For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

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30 (A)There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.

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28 (A)to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. 29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants (B)that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, (C)and that signs and wonders may be done (D)through the name of (E)Your holy Servant Jesus.”

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39 But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, (A)for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me.

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(A)how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, (B)which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was (C)confirmed to us by those who heard Him, (D)God also bearing witness (E)both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and (F)gifts[a] of the Holy Spirit, (G)according to His own will?

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:4 distributions

20 of whom are (A)Hymenaeus and (B)Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to (C)blaspheme.

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10 (A)Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the (B)authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction.

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For even if I should boast somewhat more (A)about our authority, which the Lord gave [a]us for [b]edification and not for your destruction, (B)I shall not be ashamed—

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  1. 2 Corinthians 10:8 NU omits us
  2. 2 Corinthians 10:8 building up

In the (A)name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, (B)with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, (C)deliver such a one to (D)Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord [a]Jesus.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:5 NU omits Jesus

Miracles Glorify Christ

11 Now (A)God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 (B)so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. 13 (C)Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists (D)took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, [a]“We [b]exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul (E)preaches.” 14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.

15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”

16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, [c]overpowered them, and prevailed against [d]them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and (F)fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:13 NU I
  2. Acts 19:13 adjure, solemnly command
  3. Acts 19:16 M and they overpowered them
  4. Acts 19:16 NU both of them

Then, (A)having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.

Preaching in Cyprus

So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to (B)Cyprus. And when they arrived in Salamis, (C)they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had (D)John as their assistant.

Now when they had gone through [a]the island to Paphos, they found (E)a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. But (F)Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) [b]withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. Then Saul, who also is called Paul, (G)filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud, (H)you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11 And now, indeed, (I)the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.”

And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand. 12 Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had been done, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:6 NU the whole island
  2. Acts 13:8 opposed

Lying to the Holy Spirit

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet. (A)But Peter said, “Ananias, why has (B)Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”

Then Ananias, hearing these words, (C)fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things. And the young men arose and (D)wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.

Now it was about three hours later when his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. And Peter answered her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much?”

She said, “Yes, for so much.”

Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together (E)to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” 10 (F)Then immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. And the young men came in and found her dead, and carrying her out, buried her by her husband. 11 (G)So great fear came upon all the church and upon all who heard these things.

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Jesus Forbids Sectarianism(A)

49 (B)Now John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.”

50 But Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid him, for (C)he who is not against [a]us is on [b]our side.”

A Samaritan Village Rejects the Savior

51 Now it came to pass, when the time had come for (D)Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, 52 and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him. 53 But (E)they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem. 54 And when His disciples (F)James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, [c]just as (G)Elijah did?”

55 But He turned and rebuked them, [d]and said, “You do not know what manner of (H)spirit you are of. 56 [e]For (I)the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them. And they went to another village.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 9:50 NU you
  2. Luke 9:50 NU your
  3. Luke 9:54 NU omits just as Elijah did
  4. Luke 9:55 NU omits the rest of v. 55.
  5. Luke 9:56 NU omits For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.

17 And these (A)signs will follow those who [a]believe: (B)In My name they will cast out demons; (C)they will speak with new tongues; 18 (D)they[b] will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; (E)they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Christ Ascends to God’s Right Hand(F)

19 So then, (G)after the Lord had spoken to them, He was (H)received up into heaven, and (I)sat down at the right hand of God.

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  1. Mark 16:17 have believed
  2. Mark 16:18 NU and in their hands they will

Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow,
So (A)a curse without cause shall not alight.

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23 Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

24 So he turned around and looked at them, and (A)pronounced a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.

25 Then he went from there to (B)Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

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28 And Moses said: (A)“By this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them (B)of my own will. 29 If these men die naturally like all men, or if they are (C)visited by the common fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if the Lord creates (D)a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they (E)go down alive into the pit, then you will understand that these men have rejected the Lord.”

31 (F)Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them, 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and (G)all the men with Korah, with all their goods. 33 So they and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly. 34 Then all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up also!

35 And (H)a fire came out from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering incense.

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Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. So he went up to him; and there he was, sitting on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him: “Man of God, the king has said, ‘Come down!’ ”

10 So Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, then (A)let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. 11 Then he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty men.

And he answered and said to him: “Man of God, thus has the king said, ‘Come down quickly!’ ”

12 So Elijah answered and said to them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

13 Again, he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and [a]fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, and said to him: “Man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty servants of yours (B)be precious in your sight.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 1:13 Lit. bowed down

28 But Micaiah said, “If you ever return in peace, (A)the Lord has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Take heed, all you people!”

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