⁴¹ So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand ^[a](A)souls.

¹⁴ And increasingly ^(A)believers in the Lord, large numbers of men and women, were being ^(B)added to their number,

⁵ So ^(A)the churches were being strengthened ^[a]in the faith, and were ^(B)increasing in number daily.

²⁷ And when he wanted to go across to ^(A)Achaia, ^(B)the brothers encouraged him and wrote to ^(C)the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly ^[a]helped those who had believed through grace,

¹² so that you would ^(A)walk in a manner worthy of the God who ^(B)calls you into His own kingdom and ^(C)glory.

^17 (A)Obey your leaders and submit to them—for ^(B)they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account—so that they may do this with joy, not ^[a]groaning; for this would be unhelpful for you.

Discipline and Prayer

¹⁵ “Now ^(A)if your brother sins^[a], go and ^[b]show him his fault ^[c]in private; if he listens to you, you have gained your brother. ¹⁶ But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that ^(B)on the ^[d]testimony of two or three witnesses every ^[e]matter may be confirmed. ¹⁷ And if he refuses to listen to them, ^(C)tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, ^(D)he is to be to you as ^[f]a Gentile and ^[g]a tax collector. ¹⁸ Truly I say to you, ^(E)whatever you ^[h]bind on earth ^[i]shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you ^[j]loose on earth ^[k]shall have been loosed in heaven.

²⁴ and let’s consider how ^(A)to ^[a]encourage one another in love and ^(B)good deeds,