Did the word of God begin with you, or did it come to you alone?

神的道理岂是从你们出来吗？岂是单临到你们吗？

难道上帝的话是从你们出来的吗？难道是单临到你们的吗？

难道神的话是从你们出来的吗？难道是单临到你们的吗？

难道上帝的道是出自你们哥林多人吗？难道上帝的道单单传给了你们吗？

难道神的道是从你们出来的吗？是单单临到你们的吗？

难道神的话语是从你们出来的吗？难道只是临到你们吗？

神的道理豈是從你們出來嗎？豈是單臨到你們嗎？

難道上帝的話是從你們出來的嗎？難道是單臨到你們的嗎？

難道神的話是從你們出來的嗎？難道是單臨到你們的嗎？

難道上帝的道是出自你們哥林多人嗎？難道上帝的道單單傳給了你們嗎？

難道神的道是從你們出來的嗎？是單單臨到你們的嗎？

上帝之道哪是從你們而出呢？還是單單臨到你們呢？

難道神的話語是從你們出來的嗎？難道只是臨到你們嗎？

夫上帝之道、由爾出乎、抑獨授爾乎、○

上帝之道、由爾出乎、豈獨授爾乎、

天主之道、豈由爾出乎、豈獨臨爾乎、

夫天主之道、豈自爾中發源乎？抑僅傳至爾處乎？

Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?

Or did the word of God begin with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?

Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached?

Or do you think God’s word originated with you Corinthians? Are you the only ones to whom it was given?

Or did the word of God originate from you, or did it come to you only?

Or was it from you that the word of God first went out? Or has it come to you only?

Or did the word of God come originally from you? Or was it you only that it reached?

What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?

Did the word of God originate from you, or did it come to you only?

What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?

What!? Was it from you that the word of God went out? Or did it come to you alone?

But we will not boast beyond certain limits, but will confine our boasting according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, that reaches even as far as you.For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ.Nor do we boast beyond certain limits in the work done by others, but we hope that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded among you according to our limits,so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen( a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul.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.”Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them off.

After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.

A vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there urging him,“ Come over to Macedonia and help us!”After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything.

The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea at once, during the night. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue.These Jews were more open- minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.

Moreover, on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; it will happen both in summer and in winter.

In the future the LORD’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; it will be more prominent than other hills. People will stream to it.Many nations will come, saying,“ Come on! Let’s go up to the LORD’s mountain, to the temple of Jacob’s God, so he can teach us his commands and we can live by his laws.” For Zion will be the source of instruction; the LORD’s teachings will proceed from Jerusalem.

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming( along with many others) the word of the Lord.After some days Paul said to Barnabas,“ Let’s return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing.”

many peoples will come and say,“ Come, let us go up to the LORD’s mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards.” For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the LORD will issue edicts from Jerusalem.

After this Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome. Paul approached them,and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them( for they were tentmakers by trade).He addressed both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade them.Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them,“ Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!”Then Paul left the synagogue and went to the house of a person named Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night,“ Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”So he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,saying,“ This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews,“ If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, I would have been justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews,but since it concerns points of disagreement about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I will not be a judge of these things!”Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat.So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.