Acts 28:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ without fear, and no orders were given that he was not to do so.

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  • Acts 28:23 : 23 And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.
  • Matt 4:23 : 23 And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.
  • Acts 4:29 : 29 And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,
  • Acts 4:31 : 31 And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.
  • Eph 6:19-20 : 19 And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news, 20 For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.
  • Acts 8:12 : 12 But when they had faith in the good news given by Philip about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, a number of men and women had baptism.
  • Acts 20:25 : 25 And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.
  • 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.
  • Phil 1:14 : 14 And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.
  • Col 4:3-4 : 3 And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains; 4 So that I may make it clear, as it is right for me to do.
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.
  • Acts 5:42 : 42 And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
  • Luke 8:1 : 1 And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,
  • Acts 23:11 : 11 And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.
  • Mark 1:14 : 14 Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 28:30
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    30And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him,

  • Acts 18:11
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    11And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

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

  • Acts 24:23
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    23And he gave orders to the captain to keep Paul under his control, and to let him have everything he had need of; and not to keep his friends from coming to see him.

  • Acts 20:19-21
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    73%

    19Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

    20And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,

    21Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Acts 15:35
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    35But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others.

  • Phil 1:13-14
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    13So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

    14And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

  • Phlm 1:8
    71%

    8And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • Acts 21:19
    70%

    19And 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.

  • 2 Cor 11:10
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    10As the true word of Christ is in me, I will let no man take from me this my cause of pride in the country of Achaia.

  • Acts 28:21-23
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    70%

    21And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

    22But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

    23And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.

  • Acts 19:10
    70%

    10And 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.

  • Acts 20:31
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    31So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

  • Acts 18:9
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    9And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:

  • Acts 5:42
    69%

    42And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

  • Rom 15:18-20
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    69%

    18And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

    19By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

    20Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

  • Acts 10:36
    69%

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

  • Acts 20:24-25
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    69%

    24But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

    25And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.

  • Luke 3:18
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    18And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people;

  • Acts 14:3
    69%

    3So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

  • Acts 19:30
    69%

    30And when Paul was about to go in to the people, the disciples did not let him.

  • Acts 18:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27And 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:

    28For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.

  • Acts 23:11
    69%

    11And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.

  • Acts 14:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27And 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.

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

  • Acts 28:15-17
    3 verses
    68%

    15And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

    16And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.

    17Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

  • Titus 2:15
    68%

    15On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.

  • Acts 18:13
    68%

    13Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

  • Acts 4:29
    68%

    29And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,

  • Acts 4:18
    68%

    18And they sent for them, and gave them orders not to make statements or give teaching in the name of Jesus.

  • Col 1:28
    68%

    28Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;

  • Acts 26:26
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    26For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret.

  • Acts 9:29
    68%

    29Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.

  • Acts 21:28
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    28Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.

  • Acts 14:21
    68%

    21And 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,

  • 1 Tim 1:3
    67%

    3It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,

  • Phil 1:18
    67%

    18What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

  • Acts 18:5
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    5And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

  • Acts 14:18
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    18And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.