Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the
power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew
first, and also to the Greek.
Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to
faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Our story begins with the trial of Stephen, a Deacon, a servant of his people, a man full of the Holy Ghost from whence many signs and wonders were made. He ends his testimony with a ringing accusation against the Jewish leaders, who were supposed to be keepers of the law and God's promises;
Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Acts 7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Acts 7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Acts 7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Acts 7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Acts 7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
Acts 7:58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
Acts 7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Acts 7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Pauls conversion
Act 26:9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things
contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Act 26:10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints
did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief
priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against
[them].
Act 26:11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled
[them] to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I
persecuted [them] even unto strange cities.
Act 26:12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission
from the chief priests,
Act 26:13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above
the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which
journeyed with me.
Act 26:14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice
speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Act 26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom
thou persecutest.
Act 26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto
thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of
these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I
will appear unto thee;
Act 22:11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being
led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
Act 22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a
good report of all the Jews which dwelt [there],
Act 22:13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul,
receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
Act 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that
thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear
the voice of his mouth.
Act 22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast
seen and heard.
Act 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash
away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Act 22:17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem,
even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
Act 22:18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly
out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
Act 22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in
every synagogue them that believed on thee:
Act 22:20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was
standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them
that slew him.
Act 22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence
unto the Gentiles.
Act 26:17 Delivering thee from the people, and [from] the Gentiles, unto
whom now I send thee,
Act 26:18 To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to
light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive
forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by
faith that is in me.
Gal 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you
into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Gal 1:7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and
would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Gal 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel
unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Gal 1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any [man] preach any
other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Gal 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men?
for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Gal 1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached
of me is not after man.
Gal 1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught [it],
but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Gal 1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews'
religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and
wasted it:
Gal 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine
own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my
fathers.
Gal 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's
womb, and called [me] by his grace,
Gal 1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the
heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Eph 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may
give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of
him:
Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may
know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory
of his inheritance in the saints,
Eph 1:19 And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward
who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Eph 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead,
and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places],
Gal 1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles
before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
Gal 1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and
abode with him fifteen days.
Gal 1:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's
brother.
Gal 1:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I
lie not.
Gal 1:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
Gal 1:22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were
in Christ:
Gal 1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times
past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
Gal 1:24 And they glorified God in me.
Act 26:19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the
heavenly vision:
Act 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and
throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that
they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Act 26:21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went
about to kill [me].
Act 26:22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this
day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than
those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
Act 26:23 That Christ should suffer, [and] that he should be the first
that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people,
and to the Gentiles.
Act 26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud
voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
Act 26:25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth
the words of truth and soberness.
Act 26:26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak
freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from
him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
Act 26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou
believest.
Act 26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a
Christian.
Act 26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also
all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I
am, except these bonds.
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