and when he received food, he was strengthened. Now Saul was with the disciples in Damascus three days.

And all those who heard were astounded, and were saying, "Is this not the one who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, so that he might take them having been bound, to the chief priests?"

and having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came about that for a whole year they assembled with the church and instructed many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

And rising up, one of them named Agabus, foretold by the Spirit of a great famine about to happen in all the world, which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar.

which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

So he was entering with them into Jerusalem,

and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and he was speaking and disputing with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were attempting to kill him.

"And it happened to me, having returned to Jerusalem and praying in the temple, that I came to be in a trance

and saw Him saying to me, 'Hurry and go out quickly from Jerusalem, for they will not receive your witness about Me.'

delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

But Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly said, "It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first; but since you thrust it away, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life; behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

Now when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

who in the generations having gone by permitted all the Gentiles to walk in their ways.

And saying these things, they scarcely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.

But when the disciples encircled him, he stood and entered into the city. And the next day he went out together with Barnabas to Derbe.

"Then He said to me, 'Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

Now they were listening to him until this statement, and they lifted their voice saying, "Take away such a [man] from the earth, for it is not fitting [for] him to live!"

do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, [remember] that you do not support the root, but the root [supports] you.

Well [said]. By unbelief they were broken off, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear.

Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Repent therefore and turn back, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that seasons of relaxation may come from the presence of the Lord,

And hearing these things, they remained silent, and [they] glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted even to the Gentiles repentance unto life."

So then these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now He commands all men everywhere to repent,

solemnly bearing witness to both Jews and to Greeks, the repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

For after my captivity I repented, and after I knew, I groaned for the day of shame, and showed You that I bore reproach from my youth.

Ephraim is a beloved son, a pleasing child to Me: for because My words are in him, I will surely remember him. Therefore I made haste [to help] him. I will surely have mercy upon him, says the Lord.

I will judge you, O house of Israel, says the Lord, each one according to his way: be converted, and turn from all your ungodliness, and it shall not become to you the punishment of iniquity.

For I desire not the death of him that dies, says the Lord.

and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"

From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call [the] righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

And having come to the other, he said likewise. And he answered and said, 'I [am going], sir,' but he did not go.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; but you, having seen, did not repent afterwards, that you might believe him.

And when they went out, they were preaching that [people] should repent.

Not at all, I tell you; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.

Not at all, I tell you; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."

I say to you that likewise [there] shall be more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine righteous who need no repentance.

Just so, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, and forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, without regret; but worldly sorrow produces death.

in meekness instructing those that oppose, if God perhaps may give them repentance, to a full knowledge of the truth,

and they regain their senses [and escape] out of the snare of the devil, having been captured alive by him to do his will.

Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; but if not, I am coming to you quickly and I will remove your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.

And I gave her time so that she might repent, and she does not wish to repent of her fornication.

Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you like a thief, and by no means shall you know what hour I will come upon you.

They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their ulcers, and they did not repent of their works.

And all who were dwelling at Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

and saying, "Men! Why are you doing these things? We men are of the same nature as you, preaching the gospel to you, that you must turn from these useless things to turn to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all the things in them,

Therefore I judge that we must not cause trouble for those who are turning to God from [among] the Gentiles;

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before Him.

NUN. Our way has been searched out and examined, and we will turn to the Lord.

You therefore shall return to your God. Keep mercy and judgment, and draw near to your God continually.

Take with you words, and turn to the Lord your God. Speak to Him, that you may not receive [the reward of] unrighteousness, but that you may receive good things; and we will render in return the fruit of our lips.

And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

For they themselves report about us what kind of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels; and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for He shall abundantly pardon your sins.

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance,

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham out of these stones.

So the people were asking him, saying, "What shall we do then?"

Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?"

Likewise the soldiers also were asking him, saying, "And what shall we do?" So he said to them, "Do not intimidate anyone or accuse [anyone] falsely, and be content with your wages."

Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor; and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I restore fourfold."

And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham;

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

who, having become callous, gave themselves over to debauchery, for the working of uncleanness with utmost greediness.

if indeed you have heard Him and were instructed by Him, just as the truth is in Jesus:

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Therefore, having put off falsehood, "Let each one speak truth with his neighbor," for we are members of one another.

nor give opportunity to the devil.

Let no corrupt word proceed from your mouth, but only what is good for edification, that it may give grace to them that hear.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and blasphemy be removed from you, with all malice.

Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children.

But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;

For this you know, that no fornicator, or unclean person, nor covetous person, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Therefore do not be participants with them.

for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth,

And have no partnership with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose [them].

But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.

See then that you walk carefully, not as unwise, but as wise,

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord [is].

speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

because the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

Husbands, love your own wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

"that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."

Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in simplicity of heart, as to Christ;

with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men,

And masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.

Older men are to be sober, serious, temperate, sound in the faith, in love, in endurance.

so that they may urge the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

Likewise exhort the young men to be sensible,

sound speech that cannot be condemned, in order that the [one] who is an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.

not embezzling, but showing good faith, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves [after] the former lusts, [as you did in] your ignorance;

because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy."

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's [own] possession, that you may proclaim the excellent virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Beloved, I implore you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from the lusts of the flesh which war against the soul;

that he no longer should live the remaining time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

In regard to these, they are surprised that you do not run with them in the same flood of debauchery, reviling you.

But also [for] this very reason, making every effort, provide with your faith virtue, and with virtue knowledge,

and with godliness brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love.