Acts 6:7 Cross References - Goodspeed

⁷ So God's message continued to spread; the number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a great many priests accepted the faith.

³⁰ But many who are first now will be last then, and many who are now last will be first.

³⁴ And he gave them his blessing, and said to Mary, the child's mother, "This child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a portent that will be much debated—

⁴² Yet for all that, even among the leading men, many came to believe in him, but on account of the Pharisees they would not acknowledge it, for fear of being excluded from the synagogues,

²⁴ But the Lord's message continued to grow and spread.

⁸ But Elymas the magician—for that is the meaning of his name—opposed them, and tried to keep the governor from accepting the faith.

²² reassuring the disciples and encouraging them to stand by the faith and reminding them that we have to undergo many hardships to get into the Kingdom of God.

²⁰ So the Lord's message went on growing wonderfully in influence and power.

²⁰ They praised God when they heard it, and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousand believers there are among the Jews, all of them zealous upholders of the Law.

⁵ through whom we have received God's favor and been commissioned in his name to urge obedience and faith upon all the heathen,

²⁶ and at the command of the eternal God made known through the writings of the prophets to all the heathen, to lead them to obedience and faith—

⁶ came among you, to thrive and bear its fruit among you, as it does all over the world, from the time when you first heard about the mercy of God,

⁸ in a blaze of fire, and takes vengeance on the godless who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus.

⁹ for the sake of which I even suffer imprisonment as a criminal. But God's message is not imprisoned!

⁹ and when he was fully qualified, he became a source of unending salvation for all who obey him,

⁸ Faith enabled Abraham to obey when God summoned him to leave his home for a region which he was to have for his own, and to leave home without knowing where he was going.