^5 (A)So the churches were strengthened in ^(B)the faith, and they increased in numbers ^(C)daily.

³¹ So ^(A)the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And ^(B)walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, ^(C)it multiplied.

⁴⁷ praising God and ^(A)having favor with all the people. And the Lord ^(B)added to their number ^(C)day by day those who ^(D)were being saved.

⁷ And ^(A)the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests ^(B)became obedient to ^(C)the faith.

¹⁰ And ^(A)after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, ^(B)who has called you to his ^(C)eternal glory in Christ, will himself ^(D)restore, ^(E)confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

⁴¹ And he went through Syria and Cilicia, ^(A)strengthening the churches.

Alive in Christ

^6 (A)Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,

¹³ until we all attain to ^(A)the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, ^(B)to mature manhood,^[a] to the measure of the stature of ^(C)the fullness of Christ, ¹⁴ so that we may no longer be children, ^(D)tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in ^(E)deceitful schemes. ¹⁵ Rather, ^(F)speaking the truth in love, we are to ^(G)grow up in every way into him who is ^(H)the head, into Christ, ^16 (I)from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, ^(J)when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Christ Has Set Us Free

5 For ^(A)freedom Christ has ^(B)set us free; ^(C)stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to ^(D)a yoke of ^(E)slavery.