Also offer one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the goat offered in the ritual of purification for the people, and the daily burnt offering with its grain offering and wine offering.

So Jesus said to those who believed in him, "If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples;

After the people had left the meeting, Paul and Barnabas were followed by many Jews and by many Gentiles who had been converted to Judaism. The apostles spoke to them and encouraged them to keep on living in the grace of God.

Some people keep on doing good, and seek glory, honor, and immortal life; to them God will give eternal life.

but in order to keep the truth of the gospel safe for you, we did not give in to them for a minute.

So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.

But you, friends, must not become tired of doing good.

For we are all partners with Christ if we hold firmly to the end the confidence we had at the beginning.

We are not people who turn back and are lost. Instead, we have faith and are saved.

Let us, then, always offer praise to God as our sacrifice through Jesus, which is the offering presented by lips that confess him as Lord.