Galatians 2:8

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Summary

(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

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The same

Bible References

He

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth."

But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: "You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?

But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon's Portico.

Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

The same

Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard?

But the Lord said to him, "Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.

While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul's hands,

When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

Then he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you

For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge --

If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.

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 if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.