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All who believed were together and had all things in common;
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But many of those who heard the word came to believe and [the] number of men grew to [about] five thousand.
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The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common.
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Yet more than ever, believers in the Lord, great numbers of men and women, were added to them.
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but once they began to believe Philip as he preached the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, men and women alike were baptized.
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Even Simon himself believed and, after being baptized, became devoted to Philip; and when he saw the signs and mighty deeds that were occurring, he was astounded.
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This became known all over Joppa, and many came to believe in the Lord.
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To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.”
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The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the holy Spirit should have been poured out on the Gentiles also,
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So when Peter went up to Jerusalem the circumcised believers confronted him,
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If then God gave them the same gift he gave to us when we came to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to hinder God?”
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The hand of the Lord was with them and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
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When the proconsul saw what had happened, he came to believe, for he was astonished by the teaching about the Lord.
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in him every believer is justified.
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‘Look on, you scoffers, be amazed and disappear. For I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will never believe even if someone tells you.’”
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The Gentiles were delighted when they heard this and glorified the word of the Lord. All who were destined for eternal life came to believe,
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Chapter 14
Paul and Barnabas at Iconium. In Iconium they entered the Jewish synagogue together and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks came to believe,
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But some from the party of the Pharisees who had become believers stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and direct them to observe the Mosaic law.”
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After much debate had taken place, Peter got up and said to them, “My brothers, you are well aware that from early days God made his choice among you that through my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.
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On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they.”
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Chapter 16
Paul in Lycaonia: Timothy. He reached [also] Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
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After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my home,” and she prevailed on us.
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And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you and your household will be saved.”
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Many of them became believers, as did not a few of the influential Greek women and men.
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But some did join him, and became believers. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the Court of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.