When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and 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. They honored the word of the Lord. 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.

For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened,

I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall 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.

and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:“ Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing the praises of your name.”Again, it says,“ Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”And again,“ Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples extol him.”And again, Isaiah says,“ The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; in him the Gentiles will hope.”

For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love

and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.

But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions— it is by grace you have been saved.And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith— and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one,‘ Go,’ and he goes; and that one,‘ Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant,‘ Do this,’ and he does it.

They arranged to meet Paul on a certain day, and came in even larger numbers to the place where he was staying. He witnessed to them from morning till evening, explaining about the kingdom of God, and from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets he tried to persuade them about Jesus.

We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot.

and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength

You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the Lord’s people. I urge you, brothers and sisters,

“‘ What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked.“‘ Get up,’ the Lord said,‘ and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’

But the angel said to them,“ Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause 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 eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.

praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

As for other matters, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.

The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message.

So there was great joy in that city.

This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people invited them to speak further about these things on the next Sabbath.