The Apology
Acts 16:35-40 CSB When daylight came, the chief magistrates sent the police to say, “Release those men.” [36] The jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders for you to be released. So come out now and…
Praying and Singing Hymns
Acts 16:25-34 CSB About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. [26] Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the jail were shaken, and immediately…
Out of the Desolate Pit
Acts 16:16-24 CSB Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling. [17] As she…
Directed by the Spirit
Acts 16:6-15 CSB They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia; they had been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. [7] When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the…
Paul and Timothy
Acts 16:1-5 CSB Paul went on to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman, but his father was a Greek. [2] The brothers and sisters at Lystra and Iconium spoke…
Division Among Us
Acts 15:36-41 CSB After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers and sisters in every town where we have preached the word of the Lord and see how they’re doing.” [37] Barnabas…
Courages Defenders
Acts 15:22-35 CSB Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among…
James Response
Acts 15:12-21 CSB The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describe all the signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. [13] After they stopped speaking, James responded, “Brothers, listen to me. [14]…
The Jerusalem Council
Acts 15:1-11 CSB Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved.” [2] After Paul and Barnabas had engaged them in serious…
Encouraging in the Faith
Acts 14:18-28 CSB Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them. [19] Some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out…