But the Jews stirred up the leading men of the city and the Gentile women of high social standing who worshipped God. They started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas and threw them out of their region.

When they heard this, they stopped their criticism and praised God, saying, “Then God has given to the Gentiles also the opportunity to repent and live!”

God has raised this very Jesus from death, and we are all witnesses to this fact.

Nor does he need anything that we can supply by working for him, since it is he himself who gives life and breath and everything else to everyone.

For sin pays its wage — death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.

But you do not live as your human nature tells you to; instead, you live as the Spirit tells you to — if, in fact, God's Spirit lives in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

By our baptism, then, we were buried with him and shared his death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from death by the glorious power of the Father, so also we might live a new life.

For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future,

I consider that what we suffer at this present time cannot be compared at all with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.

It is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: as to his humanity, he was born a descendant of David;