Then Barnabas came to his help and took him to the apostles. He explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that the Lord had spoken to him. He also told them how boldly Saul had preached in the name of Jesus in Damascus.

And so Saul stayed with them and went all over Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.

They knew only what others were saying: "The man who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith that he once tried to destroy!"

And so they praised God because of me.

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"I will announce," says the king, "what the LORD has declared. He said to me: 'You are my son; today I have become your father.

and bow down to him; or else his anger will be quickly aroused, and you will suddenly die. Happy are all who go to him for protection.

But Jesus kept quiet. Again the High Priest spoke to him, "In the name of the living God I now put you under oath: tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God."

At this the High Priest tore his clothes and said, "Blasphemy! We don't need any more witnesses! You have just heard his blasphemy!

He trusts in God and claims to be God's Son. Well, then, let us see if God wants to save him now!"

When the army officer and the soldiers with him who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and everything else that happened, they were terrified and said, "He really was the Son of God!"

"Teacher," answered Nathanael, "you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"

The crowd answered back, "We have a law that says he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God."

Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

But these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through your faith in him you may have life.

as to his divine holiness, he was shown with great power to be the Son of God by being raised from death.

so that it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me.

And we have seen and tell others that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

If we declare that Jesus is the Son of God, we live in union with God and God lives in union with us.

"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: "This is the message from the Son of God, whose eyes blaze like fire, whose feet shine like polished brass.