The Believers Pray for Boldness

23 When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

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The Believers Pray

23 On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

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The Temple of the Living God

14 (A)Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For (B)what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or (C)what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 (D)What accord has Christ with Belial?[a] Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For (E)we are the temple of the living God; as God said,

(F)“I will make my dwelling among them and (G)walk among them,
    and (H)I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.
17 Therefore (I)go out from their midst,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
    then I will welcome you,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar

Warning Against Idolatry

14 Do not be yoked together(A) with unbelievers.(B) For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?(C) 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[a]?(D) Or what does a believer(E) have in common with an unbeliever?(F) 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?(G) For we are the temple(H) of the living God.(I) As God has said:

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.”[b](J)

17 Therefore,

“Come out from them(K)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”[c](L)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar, a variant of Belial
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:16 Lev. 26:12; Jer. 32:38; Ezek. 37:27
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41

11 When Peter (A)came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that (B)the Lord has sent his angel and (C)rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”

12 When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of (D)John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and (E)were praying.

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11 Then Peter came to himself(A) and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me(B) from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark,(C) where many people had gathered and were praying.(D)

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63 (A)I am a companion of all who fear you,
    of those who keep your precepts.

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63 I am a friend to all who fear you,(A)
    to all who follow your precepts.(B)

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The Book of Remembrance

16 Then those who feared the Lord (A)spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and (B)a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.

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The Faithful Remnant

16 Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard.(A) A scroll(B) of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared(C) the Lord and honored his name.

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20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

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20 Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.(A)

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These things I remember,
    as I (A)pour out my soul:
(B)how I would go (C)with the throng
    and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
    (D)a multitude keeping festival.

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These things I remember
    as I pour out my soul:(A)
how I used to go to the house of God(B)
    under the protection of the Mighty One[a]
with shouts of joy(C) and praise(D)
    among the festive throng.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

As for (A)the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
    in whom is all my delight.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:3 Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:

I say of the holy people(A) who are in the land,(B)
    “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”

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40 So they went out of the prison and visited (A)Lydia. And when they had seen (B)the brothers, they encouraged them and departed.

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40 After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house,(A) where they met with the brothers and sisters(B) and encouraged them. Then they left.

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44 And all who believed were together and (A)had all things in common. 45 And (B)they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, (C)attending the temple (D)together and (E)breaking bread in their homes, they received their food (F)with glad and generous hearts,

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44 All the believers were together and had everything in common.(A) 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.(B) 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts.(C) They broke bread(D) in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,

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13 And when they had entered, they went up to (A)the upper room, where they were staying, (B)Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon (C)the Zealot and Judas the son of James. 14 All these (D)with one accord (E)were devoting themselves to prayer, together with (F)the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and (G)his brothers.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 1:14 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verse 15

13 When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room(A) where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.(B) 14 They all joined together constantly in prayer,(C) along with the women(D) and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.(E)

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