that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has b
Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead
Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying tha
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting unt
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will co
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixt
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkli
He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of
But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.
But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the F
And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as t
because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just a
But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may recei
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet no
for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, g
When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs
Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper o
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.
by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyri
Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel
Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
So after I have completed this service and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set off to Spain by way of
Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—