Acts 14:21-28

The Return to Antioch in Syria

21 They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch,

22 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 appointed elders^[a] for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.

24 After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia,

25 and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

26 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 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 a long time with the disciples.

Cross References

• 1. S Acts 13:32
• 2. S Acts 2:41
• 3. S Acts 13:51
• 4. Acts 11:23; Acts 13:43
• 5. John 16:33; 1 Thessalonians 3:3; 2 Timothy 3:12
• 6. S Acts 11:30; Titus 1:5
• 7. Acts 13:3
• 8. Acts 20:32
• 9. S Acts 2:10
• 10. S Acts 11:19
• 11. S Acts 11:23; Acts 15:40
• 12. Acts 13:1,3
• 13. Acts 15:4,12; Acts 21:19
• 14. 1 Corinthians 16:9; 2 Corinthians 2:12; Colossians 4:3; Revelation 3:8
• 15. S Acts 11:26

Footnotes

• [a] Or "Barnabas ordained elders" ; or "Barnabas had elders elected"