us, God's love has flooded our hearts.

Acts 6:7

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

Acts 12:24

But the Lord's message continued to grow and spread.

Acts 16:5

So the churches became stronger and stronger in the faith, and their numbers increased from day to day.

Romans 14:17

The Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of uprightness, peace, and happiness through the possession of the holy Spirit.

Romans 14:19

Let us, therefore, keep before us whatever will contribute to peace and the development of one another.

Romans 15:13

May God, the source of hope, fill you with perfect happiness and peace in your faith, so that you may have overflowing hope through the power of the holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:9-15

For we are fellow-laborers for God, and you are God's farm, God's building.

1 Corinthians 14:4-5

Anyone who speaks ecstatically does himself good, but the inspired preacher does a congregation good.

1 Corinthians 14:12

So since you are ambitious for spiritual endowments, you must try to excel in them in ways that will do good to the church.

1 Corinthians 14:26

Then what is the right course, brothers? When you meet together, suppose every one of you has a song, a teaching, a revelation, an ecstatic utterance, or an explanation of one; it must all be for the good of all.

2 Corinthians 7:1

So since we have promises like these, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves of everything that can defile body or spirit, and by reverence for God make our consecration complete.

2 Corinthians 10:8

For suppose I do boast a little too much of my authority??hich the Lord gave me to build you up, not to pull you down?? will not have to blush for it.

2 Corinthians 12:19

Have you been supposing all along that it is before you I have been defending myself? It is in the sight of God and as a follower of Christ that I have been speaking. But it is all to do you good, dear friends,

2 Corinthians 13:10

That is why I write this while I am away from you, so that when I come, I may not have to be harsh in my use of the authority the Lord has given me, for it was to build you up, not to pull you down.

Galatians 5:22-23

But what the Spirit produces is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Ephesians 1:13-14

You also have heard the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation, and believed in him, and through union with him you have been marked with the seal of the holy Spirit that was promised,

Ephesians 4:12

in order to fit his people for the work of service, for building the body of Christ,

Ephesians 4:16

For it is under his control that the whole system, adjusted and united by each ligament of its equipment, develops in proportion to the functioning of each particular part, and so builds itself up through love.

Ephesians 4:29

No bad word must ever pass your lips, but only words that are good and suited to improve the occasion, so that they will be a blessing to those who hear them.

Ephesians 5:21

and subordinate yourselves to one another out of reverence to Christ.

Ephesians 6:18-19

Use every kind of prayer and entreaty, and at every opportunity pray in the Spirit. Be on the alert about it; devote yourselves constantly to prayer for all God's people

Philippians 2:1

So by whatever appeal there is in our relation to Christ, by whatever incentive there is in love, by whatever participation there is in the Spirit, whatever affection and sympathy,

Colossians 1:10

so that the lives you live may be worthy of your Master and wholly pleasing to him, and you may be fruitful in all kinds of good deeds, and may grow into fuller knowledge of God.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage one another and strengthen one another, just as you are doing.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and kindly given us unfailing encouragement and a well-founded hope,

1 Timothy 1:4

nor to devote themselves to fictions and interminable pedigrees; such things lead to controversy instead of the divine system which operates through faith.

Hebrews 4:9

So there must still be a promised Sabbath of Rest for God's people.

Jude 1:20

But you, dear friends, must build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith and pray in the holy Spirit,