When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad. They honored the word of the Lord. All who were appointed for eternal life believed.

外邦人听见这话，就欢喜了，赞美神的道；凡预定得永生的人都信了。

外邦人听见这话很欢喜，赞美主的道，凡被指定得永生的人都信了。

外邦人听见这话很欢喜，赞美主的道，凡被指定得永生的人都信了。

外族人听后，非常欢喜，颂赞主的道。凡被选定得永生的人都信了主。

外族人听见了就欢喜，赞美主的道，凡指定得永生的都信了。

外邦人听了这话就感到欢喜，不住地荣耀主的福音，凡是被预定进入永恒生命的人都信了。

外邦人聽見這話，就歡喜了，讚美神的道；凡預定得永生的人都信了。

外邦人聽見這話很歡喜，讚美主的道，凡被指定得永生的人都信了。

外邦人聽見這話很歡喜，讚美主的道，凡被指定得永生的人都信了。

外族人聽後，非常歡喜，頌讚主的道。凡被選定得永生的人都信了主。

外族人聽見了就歡喜，讚美主的道，凡指定得永生的都信了。

外國人聽了，就歡喜，將榮耀歸於主的道；凡被定得永生的都信了。

外邦人聽了這話就感到歡喜，不住地榮耀主的福音，凡是被預定進入永恆生命的人都信了。

異邦人聞之則喜、榮上帝道、凡預定得永生者信焉、

異邦人聞此則喜、讚美主道、定命得永生者皆信之、

異邦人聞此甚喜、讚美主道、凡預定得永生者、皆信焉、

異邦人聞此、無不竊喜、頌揚主道；凡受命能得永生者、翕然起信、

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

When the Gentiles heard this, they were very glad and thanked the Lord for his message; and all who were chosen for eternal life became believers.

When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and honored the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed to eternal life believed.

When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and all who had been appointed to eternal life believed.

Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the message of the Lord, and all who had been appointed to eternal life believed.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed.

As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

God planned that those he had chosen would become like his Son. In that way, Christ will be the first and most honored among many brothers and sisters.And those God has planned for, he has also appointed to be saved. Those he has appointed, he has made right with himself. To those he has made right with himself, he has given his glory.

What should we say then? The people of Israel did not receive what they wanted so badly. Those Israelites who were chosen did receive it. But the rest of the people were made stubborn.

I have other sheep that do not belong to this sheep pen. I must bring them in too. They also will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

But you do not believe, because you are not my sheep.My sheep listen to my voice. I know them, and they follow me.

Jesus became a servant of the Jews. He did this so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy. It is written,“ I will praise you among the Gentiles. I will sing the praises of your name.”( 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49)Again it says,“ You Gentiles, be full of joy. Be joyful together with God’s people.”( Deuteronomy 32:43)And again it says,“ All you Gentiles, praise the Lord. Let all the nations sing praises to him.”( Psalm 117:1)And Isaiah says,“ The Root of Jesse will grow up quickly. He will rule over the nations. The Gentiles will put their hope in him.”( Isaiah 11:10)

God chose us to belong to Christ before the world was created. He chose us to be holy and without blame in his eyes. He loved us.

He also prophesied that Jesus would die for God’s children scattered everywhere. He would die to bring them together and make them one.

Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. The Lord loves you. That’s because God chose you as the first to be saved. Salvation comes through the Holy Spirit’s work. He makes people holy. It also comes through believing the truth.He chose you to be saved by accepting the good news that we preach. And you will share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So he gave us new life because of what Christ has done. He gave us life even when we were dead in sin. God’s grace has saved you.God raised us up with Christ. He has seated us with him in his heavenly kingdom. That’s because we belong to Christ Jesus.He has done it to show the riches of his grace for all time to come. His grace can’t be compared with anything else. He has shown it by being kind to us. He was kind to us because of what Christ Jesus has done.God’s grace has saved you because of your faith in Christ. Your salvation doesn’t come from anything you do. It is God’s gift.It is not based on anything you have done. No one can brag about earning it.We are God’s creation. He created us to belong to Christ Jesus. Now we can do good works. Long ago God prepared these works for us to do.

I myself am a man who is under authority. And I have soldiers who obey my orders. I tell this one,‘ Go,’ and he goes. I tell that one,‘ Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant,‘ Do this,’ and he does it.”

They decided to meet Paul on a certain day. At that time even more people came to the place where he was staying. From morning until evening, he told them about God’s kingdom. Using the Law of Moses and the Prophets, he tried to get them to believe in Jesus.

We went on ahead to the ship. We sailed for Assos. There we were going to take Paul on board. He had planned it this way because he wanted to go to Assos by land.

And you will know God’s great power. It can’t be compared with anything else. His power works for us who believe. It is the same mighty strength

You know that the first believers in Achaia were from the family of Stephanas. They have spent all their time serving the Lord’s people. Brothers and sisters, I am asking you

“‘ What should I do, Lord?’ I asked.“‘ Get up,’ the Lord said.‘ Go into Damascus. There you will be told everything you have been given to do.’

But the angel said to them,“ Do not be afraid. I bring you good news. It will bring great joy for all the people.Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you. He is the Messiah, the Lord.

Then the 11 disciples went to Galilee. They went to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.

All of you must obey those who rule over you. There are no authorities except the ones God has chosen. Those who now rule have been chosen by God.

I will bow down facing your holy temple. I will praise your name, because you are always loving and faithful. You have honored your holy word even more than your own fame.

They praised God. They were respected by all the people. Every day the Lord added to their group those who were being saved.

Now I want to talk about some other matters. Brothers and sisters, pray for us. Pray that the Lord’s message will spread quickly. Pray that others will honor it just as you did.

The people read it. They were glad for its message of hope.

So there was great joy in that city.

But Paul and Barnabas didn’t agree with this. They argued strongly with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed to go up to Jerusalem. Some other believers were chosen to go with them. They were told to ask the apostles and elders about this question.

Those who accepted his message were baptized. About 3,000 people joined the believers that day.

Paul and Barnabas started to leave the synagogue. The people invited them to say more about these things on the next Sabbath day.