Acts 15:32

American Standard Version (1901)

And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

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  • Acts 11:23 : 23 who, when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord:
  • Acts 13:1 : 1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was [there], prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
  • 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account [him], I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand ye fast therein.
  • Acts 11:27 : 27 Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God; he will come and save you.
  • Dan 11:1 : 1 And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
  • Matt 23:34 : 34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
  • Luke 11:49 : 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and [some] of them they shall kill and persecute;
  • Acts 2:17-18 : 17 And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams: 18 Yea and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days Will I pour forth of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
  • Acts 2:40 : 40 And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.
  • Acts 15:1 : 1 And certain men came down from Judaea and taught the brethren, [saying], Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
  • Acts 15:22 : 22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; [namely], Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
  • Acts 15:41 : 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
  • Acts 18:23 : 23 And having spent some time [there], he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.
  • Acts 20:2 : 2 And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.
  • Rom 12:6 : 6 And having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, [let us prophesy] according to the proportion of our faith;
  • Rom 12:8 : 8 or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, [let him do it] with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
  • 1 Cor 1:8 : 8 who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye be] unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Cor 12:28-29 : 28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, [divers] kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all [workers of] miracles?
  • 1 Cor 14:3 : 3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men edification, and exhortation, and consolation.
  • 1 Cor 14:29 : 29 And let the prophets speak [by] two or three, and let the others discern.
  • 1 Cor 14:32 : 32 and the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets;
  • Eph 3:5 : 5 which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
  • Eph 4:11-13 : 11 And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: 13 till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
  • 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 as ye know how we [dealt with] each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging [you], and testifying,
  • 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort [you] concerning your faith;
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,--that ye abound more and more.
  • 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.
  • 1 Thess 5:20 : 20 despise not prophesyings;
  • 2 Thess 3:12 : 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
  • 1 Tim 2:1 : 1 I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;
  • 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
  • Titus 2:6-9 : 6 the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded: 7 in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine [showing] uncorruptness, gravity, 8 sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us. 9 [ Exhort] servants to be in subjection to their own masters, [and] to be well-pleasing [to them] in all things; not gainsaying; 10 not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. 11 For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world; 13 looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works. 15 These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
  • 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

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    33And after they had spent some time [there], they were dismissed in peace from the brethren unto those that had sent them forth.

    34(Ommitted)

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    40but Paul choose Silas, and went forth, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.

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    31So the church throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified; and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.

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    15And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

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    7and there they preached the gospel.

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    39Wherefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.

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    2And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.