Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions made beneficial » In furthering the gospel
But Saul began to devastate the Church; he entered house after house, dragged out men and women alike, and threw them into prison.
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Now those who had been scattered in different directions, in consequence of the persecution that followed upon the death of Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, telling the Message--but only to Jews. Some of them, however, who were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, on coming to Antioch, addressed themselves also to the Jews of foreign birth, telling them the Good News about that Lord Jesus. The power of the Lord was with them, so that a great number who had learned to believe came over to the Lord's side.
Brothers, I want you to realize that what has happened to me has actually served to forward the Good News.
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in the service of which I am suffering hardships, even to being put in fetters as a criminal. But the Message of God is not fettered;
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At my first trial no one stood by me. They all deserted me. May it never be counted against them! But the Lord came to my help and strengthened me, in order that, through me, the proclamation should be made so widely that all the Gentiles should hear it; and I was rescued 'out of the Lion's mouth.'