Acts 14:21-23

Christian Standard Bible

Church Planting

²¹ After they had preached the gospel in that town and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch,^{(A) 22} strengthening the^[a] disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith^(B) and by telling them, “It is necessary to go through many hardships^(C) to enter the kingdom of God.” ²³ When they had appointed elders^(D) for them in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.