But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

But they could not stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

But He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, even though he had no child, he promised that he would give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him.

But God spoke to this effect, that his descendants would be aliens in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

'But I will judge the nation which they serve,' said God, 'and after that they will come out and worship me in this place.'

"And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time.

"But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt

And he supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

But the man who was wronging his neighbor pushed him aside, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices, forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;

But they cried out with a loud voice, and covered their ears and rushed together upon him with.

But Saul began ravaging the church, and, entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert road.

And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do."

The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one.

But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints at Jerusalem;

But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ.

but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night, to kill him;

but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.

When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

And he was talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.

But when the brethren learned of it, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

And he became hungry and was desiring something to eat; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance

But Peter said, "No, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."

But get up, go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, for I have sent them myself."

But Peter raised him up, saying, "Stand up; I too am just a man."

And he said to them, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; but God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

but in every nation the man who fears him and does what is right is welcome to him.

but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen,

not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

But Peter began and explained to them in order:

But I said, 'No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.'

But the voice answered a second time from heaven, 'What God has cleansed you must not call common.'

And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.

So he went out and followed him; and he did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

When she recognized Peter's voice, in her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

They said to her, "You are out of your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."

But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.

But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell this to James and to the brethren." Then he left and went to another place.

But the word of God continued to grow and to be multiplied.

But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him

Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

But they passed on from Perga and came to Pisidian Antioch. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

And as John was completing his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'

But God raised him from the dead;

but he whom God raised did not see decay.

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted what was spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.

But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out

But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium; and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and entered the city. And the next day he went with Barnabas to Derbe.

But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up, and said, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the Law of Moses."

and he made no distinction between us and them, but cleansed their hearts by faith.

But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."

but that we should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood.

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

But Paul kept insisting that they should not take along one who had deserted them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.

But Paul chose Silas and left, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek,

And when they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit o Jesus did not allow them;

She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment.

But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities,

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

But Paul cried with a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!"

But when it was day, the magistrates sent their police, saying, "Release those men."

But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without trial, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now cast us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out."

But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men from the market place, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; they attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

Then the brethren immediately sent Paul out to go as far as the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

Now when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We want to hear you again on this subject."

But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.

But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack upon Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrong or of vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you;

but since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I refuse to be a judge of these things."

And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio paid no attention to this.

but on taking leave of them he said, "I will return to you if God wills," and he set sail from Ephesus.

And he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

But when some were stubborn and disbelieved, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them, and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.

But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches."

But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"