²¹ So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, ^(A)because of the people, since they all ^(B)glorified God for ^(C)what had been done.

¹⁸ When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, ^(A)“Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.”

^5 (A)Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, ⁶ that you may ^(B)with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Glorify God Together

⁷ Therefore ^(C)receive one another, just ^(D)as Christ also received ^[a]us, to the glory of God. ⁸ Now I say that ^(E)Jesus Christ has become a ^[b]servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, ^(F)to confirm the promises made to the fathers, ⁹ and ^(G)that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written:

²⁰ For ^(A)you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body ^[a]and in your spirit, which are God’s.

¹³ while, through the proof of this ministry, they ^(A)glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal ^(B)sharing with them and all men,

^21 (A)Afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. ²² And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which ^(B)were in Christ. ²³ But they were ^(C)hearing only, “He who formerly ^(D)persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy.” ²⁴ And they ^(E)glorified God in me.

¹⁶ Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this ^[a]matter.