Acts 13:32-52

Legacy Standard Bible

³² And we ^(A)proclaim to you the good news of ^(B)the promise made to the fathers, ³³ that God has fulfilled this promise ^[a]to our children in that He ^(C)raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, ‘^(D)You are My Son; today I have begotten You.’ ³⁴ But that He ^(E)raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He has spoken in this way: ‘^(F)I will give you the holy and ^[b]faithful lovingkindnesses of David.’ ³⁵ Therefore He also says in another Psalm, ‘^(G)You will not give Your ^[c]Holy One over to see corruption.’ ³⁶ For ^(H)David, after he had ^[d]served ^(I)the purpose of God in his own generation, ^(J)fell asleep and was laid among his fathers and saw corruption; ³⁷ but He whom God ^(K)raised did not see corruption. ³⁸ Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that ^(L)through ^[e]Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, ³⁹ and that in Him, ^(M)everyone who believes is justified from all things which you could not be justified from ^[f]through the Law of Moses. ⁴⁰ Therefore watch out, so that the thing spoken of ^(N)in the Prophets may not come upon you:

⁴² And as ^[h]Paul and Barnabas were leaving, the people kept pleading that these words might be spoken to them the next ^(P)Sabbath. ⁴³ Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the ^(Q)God-fearing ^[i](R)proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in ^(S)the grace of God.

Many Gentiles Believe

⁴⁴ And the next ^(T)Sabbath, nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of ^[j]the ^[k]Lord. ⁴⁵ But when ^(U)the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, ^[l]blaspheming. ⁴⁶ Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you ^(V)first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, ^(W)we are turning to the Gentiles. ⁴⁷ For so the ^[m]Lord has commanded us,

⁴⁸ And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying ^(Z)the word of ^[o]the ^[p]Lord, and as many as ^(AA)had been appointed to eternal life believed. ⁴⁹ And ^(AB)the word of the ^[q]Lord was being spread through the whole region. ⁵⁰ But ^(AC)the Jews incited the ^[r](AD)God-fearing women ^(AE)of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their ^[s]district. ⁵¹ But ^(AF)having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, they went to ^(AG)Iconium. ⁵² And the disciples were continually ^(AH)filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.