“Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.”
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved — praising God (aineo, praise, celebrate) and enjoying favor (charis, grace, favor, acceptance) from the population show external vindication and internal joy coexisting. The daily addition (aprosithemi, added, enrolled daily) of the saved (sōzō, saved, rescued, healed) is God's work (ho kyrios, the Lord added); the church grows by divine, not human, initiative. The divine passive dominates: God is at work.
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