¹⁷ And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and ^(A)the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.

¹² so that the name of our Lord Jesus ^(A)may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Pray for Us

3 Finally, brothers,^{[a] (A)}pray for us, that ^(B)the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored,^[b] as happened among you,

^9 (A)Therefore ^(B)God has ^(C)highly exalted him and bestowed on him ^(D)the name that is above every name, ¹⁰ so that at the name of Jesus ^(E)every knee should bow, ^(F)in heaven and on earth and under the earth, ¹¹ and ^(G)every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is ^(H)Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

²⁰ as it is my eager expectation and hope ^(A)that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full ^(B)courage now as always Christ ^(C)will be honored in my body, ^(D)whether by life or by death.

¹² Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at ^(A)the teaching of the Lord.

¹¹ And ^(A)great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.

⁵ When Ananias heard these words, he ^(A)fell down and breathed his last. And ^(B)great fear came upon all who heard of it.

¹² saying with a loud voice,

¹³ And I heard ^(B)every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,

¹⁴ And the four living creatures ^(C)said, “Amen!” and the elders ^(D)fell down and worshiped.