A Vital Church Grows

40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this [a]perverse generation.”

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  1. Acts 2:40 crooked

40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”(A)

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41 Then those who [a]gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

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  1. Acts 2:41 NU omits gladly

41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number(A) that day.

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19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, (A)“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.

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19 But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him?(A) You be the judges!

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28 saying, (A)“Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, (B)and intend to bring this Man’s (C)blood on us!”

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28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,”(A) he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”(B)

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29 But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: (A)“We ought to obey God rather than men.

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29 Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!(A)

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23 except that (A)the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.

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23 I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me(A) that prison and hardships are facing me.(B)

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(A)that no one should be shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that (B)we are appointed to this.

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so that no one would be unsettled by these trials.(A) For you know quite well that we are destined for them.(B)

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28 and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but [a]to you of salvation, and that from God.

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  1. Philippians 1:28 NU of your salvation

28 without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God.

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29 For to you (A)it has been granted on behalf of Christ, (B)not only to believe in Him, but also to (C)suffer for His sake,

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29 For it has been granted to you(A) on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer(B) for him,

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16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, (A)we have no need to answer you in this matter.

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16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego(A) replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter.

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17 If that is the case, our (A)God whom we serve is able to (B)deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.

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17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver(A) us from it, and he will deliver(B) us[a] from Your Majesty’s hand.

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  1. Daniel 3:17 Or If the God we serve is able to deliver us, then he will deliver us from the blazing furnace and

All the governors of the kingdom, the administrators and satraps, the counselors and advisors, have (A)consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm decree, that whoever petitions any god or man for thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

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The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors(A) have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.(B)

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Daniel in the Lions’ Den

10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open (A)toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees (B)three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.

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10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward(A) Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees(B) and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.(C)

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