Acts 14
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- 14:22 They made the disciples strong in spirit and urged them to hold on to the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God by way of many afflictions." 11
- 14:23 In each church they appointed elders for the believers, and after praying and fasting, they placed them in the care of the Lord in whom they had believed. 8
- 14:16 In past generations he allowed every nation to walk in its own ways. 5
- 14:17 Even so, he has not left himself without a witness. He does you good: he gives you rain from the sky and seasons that bear fruit, and he fills you with food and your hearts with gladness." 3
- 14:8 At Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He had been lame since birth and had never taken a step. 2
- 14:15 "People, why are you doing these things? We are mortals with the same nature as you. We have come with the gospel, calling you to turn away from these empty things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and the sea and everything that is in them. 2
- 14:27 Once they had arrived, they called the church together and told all that God had done as he worked along with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. 2
- 14:3 So they stayed there a long time and spoke boldly, relying on the Lord. He bore witness to the word of his grace by allowing signs and wonders to happen through their hands. 1
- 14:9 The man was listening while Paul spoke. Paul fixed his eyes on him and saw that he had faith that he would be made well. 1
- 14:10 So he said in a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!" And the man leaped up and walked. 1
- 14:26 From there they set sail for Antioch, the place where they had first been entrusted to God's grace for the task that they had now carried out to the end. 1
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Where it is preached
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 3 — Of the Teachers and Ministers of the Church cites Acts 14:23
…Barnabas appointed presbyters over each of the churches of Lystra, Antioch, and Iconium (Acts 14:23); and Paul himself enjoins Titus to ordain presbyters in every town (Tit. 1:5). In like…
- Communion with God ·
Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites Acts xiv. 16
…to destroy all things, he hath manifested his patience and forbearance to all. This Paul, Acts xiv. 16, 17, tells us: “He suffered all nations to walk in their own ways; yet he left not…
- Rise Up, Men of God ·
Men in the Church cites Acts 14:23
…with shepherds. From the earliest days, the apostles appointed elders in every city (Acts 14:23, Titus 1:5). These men — mature, proven, biblically qualified — are given the task of…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Prefatory Address to King Francis cites Acts 14:3
…of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done” by the hands of the apostles (Acts 14:3). Very much to the same effect are those words of the apostle, that salvation by a…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
June cites Acts xiv. 8
…had faith to be healed, said . . . Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. Acts xiv. 8, 9, 10. Where true faith is, it will induce obedience and where it does induce obedience…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 8: To the Ends of the Earth ·
Mistaken for Gods cites Acts 14:8–20
…to him. He pointed people away from himself, to the living God. Read it in your Bible: Acts 14:8–20 Dear God, all the glory belongs to you. When people praise me, help me to point them to…
- Christ the Healer ·
Is Healing for All? cites Acts 14:9
…“healed,” “made sound,” “made whole.” In Romans 10:9 it is translated “saved,” and in Acts 14:9 the same word is translated “healed” in referring to the healing of the man lame from…
- The Gospel of Healing ·
Scripture Testimonies cites Acts xiv. 10
…and the awakening of men before the second coming of the Lord. THE LAME MAN AT LYSTRA. Acts xiv. 10. This is one of the most instructive cases of healing in the Bible. 1. This was a purely…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
The Christian Conception of God, or the God of the Bible as Distinguished from the God of Christian Science and the God of Modern Philosophy cites Acts 14:15
…His wrath the earth trembleth and the nations are not able to abide His indignation." In Acts 14:15 we read: "Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and…
- The Key Teachings of Athanasius of Alexandria ·
Not Mine, but the Saviour’s cites ACTS 14:15
…you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God. ACTS 14:15 Antony knew the temptation of the holy man: to let people look to him instead of to God.…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Exordium cites Acts xiv. 16
…their own ways, who thus permitted all the nations to go their own ways, as Paul saith, Acts xiv. 16; xvii. 30? — But, my friend Erasmus, THE CHURCH OF GOD INDEED, IS NOT SO COMMON A THING…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 1, Chapter 5 — The Knowledge of God Conspicuous in the Creation, and Continual Government of the World cites Acts 14:16
…us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness,” (Acts 14:16, 17). But though God is not left without a witness, while, with numberless varied acts of…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Providence of God cites Acts 14:16
…his providence permits men’s sins. ‘He suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.’ Acts 14:16. God permitted their sin, which he never would, if he could not bring good out of it. Had…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.2 The Second Commandment cites Acts 14: 17
…God is constantly heaping benefits upon us, ‘filling our hearts with food and gladness.’ Acts 14: 17. As streams of water out of the rock followed Israel whithersoever they went, so God’s…
- With and Without Christ ·
Non-Christians without Christ cites Acts xiv. 17
…to Him” (Acts x. 35), and it also says that “He left not Himself without witness” (Acts xiv. 17). The light of the truth which God revealed was sufficient to lead the nations back to…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Second Stage cites Acts 14:22
…had received and given many wounds to those that attempted to keep him out, Matt. 11:12; Acts 14:22; he cut his way through them all, and pressed forward into the palace; at which there was…
- How to Succeed in the Christian Life ·
Persecution cites Acts 14: 22
…(2 Tim. 2: 12). Every one must enter into the kingdom of God through much tribulation (Acts 14: 22), but do not go back on that account. Remember always however fiercely the fire of…
- Practical Religion ·
Formality cites Acts xiv. 22
…enter the kingdom."—"All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." (Acts xiv. 22; 2 Tim. iii. 12.) But if the world hates you, God will love you. If the world forsakes…
- Practical Religion ·
Heirs of God cites Acts xiv. 22
…that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." (Heb. xii. 6, 8; Acts xiv. 22; 2 Tim. iii. 12.) When Bishop Latimer was told by his landlord that he had never had a…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites Acts xiv. 22
…from such passages as 2 Tim. ii. 12; 2 Tim. iii. 12; Matt. v. 10, 11, 12; Mark viii. 35; Acts xiv. 22, that persecution is the only path to Glory. Show them from Romans viii. 18 that the…
- Morning by Morning ·
March cites Acts 14:22
…“great faith.” March 8 “We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.” (Acts 14:22) God's people have their trials. It was never designed by God, when he chose his people…
- Evening by Evening ·
May cites Acts 14:22
…there tell what great things God has shown to your soul. May 26 “Continue in the faith.” (Acts 14:22) Perseverance is the badge of true saints. The Christian life is not a beginning only in…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 8 — Of Bearing the Cross cites Acts 14:22
…Paul himself thus speaks, “we must through much tribulation enter the kingdom of God,” (Acts 14:22); and again, “that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship…
- With and Without Christ ·
Christians with Christ cites Acts xiv. 22
…Besides this opposition of the world he must pass through many other kinds of trouble (Acts xiv. 22; 2 Cor. xii. 7-10), for it is God’s will that he should reach perfection through…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ's Exaltation cites Acts 14:22
…but we must travel through a dirty road to it, through many reproaches and sufferings. Acts 14:22. We must enter into glory as Christ did; who first suffered shame and death, and then was…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 25 — Of the Last Resurrection cites Acts 14:22
…As it is true, “That we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God,” (Acts 14:22); so it were unreasonable that this entrance should be denied to the bodies which God…
- George Müller of Bristol ·
Appendix M: Church Conduct cites Acts xiv. 23
…in being, even down to the close of the present dispensation. Accordingly, we find from Acts xiv. 23, xx. 17; Tit. i. 5; and 1 Pet. v. 1, that soon after the saints had been converted, and…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Young Preacher and the Little Flock cites Acts 14:23
…of planting and entrusting. He and Barnabas “appointed for them elders in every church” (Acts 14:23, ASV). Paul did not remain permanent pastor of every congregation he founded. He expected…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Church and the Body of Christ cites Acts 14:23
…the idea that a single pastor should function as the sole minister of a congregation. Acts 14:23 describes Paul and Barnabas appointing “elders in every church.” Acts 20 addresses the…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Discourse 7 cites Acts 14:23
…them Elders in every Church, and had prayed with fasting, commended them to the Lord.” (Acts 14:23.) Yea, that blessings are to be obtained in the use of this means, which are no otherwise…
- How to Pray ·
Praying unto God cites Acts 14:23
…are those who think that fasting belongs to the old dispensation; but when we look at Acts 14:23, and Acts 13:2,3, we find that it was practised by the earnest men of the apostolic day.…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 12 — Of the Discipline of the Church, and Its Principal Use in Censures and Excommunication cites Acts 14:23
…when they appointed ministers to churches, were wont to use prayer and fasting (Acts 14:23). In general, the only object which they had in fasting was to render themselves more…
- George Müller of Bristol ·
The Narrative of the Lord's Dealings cites Acts xiv. 27
…all these things." "Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world." (Acts xiv. 27 to xv. 18.) The meaning of such repeated phraseology cannot be mistaken. God is here…
- Our Daily Walk ·
May cites Act 14:16-17
…world”? There is no nation of men that has not heard the voice of Nature speaking of God (Act 14:16-17; Rom 1:20-21). In Psa 19:7-11 the Psalmist describes the effect of the Word of God when…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Acts 14:26-27
…pattern of struggle with committees. Scriptures to revisit Romans 10:13-15; Acts 13:1-3; Acts 14:26-27. Reflection 1. How should Christians speak about peoples they do not know? 2. What does…