Acts 18:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.

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  • Acts 16:6 : 6 And after they had gone through the land of Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit did not let them take the word into Asia;
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 15:32 : 32 And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, gave teaching to the brothers and made them strong in the faith.
  • Acts 15:41 : 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, making the churches stronger in the faith.
  • 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.
  • Heb 12:12-13 : 12 For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong, 13 And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.
  • Acts 16:40 : 40 And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.
  • 1 Cor 16:1 : 1 Now about the giving of money for the saints, as I gave orders to the churches of Galatia, so do you.
  • Gal 1:2 : 2 And all the brothers who are with me, to the churches of Galatia:
  • Gal 4:14 : 14 And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;
  • 1 Thess 4:18 : 18 So then, give comfort to one another with these words.
  • Deut 3:28 : 28 But give my orders to Joshua, comforting him and making him strong; for he is to go over Jordan at the head of this people, and he will give them this land which you will see for their heritage.
  • Ezra 1:6 : 6 And all their neighbours gave them help with offerings of vessels of silver and gold and goods and beasts and things of great value, in addition to what was freely offered.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees. 4 Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.
  • Dan 11:1 : 1 And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede I was on his side to make his position safe and make him strong.
  • Luke 22:32 : 32 But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.
  • Luke 22:43 : 43 And an angel from heaven came to him, to give him strength.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    18 And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

    19 And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

    20 And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;

    21 And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.

    22 And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.

  • 1 And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having gone through the higher country, came to Ephesus, where there were certain disciples:

  • Acts 20:1-4
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    1 And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.

    2 And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

    3 And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.

    4 And Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus, and Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia, went with him as far as Asia.

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    20 But when the disciples came round him, he got up and went into the town: and the day after he went away with Barnabas to Derbe.

    21 And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,

    22 Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.

    23 And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

    24 And they went through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia.

    25 And, after preaching the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;

    26 And from there they went by ship to Antioch, where they had been handed over to the grace of God for the work which they had not done.

    27 And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

    28 And they were with the disciples there for a long time.

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    24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.

    25 This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:

    26 And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.

    27 And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

  • 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, making the churches stronger in the faith.

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    16 For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

    17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

    18 And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

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    21 Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.

    22 And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.

    23 And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.

  • Acts 19:8-10
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    8 And he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God.

    9 But because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus.

    10 And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.

  • 11 And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

  • 1 After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.

  • 13 Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and there John went away from them and came back to Jerusalem.

  • 4 And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

  • 23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

  • 36 And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

  • 19 And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

  • Acts 16:4-5
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    4 And on their way through the towns, they gave them the rules which had been made by the Apostles and the rulers of the church at Jerusalem, so that they might keep them.

    5 So the churches were made strong in the faith and were increased in number every day.

  • 33 And when they had been there for some time, they were sent back in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

  • Acts 14:6-7
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    6 Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:

    7 And went on preaching the good news there.

  • 14 So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.

  • 6 And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.

  • 12 And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.

  • 4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.

  • 3 So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.