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- Acts 14:8
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In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
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- Acts 14:15
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“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
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- Acts 15:7
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After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
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- Acts 15:13
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When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!
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- Acts 15:22
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Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,
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- Acts 15:25
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So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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- Acts 16:9
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During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
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- Acts 17:5
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The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
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- Acts 17:12
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As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
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- Acts 17:22
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Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
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- Acts 17:31
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For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
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- Acts 17:34
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But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.
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- Acts 18:24
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Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.
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- Acts 19:7
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There were about twelve men in all.
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- Acts 19:25
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Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.
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- Acts 19:35
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Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
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- Acts 19:37
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For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.
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- Acts 20:30
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Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
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- Acts 21:11
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Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
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- Acts 21:23
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Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.
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- Acts 21:26
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So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.
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- Acts 21:28
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crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
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- Acts 21:38
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“Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the Assassins into the wilderness?”
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- Acts 22:1
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“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
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- Acts 22:3
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“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
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- Acts 22:4
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I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
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- Acts 22:12
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There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,
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- Acts 23:1
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Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
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- Acts 23:6
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Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
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- Acts 23:21
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Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”
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- Acts 23:27
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This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,
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- Acts 23:30
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When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
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- Acts 24:5
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We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
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- Acts 25:5
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So if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
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- Acts 25:14
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Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.
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- Acts 25:17
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So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.
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- Acts 25:23
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The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
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- Acts 25:24
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Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.
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- Acts 27:10
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“Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”
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- Acts 27:21
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After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.
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- Acts 27:25
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So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
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- Acts 28:17
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After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
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- Romans 4:8
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Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
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- Romans 7:2
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For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
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- Romans 7:3
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So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
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- Romans 11:4
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And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
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- 1 Corinthians 7:2
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But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:3
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The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:4
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The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:10
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To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
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