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a But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, Rom. iii. 24. Moreover, the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign, through righteousness, unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord, V. 20, 21. For the wages of sin is death ; but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord, vi. 23. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich, 2 Cor. viii. 9. I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another Gospel, Gal. i. 6. Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified, ii. 16, Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved, Eph. i. 5, 6. That in the ages to come, he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace,

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in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast, ii. 7-9. For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world: Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, Tit. ii. 11-13. For we ourselves also were sometimes

foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That, being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life, Titus iii. 3-7.

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And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:

a But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother, Gal, i, 19. And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. Only they would that we should remember the

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poor; the same which I also was for- shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, ward to do, ii. 9, 10.

VER. 14.

Συμεὼν ἐξηγήσατο καθὼς πρῶτον ὁ Θεὸς ἐπεσκέψατο λαβεῖν ἐξ ἐθνῶν λαὸν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ.

Simeon hath declared how God at the

and shall he not make it good, Numb. xxiii. 19. Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure, Isa. xlvi. 10. And to make all men see, what is the fel

first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of lowship of the mystery, which from them a people for his name.

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VER. 18.

the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ, Eph. iii. 9.

VER. 19.

Διὸ ἐγὼ κρίνω μὴ παρενοχλεῖν τοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐπιστρέφουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν Θεὸν,

Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God :

a For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God, 1 Thess. i. 9.

VER. 20.

̓Αλλὰ ἐπιστεῖλαι αὐτοῖς τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλισγημάτων τῶν εἰδώλων, καὶ τῆς πορνείας, καὶ τοῦ πνικτοῦ, καὶ τοῦ αἵ

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But that we write unto them, they abstain from pollutions of idols, band from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

a They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LoRD commanded them: But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. And they served their idols; which were a snare unto them. Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons, and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. Therefore was the

Γνωστὰ ἀπ ̓ αἰῶνος ἐστι τῷ Θεῷ πάντα wrath of the Loap kindled against his τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.

a Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

a God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and

people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance, Psal. cvi. 34–40. But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils, 1 Cor. x. 20.

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b But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat, 1 Cor. v. 11. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, vi. 9. Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What! know ye not that he which is joined | to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body, 13-18. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband,

vii. 2. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints, Eph. v. 3. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience, Col. iii. 5, 6. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication, 1 Thess. iv. 3.

c But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat, Gen. ix. 4. And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth, and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the VOL. II.

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πόλιν τοὺς κηρύσσοντας αὐτὸν ἔχει, ἐν ταῖς Μωσῆς γὰρ ἐκ γενεῶν ἀρχαίων κατὰ συναγωγαῖς κατὰ πᾶν σάββατον ἀναγι νωσκόμενος.

a For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the Synagogues every sabbath day. a See on chap. xiii. ver. 15.

VER. 22.

Τότε ἔδοξε τοῖς ἀποστόλοις καὶ τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις σὺν ὅλῃ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, ἐκλεξαμένους ἄνδρας ἐξ αὐτῶν, πέμψαι εἰς ̓Αντιόχειαν σὺν τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ Βαρνάβα· Ἰούδαν τὸν ἐπικαλούμενον Βαρσαβᾶν, καὶ Σίλαν, ἄνδρας ἡγουμένους ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς·

ders, with the whole church, to send Then pleased it the apostles and elchosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; band Silas, chief men among the brethren. namely, a Judas surnamed Barsabas,

a And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias, Acts i. 23.

b And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them, ver. 32. And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place, unto the rulers, xvi. 19.

VER. 23.

ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ οἱ Γράψαντες διὰ χειρὸς αὐτῶν τάδε· Οἱ ἀδελφοὶ, τοῖς κατὰ τὴν ̓Αντιόχειαν καὶ Συρίαν καὶ Κιλικίαν ἀδελφοῖς τοῖς ἐξ ἔθνῶν,

χαίρειν.

And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting_unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: 2 G

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a And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: Το whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour, that the truth of the Gospel might continue with you, Gal. ii. 4, 5. For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake, Tit. i. 10, 11.

VER. 25.

Εδοξεν ἡμῖν γενομένοις ὁμοθυμαδόν, ἐκλεξαμένους ἄνδρας πέμψαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς σὺν τοῖς ἀγαπητοῖς ἡμῶν Βαρνάβα καὶ Παύλω,

It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

VER. 26.

̓Ανθρώποις παραδεδωκόσι τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ Κυρίου ὑμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

a Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

a But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium, Acts xiii. 50, 51. And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead, xiv. 19.

VER. 27.

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̓Απεστάλκαμεν οὖν Ἰούδαν καὶ Σίλαν, καὶ αὐτοὺς διὰ λόγου ἀπαγγέλλοντας τὰ αὐτά.

We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by * mouth.

* Gr. word.

VER. 28.

Έδοξε γὰρ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, καὶ ἡμῖν, μηδὲν πλέον ἐπιτίθεσθαι ὑμῖν βαρος πλὴν τῶν ἐπάναγκες τούτων

a For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you ne greater burden than these necessary things;

a See on chap. viii. ver. 29.

b See on John xvi. ver. 13. clause 2.

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VER. 36.

Μετὰ δέ τινας ἡμέρας εἶπε Παῦλος πρὸς Βαρνάβαν· Επιστρέψαντες δὴ ἐπιστ κεψώμεθα τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ἡμῶν κατὰ πᾶσαν πόλιν, ἐν οἷς κατηγγείλαμεν τὸν λόγον τοῦ Κυρίου, πῶς ἔχουσι.

And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

VER. 37,

Βαρνάβας δὲ ἐβουλεύσατο συμπαραλαβεῖν τὸν Ἰωάννην τὸν καλούμενον Μάρκον | And Barnabas determined to take with them s John, whose surname was Mark.

*And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark, Acts xii. 25.

VER. 38.

Παῦλος δὲ ἠξίου, τὸν ἀποστάντα ἀπ ̓ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ Παμφυλίας, καὶ μὴ συνελθόντα αὐτοῖς εἰς τὸ ἔργον, μὴ συμπαραλαβεῖν τοῦτον.

But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

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to Perga in Pamphylia; and John departing from them, returned to Jerusalem, Acts xiii. 13.

VER. 39.

Εγένετο οὖν παροξυσμὸς, ὥστε ἀποχω ρισθῆναι αὐτοὺς ἀπ ̓ ἀλλήλων τόν τε Βαρνάβαν παραλαβόντα τὸν Μάρκον, ἐκπλεῦσαι εἰς Κύπρον

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and suiled unto Cyprus;

VER. 40.

Παῦλος δὲ ἐπιλεξάμενος Σίλαν, ἐξῆλθε, παραδοθεὶς τῇ χάριτι τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν.

And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.

VER. 41.

Διήρχετο δὲ τὴν Συρίαν καὶ Κιλικίαν, ἐπιστηρίζων τὰς ἐκκλησίας.

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

CHAP. XVI.-VER. 1. Κατήντησε δὲ εἰς Δερβὴν καὶ Λύστραν· καὶ ἰδοὺς μαθητής τις ἦν ἐκεῖ ὀνόματι Τιμόθεος, υἱὸς γυναικός τινος Ἰουδαίας πιστῆς, πατρὸς δὲ Ἕλληνος,

Then came he to Derbe und Lystru: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, a the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek :

a Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy ; When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also, 2 Tim. ii. 4, 5.

VER. 2. *Ος ἐμαρτυρεῖτο ὑπὸ τῶν ἐν Λύστροις καὶ Ἰκονίῳ ἀδελφῶν.

Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.

VER. 3.

a Now when Paul and his com- Τοῦτον ἐθέλησεν ὁ Παῦλος σὺν αὐτῷ pany loosed from Paphos, they came | ἐξελθεῖν· καὶ λαβὼν περιέτεμεν αὐτὸν, δια

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