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

赞美神，得众民的喜爱。主将得救的人天天加给他们。

赞美上帝，得全体百姓的喜爱。主将得救的人天天加给他们。

赞美神，得全体百姓的喜爱。主将得救的人天天加给他们。

赞美上帝，受到众人的喜爱。主使得救的人数与日俱增。

又赞美神，并且得到全民的喜爱。主将得救的人，天天加给教会。

赞美神，并且得到全体民众的喜爱。主就在那里使得救的人与日俱增。

讚美神，得眾民的喜愛。主將得救的人天天加給他們。

讚美上帝，得全體百姓的喜愛。主將得救的人天天加給他們。

讚美神，得全體百姓的喜愛。主將得救的人天天加給他們。

讚美上帝，受到眾人的喜愛。主使得救的人數與日俱增。

又讚美神，並且得到全民的喜愛。主將得救的人，天天加給教會。

頌讚上帝，對全體眾民保持着好感。主將得救的人天天加在一處。

讚美神，並且得到全體民眾的喜愛。主就在那裡使得救的人與日俱增。

讚頌上帝、亦見悅於眾民、主以得救者日增之、

讚美上帝、獲愛於民、主以得救之人、日增其會焉、

讚美天主、並見悅於眾民、主以得救之人、日增其教會、

頌讚天主、深得民歡、主復日以獲救者充實其群。

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

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.

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

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.

praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.

praising God and having favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to them those who were being saved.

Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

So the churches were made strong in the faith. The number of believers grew every day.

The promise is for you and your children. It is also for all who are far away. It is for all whom the Lord our God will choose.”

The message of the cross seems foolish to those who are lost and dying. But it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

No outsider dared to join them. But the people thought highly of them.More and more men and women believed in the Lord. They joined the other believers.

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

Barnabas was a good man. He was full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. Large numbers of people came to know the Lord.

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

But the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared.He saved us. It wasn’t because of the good things we had done. It was because of his mercy. He saved us by washing away our sins. We were born again. The Holy Spirit gave us new life.

Those who serve Christ in this way are pleasing to God. They are pleasing to people too.

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.

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel. He says,“ The number of people from Israel may be like the sand by the sea. But only a few of them will be saved.

Some are also faithful today. They have been chosen by God’s grace.And if they are chosen by grace, then they can’t work for it. If that were true, grace wouldn’t be grace anymore.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.

Jesus became wiser and stronger. He also became more and more pleasing to God and to people.

The leaders warned them again. Then they let them go. They couldn’t decide how to punish Peter and John. They knew that all the people were praising God for what had happened.

But they couldn’t find any way to do it. All the people were paying close attention to his words.

With great power the apostles continued their teaching. They were telling people that the Lord Jesus had risen from the dead. And God’s grace was working powerfully in all of them.