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Ärende: Bible Reading for November 19
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@fmlynet.org>

CHAPTER 15
Acts 15:1
1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said,
Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. Acts
15:2
2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with
them, they determined  that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them,
shouldgo up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
Acts 15:3
3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and
Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy
unto all the brethren.
Acts 15:4
4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and
of theapostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with
them.
Acts 15:5
5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed,
saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and  to command them to keep
the law ofMoses.
Acts 15:6
6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.
Acts 15:7
7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them,
Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us,
that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Acts 15:8
8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy
Ghost, even as he did unto us;
Acts 15:9
9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Acts 15:10
10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of thedisciples,
which neither our  fathers nor we were able to bear? Acts 15:11
11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be
saved, even as they.
Acts 15:12
12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul,
declaring what miracles and  wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by
them.
Acts 15:13
13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men
andbrethren, hearken unto me:
Acts 15:14
14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take
out of them a people for his name.
Acts 15:15
15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, Acts 15:16
16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David,
which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof,  and I will set
it up:
Acts 15:17
17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles,
upon whom my name is called,  saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. Acts
15:18
18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Acts 15:19
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the
Gentiles are turned to God:
Acts 15:20
20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and
from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. Acts 15:21
21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, beingread in
the synagogues  every sabbath day. Acts 15:22
22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send
chosen men of their own company  to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely,
Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: Acts 15:23
23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders
and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in
Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
Acts 15:24
24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have
troubled you with words, subverting your souls,  saying, Ye must be
circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: Acts 15:25
25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men
unto you with our beloved Barnabas  and Paul, Acts 15:26
26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 15:27
27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same
things by mouth.
Acts 15:28
28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater
burden than these  necessary things; Acts 15:29
29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things
strangled, and fromfornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do 
well. Fare ye well.
Acts 15:30
30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had
gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: Acts 15:31
31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. Acts 15:32
32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren
with many words, and  confirmed them. Acts 15:33
33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the
brethren unto the apostles.
Acts 15:34
34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. Acts 15:35
35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word
of the Lord, with  many others also. Acts 15:36
36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our
brethren in  every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and seehow
they do.
Acts 15:37
37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. Acts
15:38
38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from
 Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. Acts 15:39
39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one
from theother: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed  unto Cyprus; Acts 15:40
40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren
untothe grace of God.
Acts 15:41
41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. CHAPTER 16
Acts 16:1
1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there,
named  Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed;
but his father was a Greek: Acts 16:2
2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
Acts 16:3
3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him
because of the Jews which  were in those quarters: for they knew all that his
father was a Greek.
Acts 16:4
4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to
keep, thatwere ordained of the apostles and elders  which were at Jerusalem.
Acts 16:5
5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number
daily.
Acts 16:6
6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were
forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in  Asia, Acts 16:7
7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the
Spirit suffered them not.
Acts 16:8
8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. Acts 16:9
9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man ofMacedonia,
and prayed him, saying, Come over  into Macedonia, and help us. Acts 16:10
10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into
Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called  us for to preach the
gospel unto them.
Acts 16:11
11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia,
and thenext day to Neapolis; Acts 16:12
12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of
Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. Acts
16:13
13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer
waswont to be made; and we sat down,  and spake unto the women which resorted
thither.
Acts 16:14
14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of
Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she
attended unto the things whichwere spoken of Paul. Acts 16:15
15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye
have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there.
And she constrained us.
Acts 16:16
16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a
spirit of divination met us,  which brought her masters much gain
bysoothsaying:
Acts 16:17
17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants
of the most high God,  which shew unto us the way of salvation. Acts 16:18
18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the
spirit, I command  thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he
came out the same hour.
Acts 16:19
19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught
Paul and Silas,  and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, Acts 16:20
20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews,
doexceedingly trouble our city,
Acts 16:21
21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to
observe, being Romans.
Acts 16:22
22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent
off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. Acts 16:23
23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison,
charging the jailor to keep them safely: Acts 16:24
24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and
made their feet  fast in the stocks. Acts 16:25
25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the
prisoners heard them.
Acts 16:26
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the
prison wereshaken: and immediately all the doors  were opened, and every one's
bands were loosed.
Acts 16:27
27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison
doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed  himself, supposing
that theprisoners had been fled. Acts 16:28
28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all
 here.
Acts 16:29
29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down
before Paul and Silas,
Acts 16:30
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? Acts 16:31
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,
and thy house.
Acts 16:32
32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his
house.
Acts 16:33
33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and
was baptized, he and all his, straightway. Acts 16:34
34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and
rejoiced, believing in God with all  his house. Acts 16:35
35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those
men go.
Acts 16:36
36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have
sent to let you go: now therefore  depart, and go in peace. Acts 16:37
37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being
Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily?
nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. Acts 16:38
38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared,
when theyheard that they were Romans. Acts 16:39
39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired themto
depart out of the city.
Acts 16:40
40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and
when theyhad seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. CHAPTER 17
Acts 17:1
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to
Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: Acts 17:2
2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days
reasoned with them out of  the scriptures, Acts 17:3
3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risenagain
from the dead; and that  this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. Acts
17:4
4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the
devout Greeks  a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. Acts 17:5
5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd
fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an
uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the
people.
Acts 17:6
6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto
therulers of the city, crying, These  that have turned the world upside down
are come hither also;
Acts 17:7
7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar,
saying that there is another  king, one Jesus. Acts 17:8
8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard
these things.
Acts 17:9
9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them
go.
Acts 17:10
10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea:
who coming  thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. Acts 17:11
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the
word with all readiness of mind, and searched  the scriptures daily, whether
those things were so.
Acts 17:12
12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks,
and of men, not  a few.
Acts 17:13
13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God
waspreached of Paul at  Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the
people.
Acts 17:14
14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the
sea: but Silas and  Timotheus abode there still. Acts 17:15
15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving
acommandment unto Silas and  Timotheus for to come to him with all speed,
theydeparted.
Acts 17:16
16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him,
when he saw the city  wholly given to idolatry. Acts 17:17
17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout
persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. Acts 17:18
18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered
him. And some said, What will  this babbler say? other some, He seemeth tobe a
setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the
resurrection.
Acts 17:19
19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what
this new doctrine,  whereof thou speakest, is? Acts 17:20
20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know
therefore what these things mean.
Acts 17:21
21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in
nothing else, but either to tell,  or to hear some new thing.) Acts 17:22
22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I
perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. Acts 17:23
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this
inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom  therefore ye ignorantly worship, him
declare I unto you.
Acts 17:24
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord
ofheaven and earth, dwelleth  not in temples made with hands; Acts 17:25
25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing,
seeing he giveth to all life, and breath,  and all things; Acts 17:26
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all theface of
the earth,  and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of
their habitation;
Acts 17:27
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find
him, though he be not far from  every one of us: Acts 17:28
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your
own  poets have said, For we are also his offspring. Acts 17:29
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that
theGodhead is like unto gold, or silver,  or stone, graven by art and man's
device.
Acts 17:30
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men
every where to repent:
Acts 17:31
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in
righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given
assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Acts 17:32
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others
said, We will hear thee again of this  matter. Acts 17:33
33 So Paul departed from among them. Acts 17:34
34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which
wasDionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
CHAPTER 18
Acts 18:1
1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; Acts 18:2
2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy,
with  his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews
todepart from Rome:) and came unto them. Acts 18:3
3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by
their occupation they were tentmakers. Acts 18:4
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and
the Greeks.
Acts 18:5
5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in
the spirit, and testified to the Jews  that Jesus was Christ. Acts 18:6
6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and
said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth
Iwill go unto the Gentiles. Acts 18:7
7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus,
one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. Acts 18:8
8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all
his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing  believed, and were baptized.
Acts 18:9
9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but
speak, and hold not thy peace:
Acts 18:10
10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have
much people in this city.
Acts 18:11
11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among
them.
Acts 18:12

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