When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.
For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive,
Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
For you know how, like a father with his children,
And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed.
but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days. On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue.
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days.
And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”
For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and wield you like a warrior's sword.
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