The Fellowship of Believers

They committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles, the life together, the common meal, and the prayers. Everyone around was in awe--all those wonders and signs done through the apostles!

And all the believers lived in a wonderful harmony, holding everything in common. They sold whatever they owned and ...Read more

The Fellowship of Believers

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.

And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions ...Read more

The Fellowship of Believers

They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.

And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common; and ...Read more

The Fellowship of Believers

They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.

All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they ...Read more

The Fellowship of Believers

And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.

Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, ...Read more

But now a righteousness from God, apart from law,
has been made known, to which the Law and the
Prophets testify.

This righteousness from God comes through faith
in Jesus Christ to all who believe.

Romans 3:21,22 NKJV

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"I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness;
I will take hold of your hand.
...Read more

Now we see how God does make us acceptable to him.

The Law and the Prophets tell how we become acceptable,
and it isn't by obeying the Law of Moses.

God treats everyone alike. He accepts people only because
they have faith in Jesus Christ.

Romans 3:21,22 NLT

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I chose you to bring justice,
and I am here ...Read more

But now God has shown us a different way of being right
in his sight--not by obeying the law but by the way
promised in the Scriptures long ago.

We are made right in God's sight when we trust in
Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can
be saved in this same way, no matter who we are
or what we have done.

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But in our time something new has been added.

What Moses and the prophets witnessed to all those
years has happened. The God-setting-things-right
that we read about has become Jesus--setting-things-right
for us. And not only for us, but for everyone who
believes in him. For there is no difference between
us and them in...Read more

But now the righteousness of God has been manifested
apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets
bear witness to it - the righteousness of God
through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.

Romans 3:21,22 ESV

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"I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand ...Read more

Called to Righteousness

But now apart from the Law the righteousness
of God has been manifested, being witnessed
by the Law and the Prophets, even the
righteousness of God through faith in
Jesus Christ for all those who believe;

Romans 3:21,22 NASB

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"I am the LORD, I have called You in righteousness, I...Read more

Called to Righteousness

But now a righteousness from God, apart from law,
has been made known, to which the Law and
the Prophets testify.

This righteousness from God comes through faith
in Jesus Christ to all who believe.

Romans 3:21,22 NIV

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"I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness;
I will take...Read more

He Is Risen!

My friends, I want you to remember the message that I preached and that you believed and trusted. You will be saved by this message, if you hold firmly to it. But if you don't, your faith was all for nothing.

But Christ has been raised to life! And he makes us certain that others will also be raised to life. Just as we will ...Read more

He Is Risen!

Now let me remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then and still do now, for your faith is built on this wonderful message. And it is this Good News that saves you if you firmly believe it--unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place...Read more

He Is Risen!

Friends, let me go over the Message with you one final time--this Message that I proclaimed and that you made your own; this Message on which you took your stand and by which your life has been saved. (I'm assuming, now, that your belief was the real thing and not a passing fancy, that you're in this for good and holding fast.)...Read more

He Is Risen!

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a...Read more

He Is Risen!

Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since...Read more

He Is Risen!

Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have...Read more

He Is Risen!

Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who ...Read more