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=== Acts 6: Accusation against Stephen === | === Acts 6: Accusation against Stephen === | ||
They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. (Acts 7:58) | They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/acts/7?58 Acts 7:58]) | ||
=== Acts 15: Council of Jerusalem === | === Acts 15: Council of Jerusalem === | ||
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by granting them the holy Spirit just as he did us. He made no distinction between us and them, for by faith he purified their hearts. | And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by granting them the holy Spirit just as he did us. He made no distinction between us and them, for by faith he purified their hearts. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/acts/15:8 Acts 15:8-9]) | ||
=== Acts 16: Paul in Athens & Paul’s Speech at the Areopagus === | === Acts 16: Paul in Athens & Paul’s Speech at the Areopagus === | ||
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he grew exasperated at the sight of the city full of idols. (Acts 17:16) | While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he grew exasperated at the sight of the city full of idols. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/acts/17?16 Acts 17:16]) | ||
=== Acts 18: Paul in Corinth === | === Acts 18: Paul in Corinth === | ||
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==== '''2 Cor 11: Paul’s Boast: His Labors''' ==== | ==== '''2 Cor 11: Paul’s Boast: His Labors''' ==== | ||
From [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/2corinthians/11:30 | From [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/2corinthians/11:30 2 Cor 11:30-33]: | ||
* "Five times at the hands of the Jews I received forty lashes minus one." | * "Five times at the hands of the Jews I received forty lashes minus one." | ||
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* "I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands" | * "I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands" | ||
From | From [https://bible.usccb.org/bible/2corinthians/12?7 2 Cor 12:7-10]: | ||
because of the abundance of the revelations. Therefore, that I might not become too elated,* a thorn in the flesh was given to me, an angel of Satan, to beat me, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me, but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses,* in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me. | because of the abundance of the revelations. Therefore, that I might not become too elated,* a thorn in the flesh was given to me, an angel of Satan, to beat me, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me, but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses,* in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me. | ||