When they had appointed elders ¹  for them in the various churches, ²  with prayer and fasting ³  they entrusted them to the protection ⁴  of the Lord in whom they had believed.

The jailer ¹  brought them into his house and set food ²  before them, and he rejoiced greatly ³  that he had come to believe ⁴  in God, together with his entire household. ⁵ 

I replied, ¹  ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues ²  who believed in you.

other than ¹  this one thing ²  I shouted out while I stood before ³  them: ‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’” ⁴ 

But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know ¹  that people ²  everywhere speak against ³  it.”

The faith ¹  you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.

Pray ¹  that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.

For the love of Christ ¹  controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ ²  died for all; therefore all have died.

But if someone does not provide for his own, ¹  especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

An elder must be blameless, ¹  the husband of one wife, ²  with faithful children ³  who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of ¹  the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.

And when he ¹  sent you from Kadesh-Barnea and told you, “Go up and possess the land I have given you,” you rebelled against the Lord your God ²  and would neither believe nor obey him.

I am blameless. ¹  I do not know myself. ²  I despise my life.

“This is why ¹  my troubled thoughts bring me back ²  – because of my feelings ³  within me.

For in truth, my words are not false; it is one complete ¹  in knowledge who is with you.

This is the Lord’s work. We consider it amazing! ¹ 

then you will understand ¹  how to fear the Lord, ²  and you will discover ³  knowledge ⁴  about God. ⁵ 

Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning!

Then he touched their eyes saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith.”