Daily Bible Reading

Acts 22 "Brothers and fathers, hear the defense that I now make before you." 2And when they heard that he was addressing them inthe Hebrew language,[a]they became even more quiet. And he said: 3"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educatedat the feet ofGamaliel[b]according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers,bei...

Acts 21 Paul Goes to Jerusalem And whenwe had parted from them and set sail, wecame by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.[a]2And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.3When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre, for there th...

Acts 20 Paul in Macedonia and Greece After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell anddeparted for Macedonia.2When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.3There he spent three months, and whena plot was made against him by the Jews[a]as he was about to...

Acts 19 Paul in Ephesus And it happened that whileApollos was at Corinth, Paul passedthrough the inland[a]country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.2And he said to them,"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said, "No,we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."3And he said,"Into what then were you baptized?...

Acts 18 Paul in Corinth After this Paul[a]left Athens and went to Corinth.2And he found a Jew namedAquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wifePriscilla, becauseClaudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,3andbecause he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by tr...

Acts 17 Paul and Silas in Thessalonica Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came toThessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.2And Paul went in,as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with themfrom the Scriptures,3explaining and proving that it was necessary forthe Christ to suffer andto rise from the...

Acts 16 Timothy Joins Paul and Silas Paul[a]came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, namedTimothy,the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.2He was well spoken of bythe brothers[b]at Lystra and Iconium.3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and hetook him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in tho...

Acts 15 The Jerusalem Council But some men came down from Judea and were teachingthe brothers, "Unless you arecircumcisedaccording to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."2And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension anddebate with them, Paul and Barnabas andsome of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem tothe apostles and the elders ...

Acts 14 Paul and Barnabas at Iconium Now at Iconiumthey entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.2But theunbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds againstthe brothers.[a]3So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly forthe Lord, who bore witness tot...

Acts 13 Barnabas and Saul Sent Off Now there were in the church at Antiochprophets andteachers,Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger,[a]Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend ofHerod the tetrarch, and Saul.2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting,the Holy Spirit said,"Set apart for me Barnabas and Saulfor the work to which I have called them."...