having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,

the mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from generations, but now was revealed to His saints.

but has now been revealed through the appearance of our Savior Jesus Christ, having nullified death on the one hand, [and] having brought to life immortality through the gospel on the other,

in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time [itself],

but has in due time manifested His word in a proclamation, [with] which I was entrusted according to the command of God our Savior;

which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

But now the righteousness of God apart from the law has been revealed, being witnessed to by the Law and the Prophets,

For as many things as were previously written, were written for our own instruction, that through the patience and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we may have hope.

Now the portion of the Scripture which he was reading was this: "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, thus He opened not His mouth.

So the eunuch answered Philip and said, "I ask you, of whom does the prophet say this; about himself, or about some other [person]?"

To Him all the prophets bear witness, [that] through His name, everyone believing in Him shall receive forgiveness of sins."

Therefore, having obtained help from God, until this day I stand, witnessing both to common [people] and great [people], saying nothing except the things which both the prophets and Moses spoke of as being about to happen,

that the Christ was to suffer, that as the first to rise from the dead, He was about to proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, [saying] that, "In you all the nations shall be blessed."

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,

And I fell before his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "See [that you do] not! I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."

Go [therefore] and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

And He said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to all creation.

Then He said to them, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me."

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,

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.

For so the Lord has commanded us: 'I have set you to be a light of the nations, that you should be for salvation to the end of the earth.'"

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

to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, [in order for] them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things made, both His eternal power and Divinity, so that they are without excuse.

And Abraham planted a field at the Well of the Oath, and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.

And the rule of God shall protect you, and [that] under the strength of the everlasting arms; and He shall cast forth the enemy from before your face, saying, Perish.

For a Child is born to us, and a Son is given to us, whose government is upon His shoulder; and His name is called the Messenger of great counsel; for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to Him.

And now, have you not known? Have you not heard? The eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of His understanding.

And you, Bethlehem, house of Ephratha, are few in number to be reckoned among the thousands of Judah; yet out of you shall one come forth to Me, to be a ruler of Israel; and His goings forth were from the beginning, even from eternity.

Now to the King of the Ages, immortal, invisible, [the] only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

by how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, will cleanse your conscience from dead works in order that we might serve the living God?

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true; and we are in Him that is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "He who is and He who was and He who is to come, The Almighty."

I was in [the] Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard a loud voice like a trumpet behind me,

through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations for His name,

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ did not work out through me, in word and deed, for the obedience of [the] Gentiles--

And the word of God was growing, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was being multiplied exceedingly, and a great many of the priests were obeying the faith.