Acts 10:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.

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  • Acts 11:14 : 14 Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.
  • Acts 10:2 : 2 A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.
  • Acts 10:6 : 6 Who is living with Simon, a leather-worker, whose house is by the sea.
  • Acts 10:33 : 33 So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.
  • Acts 22:12 : 12 And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion,
  • Acts 24:15 : 15 Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.
  • Rom 1:17 : 17 For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.
  • Rom 10:17-18 : 17 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. 18 But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
  • 2 Cor 5:18 : 18 But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;
  • 1 Tim 3:7 : 7 And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.
  • Heb 11:2 : 2 For by it our fathers had God's approval.
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,
  • 2 Pet 3:2 : 2 So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.
  • 3 John 1:12 : 12 Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
  • Hab 2:4 : 4 As for the man of pride, my soul has no pleasure in him; but the upright man will have life through his good faith.
  • Matt 1:19 : 19 And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.
  • Mark 6:20 : 20 For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.
  • Mark 8:38 : 38 Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
  • Luke 2:25 : 25 And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
  • Luke 7:4-5 : 4 And they, when they came to Jesus, made their request warmly, saying, 5 It is right for you to do this for him, because he is a friend to our nation, and himself has put up a Synagogue for us.
  • Luke 23:50 : 50 Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man
  • John 5:24 : 24 Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.
  • John 6:63 : 63 The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.
  • John 6:68 : 68 Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;
  • John 13:20 : 20 Truly I say to you, He who takes to his heart anyone whom I send, takes me to his heart; and he who so takes me, takes him who sent me.
  • John 17:8 : 8 Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.
  • John 17:20 : 20 My prayer is not for them only, but for all who will have faith in me through their word;
  • Acts 6:3 : 3 Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.

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    1 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, the captain of the Italian band of the army;

    2 A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.

    3 He saw in a vision, clearly, at about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of the Lord coming to him and saying to him, Cornelius!

    4 And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

    5 Now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, named Peter,

    6 Who is living with Simon, a leather-worker, whose house is by the sea.

    7 And when the angel who said these words to him had gone away, he sent for two of his house-servants, and a God-fearing man of the army, one of those who were waiting on him at all times;

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    25 And when Peter came in, Cornelius came to him and, falling down at his feet, gave him worship.

    26 But Peter, lifting him up, said, Get up, for I am a man as you are.

    27 And saying these words, he went in, and saw that a great number of people had come together;

    28 And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean:

    29 And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?

    30 And Cornelius said, Four days from now I was in my house in prayer at the ninth hour; and I saw before me a man in shining clothing,

    31 Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.

    32 Send, then, to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you; he is living in the house of Simon, a leather-worker, by the sea.

    33 So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

    34 Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:

    35 But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.

    36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--

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