^19 [a](A)Go, therefore, and ^(B)make disciples of ^(C)all the nations, ^(D)baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

Saul Persecutes the Church

8 ^(A)Now Saul approved of putting ^[a]Stephen to death.

And on that day a great persecution ^[b]began against ^(B)the church in Jerusalem, and they were all ^(C)scattered throughout the regions of Judea and ^(D)Samaria, except for the apostles.

⁵ because of the ^(A)hope ^(B)reserved for you in ^[a]heaven, of which you previously ^(C)heard in the word of truth, ^[b]the gospel ⁶ which has come to you, just as ^[c](D)in all the world also it is bearing ^(E)fruit and ^[d]increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you ^(F)heard it and ^[e]understood the grace of God in truth;