Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord into whom they believed.

And when they had come and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.

For first of all, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and everyone speaks in tongues, and there come in those who are unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that you are not in your right minds?

Go therefore and instruct all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Then Agrippa said to Paul, You almost persuade me to become a Christian.

And you shall leave your name as a curse to My elect; for the Lord Jehovah will kill you, and call His servants by another name.

For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.

of whom the whole family in Heaven and earth is named,

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. According to them He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified.

But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will remain in Him.

I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.