Acts 14:21-28

Common English Bible

Returning to Antioch

²¹ Paul and Barnabas proclaimed the good news to the people in Derbe and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, where ²² they strengthened the disciples and urged them to remain firm in the faith. They told them, “If we are to enter God’s kingdom, we must pass through many troubles.” ²³ They appointed elders for each church. With prayer and fasting, they committed these elders to the Lord, in whom they had placed their trust.

²⁴ After Paul and Barnabas traveled through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. ²⁵ They proclaimed the word in Perga, then went down to Attalia. ²⁶ From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been entrusted by God’s grace to the work they had now completed. ²⁷ On their arrival, they gathered the church together and reported everything that God had accomplished through their activity, and how God had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles. ²⁸ They stayed with the disciples a long time.