This is the one who in the congregation in the desert went between the angel, who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and our forefathers, who also received, to be handed down to you, utterances that still live.

and after the congregation had broken up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism allied themselves with Paul and Barnabas, and they kept talking to them and urging them to continue to rely on the unmerited favor of God.

By this he quieted the whole congregation, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul tell of the signs and wonders which God had done through them among the heathen.

So the messengers were sent out, and they went down to Antioch, called a meeting of the congregation, and delivered the letter.

For, in the first place, when you meet as a congregation, I hear that there are cliques among you, and I partly believe it.

Whoever speaks in ecstasy builds up himself alone, but whoever prophesies builds up the congregation too.

I would like for all of you to speak in ecstasy, but I would rather that you prophesy. The man who speaks with real prophetic insight renders greater service than the man who speaks in ecstasy, unless the latter explains it, so the congregation may receive an uplift.

But in the public congregation I would rather speak five words with my mind in action, in order to instruct the people too, than ten thousand words in ecstasy.

when He says: "I will announce your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise";