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18 But even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could scarcely restrain the people from sacrificing to them.
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Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.
19 Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowds to their side. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of town, thinking he was dead.
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Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead.
20 But as the believers gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
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But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.
21 After preaching the Good News in Derbe and making many disciples, Paul and Barnabas returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch of Pisidia,
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They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch,
22 where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged them to continue in the faith, reminding them that we must suffer many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God.
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strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
23 Paul and Barnabas also appointed elders in every church. With prayer and fasting, they turned the elders over to the care of the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
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Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
24 Then they traveled back through Pisidia to Pamphylia.
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After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia,
25 They preached the word in Perga, then went down to Attalia.
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and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
26 Finally, they returned by ship to Antioch of Syria, where their journey had begun. The believers there had entrusted them to the grace of God to do the work they had now completed.
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From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed.
27 Upon arriving in Antioch, they called the church together and reported everything God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles, too.
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On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
28 And they stayed there with the believers for a long time.
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And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.
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