⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, ^(A)receive my spirit.”

⁴⁶ And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ^(A)‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’ ” ^(B)Having said this, He breathed His last.

¹⁶ And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, ^(A)and wash away your sins, ^(B)calling on the name of the Lord.’

² To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who ^(A)are ^[a]sanctified in Christ Jesus, ^(B)called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ ^(C)our Lord, ^(D)both theirs and ours:

¹⁴ And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all ^(A)who call on Your name.”

¹² For ^(A)there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for ^(B)the same Lord over all ^(C)is rich to all who call upon Him. ¹³ For ^(D)“whoever calls ^(E)on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Israel Rejects the Gospel

¹⁴ How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear ^(F)without a preacher?