Church Planting

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;

After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands,

`Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth; — read the full passage →

and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;

Having proclaimed good news also to that city, and having discipled many, they turned back to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch, — read the full passage →

`And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,

And a vision through the night appeared to Paul--a certain man of Macedonia was standing, calling upon him, and saying, `Having passed through to Macedonia, help us;' --

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they did enter together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spake, so that there believed both of Jews and Greeks a great multitude;

And the word of God did grow and did multiply,

`What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

These, indeed, then, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, thence also they sailed to Cyprus,

And seek the peace of the city whither I have removed you, and pray for it unto Jehovah, for in its peace ye have peace.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain <FI>is<Fi> , but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.

We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you, — read the full passage →

and having appointed to them by vote elders in every assembly, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, `Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,'

`And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God, — read the full passage →

`The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it. — read the full passage →

`Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow; — read the full passage →

and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow, — read the full passage →

Let me sing, I pray you, for my beloved, A song of my beloved as to his vineyard: My beloved hath a vineyard in a fruitful hill, — read the full passage →

and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him <FI>is<Fi> the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,

then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him, — read the full passage →

and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.

Another simile spake he to them: `The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

For, as the earth bringeth forth her shoots, And as a garden causeth its sown things to shoot up, So the Lord Jehovah causeth righteousness and praise To shoot up before all the nations!

And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful.

And Moses goeth and turneth back unto Jethro his father-in-law, and saith to him, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I turn back unto my brethren who <FI>are<Fi> in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.' And Jethro saith to Moses, `Go in peace.'

And God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed <FI>is<Fi> in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so. — read the full passage →

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light; — read the full passage →

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

and now, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> many members, and one body; — read the full passage →

so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth--God;

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth; — read the full passage →

And Agrippa said unto Paul, `It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;' then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence: — read the full passage →

they having become aware, did flee to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and to the region round about,

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they did enter together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spake, so that there believed both of Jews and Greeks a great multitude; — read the full passage →

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field, — read the full passage →

on the morrow, therefore--on the coming of Agrippa and Bernice with much display, and they having entered into the audience chamber, with the chief captains also, and the principal men of the city, and Festus having ordered--Paul was brought forth.

and the unbelieving Jews did stir up and made evil the souls of the nations against the brethren;

And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it? — read the full passage →

and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation;

And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it? — read the full passage →

He who is sowing doth sow the word; — read the full passage →

Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go in unto Pharaoh: and thou hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Send My people away, and they serve Me; — read the full passage →

And afterwards have Moses and Aaron entered, and they say unto Pharaoh, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Send My people away, and they keep a feast to Me in the wilderness;' — read the full passage →

And Moses goeth and turneth back unto Jethro his father-in-law, and saith to him, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I turn back unto my brethren who <FI>are<Fi> in Egypt, and I see whether they are yet alive.' And Jethro saith to Moses, `Go in peace.' — read the full passage →