18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

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18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles(A) to obey God(B) by what I have said and done—

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12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

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12 The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders(A) God had done among the Gentiles through them.(B)

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By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

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Through him we received grace(A) and apostleship to call all the Gentiles(B) to the obedience that comes from[a] faith(C) for his name’s sake.

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  1. Romans 1:5 Or that is

19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.

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19 Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles(A) through his ministry.(B)

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(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

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For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle(A) to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle(B) to the Gentiles.

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14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

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14 Like clouds and wind without rain
    is one who boasts of gifts never given.

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17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

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17 encourage(A) your hearts and strengthen(B) you in every good deed and word.

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26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

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26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings(A) by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from[a] faith(B)

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  1. Romans 16:26 Or that is

Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

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But even the archangel(A) Michael,(B) when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses,(C) did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”[a](D)

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  1. Jude 1:9 Jude is alluding to the Jewish Testament of Moses (approximately the first century a.d.).

18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

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18 Dear children,(A) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.(B)

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22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

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22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.(A)

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By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

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By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,(A) obeyed and went,(B) even though he did not know where he was going.

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And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

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and, once made perfect,(A) he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him

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