²⁵ He supposed that his kinsfolk would understand that God through him was rescuing them, but they did not understand.

²⁹ For this I toil and strive with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.^(A)

6 As we work together with him,^[a] we entreat you also not to accept the grace of God in vain.^(A)

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me.^(A)

¹⁸ For I will not be so bold as to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the gentiles, by word and deed,

¹⁹ After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the gentiles through his ministry.^(A)

⁷ After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “My brothers,^[a] you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that I should be the one through whom the gentiles would hear the message of the good news and become believers.^(A)

⁴ When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.^(A)

²⁷ When they arrived, they called the church together and related all that God had done with them and how he had opened a door of faith for the gentiles.

³⁴ But they understood nothing about all these things; in fact, what he said was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.^(A)