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Parallel Verses
  • 新标点和合本 - 西门自己也信了;既受了洗,就常与腓利在一处,看见他所行的神迹和大异能,就甚惊奇。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 西门自己也信了;既受了洗,就常与腓利在一处,看见他所行的神迹和大异能,就觉得很惊奇。
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 西门自己也信了;既受了洗,就常与腓利在一处,看见他所行的神迹和大异能,就觉得很惊奇。
  • 当代译本 - 西门本人也信了基督,接受了洗礼,并常常追随腓利左右。腓利所行的神迹奇事令他非常惊奇。
  • 圣经新译本 - 连西门自己也信了,他受洗之后,常和腓利在一起,看见所发生的神迹和大能的事,就觉得很惊奇。
  • 中文标准译本 - 连西门自己也信了。他受洗 以后,常常跟着腓利,看见所行出来的神迹和大能,就十分惊讶。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 西门自己也信了,既受了洗,就常与腓利在一处,看见他所行的神迹和大异能,就甚惊奇。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 西门自己也信了,既受了洗,就常与腓利在一处,看见他所行的神迹和大异能,就甚惊奇。
  • New International Version - Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.
  • New International Reader's Version - Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip everywhere. He was amazed by the great signs and miracles he saw.
  • English Standard Version - Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.
  • New Living Translation - Then Simon himself believed and was baptized. He began following Philip wherever he went, and he was amazed by the signs and great miracles Philip performed.
  • Christian Standard Bible - Even Simon himself believed. And after he was baptized, he followed Philip everywhere and was amazed as he observed the signs and great miracles that were being performed.
  • New American Standard Bible - Now even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed signs and great miracles taking place, he was repeatedly amazed.
  • New King James Version - Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done.
  • Amplified Bible - Even Simon believed [Philip’s message of salvation]; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he watched the attesting signs and great miracles taking place, he was constantly amazed.
  • American Standard Version - And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.
  • King James Version - Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
  • New English Translation - Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.
  • World English Bible - Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.
  • 新標點和合本 - 西門自己也信了;既受了洗,就常與腓利在一處,看見他所行的神蹟和大異能,就甚驚奇。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 西門自己也信了;既受了洗,就常與腓利在一處,看見他所行的神蹟和大異能,就覺得很驚奇。
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 西門自己也信了;既受了洗,就常與腓利在一處,看見他所行的神蹟和大異能,就覺得很驚奇。
  • 當代譯本 - 西門本人也信了基督,接受了洗禮,並常常追隨腓利左右。腓利所行的神蹟奇事令他非常驚奇。
  • 聖經新譯本 - 連西門自己也信了,他受洗之後,常和腓利在一起,看見所發生的神蹟和大能的事,就覺得很驚奇。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 西門 自己也信了;既受了洗,就常和 腓利 在一起;他看見所行的神迹和大異能,就驚奇。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 連西門自己也信了。他受洗 以後,常常跟著腓利,看見所行出來的神蹟和大能,就十分驚訝。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 西門自己也信了,既受了洗,就常與腓利在一處,看見他所行的神蹟和大異能,就甚驚奇。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 西門亦信、既受洗、常偕腓利、見其所行之異蹟大能而驚異焉、○
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 西門亦信、既受洗、常偕腓力見所行大能異跡、奇之、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 西門 亦信、既受洗禮、常偕 腓立 、見其所行異跡奇事、甚異之、
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 西門 常睹 斐理伯 靈蹟、為之驚異不置、乃亦不能不信服而受洗焉。
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Simón mismo creyó y, después de bautizarse, seguía a Felipe por todas partes, asombrado de los grandes milagros y señales que veía.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 그리고 시몬도 믿고 세례를 받은 후 빌립을 줄곧 따라다니며 기적들이 일어나는 것을 보고 놀랐다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Симон тоже поверил и принял крещение. Он повсюду ходил за Филиппом, удивляясь знамениям и великим чудесам.
  • Восточный перевод - Шимон тоже поверил и прошёл обряд погружения. Он повсюду ходил за Филиппом, удивляясь знамениям и великим чудесам.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Шимон тоже поверил и прошёл обряд погружения. Он повсюду ходил за Филиппом, удивляясь знамениям и великим чудесам.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Шимон тоже поверил и прошёл обряд погружения. Он повсюду ходил за Филиппом, удивляясь знамениям и великим чудесам.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Simon lui-même crut et fut baptisé. Dès lors, il ne quittait plus Philippe, émerveillé par les signes miraculeux et les prodiges extraordinaires qui s’accomplissaient sous ses yeux.
  • リビングバイブル - そのうちにシモンも信じ、バプテスマを受けることになりました。彼はピリポの行くところはどこへでもついて行き、その奇跡に驚いていました。
  • Nestle Aland 28 - ὁ δὲ Σίμων καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπίστευσεν καὶ βαπτισθεὶς ἦν προσκαρτερῶν τῷ Φιλίππῳ, θεωρῶν τε σημεῖα καὶ δυνάμεις μεγάλας γινομένας ἐξίστατο.
  • unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὁ δὲ Σίμων καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπίστευσεν, καὶ βαπτισθεὶς, ἦν προσκαρτερῶν τῷ Φιλίππῳ; θεωρῶν τε σημεῖα καὶ δυνάμεις μεγάλας γινομένας, ἐξίστατο.
  • Nova Versão Internacional - O próprio Simão também creu e foi batizado, e seguia Filipe por toda parte, observando maravilhado os grandes sinais e milagres que eram realizados.
  • Hoffnung für alle - unter ihnen auch der Zauberer Simon. Nach seiner Taufe begleitete er Philippus überallhin und sah dabei voller Staunen die großen Zeichen und Wunder, die geschahen.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chính Si-môn cũng xin theo Đạo, chịu báp-tem và ở luôn bên cạnh Phi-líp. Thấy các việc kỳ diệu và phép lạ lớn lao Phi-líp làm, Si-môn kinh ngạc vô cùng.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ซีโมนเองก็เชื่อและรับบัพติศมา เขาติดตามฟีลิปไปทุกแห่งและรู้สึกประหลาดใจในหมายสำคัญและการอัศจรรย์อันยิ่งใหญ่ต่างๆ ที่ได้เห็น
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ซีโมน​เอง​ก็​เป็น​อีก​คน​ที่​เชื่อ​และ​รับ​บัพติศมา เขา​ได้​ติดตาม​ฟีลิป​ไป​ทุก​แห่งหน เพราะ​แปลก​ใจ​กับ​ปรากฏการณ์​อัศจรรย์​และ​ฤทธานุภาพ​อัน​ยิ่ง​ใหญ่​ต่างๆ ที่​เกิด​ขึ้น
Cross Reference
  • Habakkuk 1:5 - “Look around at the godless nations. Look long and hard. Brace yourself for a shock. Something’s about to take place and you’re going to find it hard to believe. I’m about to raise up Babylonians to punish you, Babylonians, fierce and ferocious— World-conquering Babylon, grabbing up nations right and left, A dreadful and terrible people, making up its own rules as it goes. Their horses run like the wind, attack like bloodthirsty wolves. A stampede of galloping horses thunders out of nowhere. They descend like vultures circling in on carrion. They’re out to kill. Death is on their minds. They collect victims like squirrels gathering nuts. They mock kings, poke fun at generals, Spit on forts, and leave them in the dust. They’ll all be blown away by the wind. Brazen in sin, they call strength their god.”
  • John 7:21 - Jesus said, “I did one miraculous thing a few months ago, and you’re still standing around getting all upset, wondering what I’m up to. Moses prescribed circumcision—originally it came not from Moses but from his ancestors—and so you circumcise a man, dealing with one part of his body, even if it’s the Sabbath. You do this in order to preserve one item in the Law of Moses. So why are you upset with me because I made a man’s whole body well on the Sabbath? Don’t be hypercritical; use your head—and heart!—to discern what is right, to test what is authentically right.”
  • John 2:23 - During the time he was in Jerusalem, those days of the Passover Feast, many people noticed the signs he was displaying and, seeing they pointed straight to God, entrusted their lives to him. But Jesus didn’t entrust his life to them. He knew them inside and out, knew how untrustworthy they were. He didn’t need any help in seeing right through them.
  • Luke 8:13 - “The seeds in the gravel are those who hear with enthusiasm, but the enthusiasm doesn’t go very deep. It’s only another fad, and the moment there’s trouble it’s gone.
  • John 8:30 - When he put it in these terms, many people decided to believe.
  • John 8:31 - Then Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed to believe in him. “If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.”
  • Psalms 106:13 - But it wasn’t long before they forgot the whole thing, wouldn’t wait to be told what to do. They only cared about pleasing themselves in that desert, provoked God with their insistent demands. He gave them exactly what they asked for— but along with it they got an empty heart. One day in camp some grew jealous of Moses, also of Aaron, holy priest of God. The ground opened and swallowed Dathan, then buried Abiram’s gang. Fire flared against that rebel crew and torched them to a cinder.
  • Acts 13:44 - When the next Sabbath came around, practically the whole city showed up to hear the Word of God. Some of the Jews, seeing the crowds, went wild with jealousy and tore into Paul, contradicting everything he was saying, making an ugly scene.
  • Mark 16:17 - “These are some of the signs that will accompany believers: They will throw out demons in my name, they will speak in new tongues, they will take snakes in their hands, they will drink poison and not be hurt, they will lay hands on the sick and make them well.”
  • James 2:19 - Do I hear you professing to believe in the one and only God, but then observe you complacently sitting back as if you had done something wonderful? That’s just great. Demons do that, but what good does it do them? Use your heads! Do you suppose for a minute that you can cut faith and works in two and not end up with a corpse on your hands?
  • James 2:21 - Wasn’t our ancestor Abraham “made right with God by works” when he placed his son Isaac on the sacrificial altar? Isn’t it obvious that faith and works are yoked partners, that faith expresses itself in works? That the works are “works of faith”? The full meaning of “believe” in the Scripture sentence, “Abraham believed God and was set right with God,” includes his action. It’s that weave of believing and acting that got Abraham named “God’s friend.” Is it not evident that a person is made right with God not by a barren faith but by faith fruitful in works?
  • James 2:25 - The same with Rahab, the Jericho harlot. Wasn’t her action in hiding God’s spies and helping them escape—that seamless unity of believing and doing—what counted with God? The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse.
  • Acts 19:11 - God did powerful things through Paul, things quite out of the ordinary. The word got around and people started taking pieces of clothing—handkerchiefs and scarves and the like—that had touched Paul’s skin and then touching the sick with them. The touch did it—they were healed and whole.
  • John 5:20 - “But you haven’t seen the half of it yet, for in the same way that the Father raises the dead and creates life, so does the Son. The Son gives life to anyone he chooses. Neither he nor the Father shuts anyone out. The Father handed all authority to judge over to the Son so that the Son will be honored equally with the Father. Anyone who dishonors the Son, dishonors the Father, for it was the Father’s decision to put the Son in the place of honor.
Parallel VersesCross Reference
  • 新标点和合本 - 西门自己也信了;既受了洗,就常与腓利在一处,看见他所行的神迹和大异能,就甚惊奇。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 西门自己也信了;既受了洗,就常与腓利在一处,看见他所行的神迹和大异能,就觉得很惊奇。
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 西门自己也信了;既受了洗,就常与腓利在一处,看见他所行的神迹和大异能,就觉得很惊奇。
  • 当代译本 - 西门本人也信了基督,接受了洗礼,并常常追随腓利左右。腓利所行的神迹奇事令他非常惊奇。
  • 圣经新译本 - 连西门自己也信了,他受洗之后,常和腓利在一起,看见所发生的神迹和大能的事,就觉得很惊奇。
  • 中文标准译本 - 连西门自己也信了。他受洗 以后,常常跟着腓利,看见所行出来的神迹和大能,就十分惊讶。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 西门自己也信了,既受了洗,就常与腓利在一处,看见他所行的神迹和大异能,就甚惊奇。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 西门自己也信了,既受了洗,就常与腓利在一处,看见他所行的神迹和大异能,就甚惊奇。
  • New International Version - Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.
  • New International Reader's Version - Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip everywhere. He was amazed by the great signs and miracles he saw.
  • English Standard Version - Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.
  • New Living Translation - Then Simon himself believed and was baptized. He began following Philip wherever he went, and he was amazed by the signs and great miracles Philip performed.
  • Christian Standard Bible - Even Simon himself believed. And after he was baptized, he followed Philip everywhere and was amazed as he observed the signs and great miracles that were being performed.
  • New American Standard Bible - Now even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed signs and great miracles taking place, he was repeatedly amazed.
  • New King James Version - Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done.
  • Amplified Bible - Even Simon believed [Philip’s message of salvation]; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he watched the attesting signs and great miracles taking place, he was constantly amazed.
  • American Standard Version - And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.
  • King James Version - Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
  • New English Translation - Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.
  • World English Bible - Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.
  • 新標點和合本 - 西門自己也信了;既受了洗,就常與腓利在一處,看見他所行的神蹟和大異能,就甚驚奇。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 西門自己也信了;既受了洗,就常與腓利在一處,看見他所行的神蹟和大異能,就覺得很驚奇。
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 西門自己也信了;既受了洗,就常與腓利在一處,看見他所行的神蹟和大異能,就覺得很驚奇。
  • 當代譯本 - 西門本人也信了基督,接受了洗禮,並常常追隨腓利左右。腓利所行的神蹟奇事令他非常驚奇。
  • 聖經新譯本 - 連西門自己也信了,他受洗之後,常和腓利在一起,看見所發生的神蹟和大能的事,就覺得很驚奇。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 西門 自己也信了;既受了洗,就常和 腓利 在一起;他看見所行的神迹和大異能,就驚奇。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 連西門自己也信了。他受洗 以後,常常跟著腓利,看見所行出來的神蹟和大能,就十分驚訝。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 西門自己也信了,既受了洗,就常與腓利在一處,看見他所行的神蹟和大異能,就甚驚奇。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 西門亦信、既受洗、常偕腓利、見其所行之異蹟大能而驚異焉、○
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 西門亦信、既受洗、常偕腓力見所行大能異跡、奇之、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 西門 亦信、既受洗禮、常偕 腓立 、見其所行異跡奇事、甚異之、
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 西門 常睹 斐理伯 靈蹟、為之驚異不置、乃亦不能不信服而受洗焉。
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Simón mismo creyó y, después de bautizarse, seguía a Felipe por todas partes, asombrado de los grandes milagros y señales que veía.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 그리고 시몬도 믿고 세례를 받은 후 빌립을 줄곧 따라다니며 기적들이 일어나는 것을 보고 놀랐다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Симон тоже поверил и принял крещение. Он повсюду ходил за Филиппом, удивляясь знамениям и великим чудесам.
  • Восточный перевод - Шимон тоже поверил и прошёл обряд погружения. Он повсюду ходил за Филиппом, удивляясь знамениям и великим чудесам.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Шимон тоже поверил и прошёл обряд погружения. Он повсюду ходил за Филиппом, удивляясь знамениям и великим чудесам.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Шимон тоже поверил и прошёл обряд погружения. Он повсюду ходил за Филиппом, удивляясь знамениям и великим чудесам.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Simon lui-même crut et fut baptisé. Dès lors, il ne quittait plus Philippe, émerveillé par les signes miraculeux et les prodiges extraordinaires qui s’accomplissaient sous ses yeux.
  • リビングバイブル - そのうちにシモンも信じ、バプテスマを受けることになりました。彼はピリポの行くところはどこへでもついて行き、その奇跡に驚いていました。
  • Nestle Aland 28 - ὁ δὲ Σίμων καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπίστευσεν καὶ βαπτισθεὶς ἦν προσκαρτερῶν τῷ Φιλίππῳ, θεωρῶν τε σημεῖα καὶ δυνάμεις μεγάλας γινομένας ἐξίστατο.
  • unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὁ δὲ Σίμων καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπίστευσεν, καὶ βαπτισθεὶς, ἦν προσκαρτερῶν τῷ Φιλίππῳ; θεωρῶν τε σημεῖα καὶ δυνάμεις μεγάλας γινομένας, ἐξίστατο.
  • Nova Versão Internacional - O próprio Simão também creu e foi batizado, e seguia Filipe por toda parte, observando maravilhado os grandes sinais e milagres que eram realizados.
  • Hoffnung für alle - unter ihnen auch der Zauberer Simon. Nach seiner Taufe begleitete er Philippus überallhin und sah dabei voller Staunen die großen Zeichen und Wunder, die geschahen.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chính Si-môn cũng xin theo Đạo, chịu báp-tem và ở luôn bên cạnh Phi-líp. Thấy các việc kỳ diệu và phép lạ lớn lao Phi-líp làm, Si-môn kinh ngạc vô cùng.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ซีโมนเองก็เชื่อและรับบัพติศมา เขาติดตามฟีลิปไปทุกแห่งและรู้สึกประหลาดใจในหมายสำคัญและการอัศจรรย์อันยิ่งใหญ่ต่างๆ ที่ได้เห็น
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ซีโมน​เอง​ก็​เป็น​อีก​คน​ที่​เชื่อ​และ​รับ​บัพติศมา เขา​ได้​ติดตาม​ฟีลิป​ไป​ทุก​แห่งหน เพราะ​แปลก​ใจ​กับ​ปรากฏการณ์​อัศจรรย์​และ​ฤทธานุภาพ​อัน​ยิ่ง​ใหญ่​ต่างๆ ที่​เกิด​ขึ้น
  • Habakkuk 1:5 - “Look around at the godless nations. Look long and hard. Brace yourself for a shock. Something’s about to take place and you’re going to find it hard to believe. I’m about to raise up Babylonians to punish you, Babylonians, fierce and ferocious— World-conquering Babylon, grabbing up nations right and left, A dreadful and terrible people, making up its own rules as it goes. Their horses run like the wind, attack like bloodthirsty wolves. A stampede of galloping horses thunders out of nowhere. They descend like vultures circling in on carrion. They’re out to kill. Death is on their minds. They collect victims like squirrels gathering nuts. They mock kings, poke fun at generals, Spit on forts, and leave them in the dust. They’ll all be blown away by the wind. Brazen in sin, they call strength their god.”
  • John 7:21 - Jesus said, “I did one miraculous thing a few months ago, and you’re still standing around getting all upset, wondering what I’m up to. Moses prescribed circumcision—originally it came not from Moses but from his ancestors—and so you circumcise a man, dealing with one part of his body, even if it’s the Sabbath. You do this in order to preserve one item in the Law of Moses. So why are you upset with me because I made a man’s whole body well on the Sabbath? Don’t be hypercritical; use your head—and heart!—to discern what is right, to test what is authentically right.”
  • John 2:23 - During the time he was in Jerusalem, those days of the Passover Feast, many people noticed the signs he was displaying and, seeing they pointed straight to God, entrusted their lives to him. But Jesus didn’t entrust his life to them. He knew them inside and out, knew how untrustworthy they were. He didn’t need any help in seeing right through them.
  • Luke 8:13 - “The seeds in the gravel are those who hear with enthusiasm, but the enthusiasm doesn’t go very deep. It’s only another fad, and the moment there’s trouble it’s gone.
  • John 8:30 - When he put it in these terms, many people decided to believe.
  • John 8:31 - Then Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed to believe in him. “If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.”
  • Psalms 106:13 - But it wasn’t long before they forgot the whole thing, wouldn’t wait to be told what to do. They only cared about pleasing themselves in that desert, provoked God with their insistent demands. He gave them exactly what they asked for— but along with it they got an empty heart. One day in camp some grew jealous of Moses, also of Aaron, holy priest of God. The ground opened and swallowed Dathan, then buried Abiram’s gang. Fire flared against that rebel crew and torched them to a cinder.
  • Acts 13:44 - When the next Sabbath came around, practically the whole city showed up to hear the Word of God. Some of the Jews, seeing the crowds, went wild with jealousy and tore into Paul, contradicting everything he was saying, making an ugly scene.
  • Mark 16:17 - “These are some of the signs that will accompany believers: They will throw out demons in my name, they will speak in new tongues, they will take snakes in their hands, they will drink poison and not be hurt, they will lay hands on the sick and make them well.”
  • James 2:19 - Do I hear you professing to believe in the one and only God, but then observe you complacently sitting back as if you had done something wonderful? That’s just great. Demons do that, but what good does it do them? Use your heads! Do you suppose for a minute that you can cut faith and works in two and not end up with a corpse on your hands?
  • James 2:21 - Wasn’t our ancestor Abraham “made right with God by works” when he placed his son Isaac on the sacrificial altar? Isn’t it obvious that faith and works are yoked partners, that faith expresses itself in works? That the works are “works of faith”? The full meaning of “believe” in the Scripture sentence, “Abraham believed God and was set right with God,” includes his action. It’s that weave of believing and acting that got Abraham named “God’s friend.” Is it not evident that a person is made right with God not by a barren faith but by faith fruitful in works?
  • James 2:25 - The same with Rahab, the Jericho harlot. Wasn’t her action in hiding God’s spies and helping them escape—that seamless unity of believing and doing—what counted with God? The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse.
  • Acts 19:11 - God did powerful things through Paul, things quite out of the ordinary. The word got around and people started taking pieces of clothing—handkerchiefs and scarves and the like—that had touched Paul’s skin and then touching the sick with them. The touch did it—they were healed and whole.
  • John 5:20 - “But you haven’t seen the half of it yet, for in the same way that the Father raises the dead and creates life, so does the Son. The Son gives life to anyone he chooses. Neither he nor the Father shuts anyone out. The Father handed all authority to judge over to the Son so that the Son will be honored equally with the Father. Anyone who dishonors the Son, dishonors the Father, for it was the Father’s decision to put the Son in the place of honor.
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