And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.
because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ “Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.
for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord.
And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,
But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.
And by the good hand of our God on us, they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, son of Israel, namely Sherebiah with his sons and kinsmen, 18;
For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylonia, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, for the good hand of his God was on him.
The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the Lord.
Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,
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