Acts 2:47 Cross References - MSB

⁴⁷ praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

⁵² And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

⁴⁸ Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.

³⁹ This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

⁴¹ Those who gladly embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

²¹ After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

³³ With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.

¹³ Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them. ¹⁴ Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

²⁴ Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

⁵ So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.

³⁰ And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

²⁷ Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

⁵ In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. ⁶ And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace. But if it is by works, then it is no longer grace. Otherwise work is no longer work. ⁷ What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

¹⁸ For whoever serves Christ in these things is pleasing to God and approved by men.

¹⁸ For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

⁴ But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, ⁵ He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.