delivered up through God's settled purpose and foreknowledge--you by the hands of Gentiles have nailed to a cross and have put to death.

while the Apostles with great force of conviction delivered their testimony as to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; and great grace was upon them all.

And Stephen, full of grace and power, performed great marvels and signs among the people.

On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.

and when they had carried out everything which had been written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.

And, when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and of the devout converts from heathenism continued with Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them and urged them to hold fast to the grace of God.

Yet Paul and Barnabas remained there for a considerable time, speaking freely and relying on the Lord, while He bore witness to the Message of His grace by permitting signs and marvels to be done by them.

Thence they sailed to Antioch, where they had previously been commended to the grace of God in connexion with the work which they had now completed.

On the contrary, we believe that it is by the grace of the Lord Jesus that we, as well as they, shall be saved."

But Paul chose Silas as his travelling companion; and set out, after being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord;

Then, as he had made up his mind to cross over into Greece, the brethren wrote to the disciples in Corinth begging them to give him a kindly welcome. Upon his arrival he rendered valuable help to those who through grace had believed;

But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the duty which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace.

"And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace. He is able to build you up and to give you your inheritance among His people.