Acts 15:32

The Letter Is Delivered To Antioch

³¹ and when they read it they were delighted with the encouragement it gave them. ³² Judas and Silas were themselves prophets, and gave the brothers much encouragement and strength by their words. ³³ After they had stayed some time, the brothers let them go, with a greeting to those who had sent them.

In the Faith

Judas

Lot

Silas

Acts 11:23

When he reached there and saw the favor God had shown them, he was delighted, and encouraged them all to be resolute and steadfast in their devotion to the Lord,

Acts 13:1

There were at Antioch in the church there a number of prophets and teachers??arnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the governor, and Saul.

Acts 14:22

reassuring the disciples and encouraging them to stand by the faith and reminding them that we have to undergo many hardships to get into the Kingdom of God.

Matthew 23:34

This is why I am going to send you prophets, wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and hunt from one town to another;

Luke 11:49

This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute'??50 so that this age may be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the creation of the world,

Acts 2:17-18

" 'It will come about in the last days, God says, That I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind; Your sons and daughters will become prophets, Your young men will have visions, And your old men will have dreams.

Acts 2:40

He said much more besides in giving his testimony, and urged them to save themselves from that crooked age.

Acts 11:27

About that time some prophets from Jerusalem came down to Antioch,

Acts 15:1

Some people came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers that unless they were circumcised as Moses prescribed, they could not be saved.

Acts 15:22

Then the apostles and elders with the whole church resolved to select representatives and send them with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch. They were Judas who was called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.

Acts 15:41

He traveled through Syria and Cilicia and strengthened the churches.

Acts 18:23

After spending some time there, he started out again, and traveled systematically through Galatia and Phrygia, reassuring all the disciples.

Acts 20:2

After traveling through those districts and giving the people a great deal of encouragement, he went on to Greece

Romans 12:6

We have gifts that differ with the favor that God has shown us, whether it is that of preaching, differing with the measure of our faith,

Romans 12:8

the speaker, in his exhortation, the giver of charity, with generosity, the office-holder, with devotion, the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

1 Corinthians 1:8

and at the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ he will insure your complete vindication.

1 Corinthians 12:28-29

And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as inspired preachers, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then come ability to cure the sick, helpfulness, administration, ecstatic speaking.

1 Corinthians 14:3

But the inspired preacher does his fellow-men good and encourages and comforts them.

1 Corinthians 14:29

And let two or three who are inspired to preach speak, while the rest weigh what is said;

1 Corinthians 14:32

for the spirits of prophets will give way to prophets,

Ephesians 3:5

(which in past ages was not disclosed to mankind as fully as it has now been revealed through the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets)

Ephesians 4:11-13

And he has given us some men as apostles, some as prophets, some as missionaries, some as pastors and teachers,

1 Thessalonians 2:11

You know how, like a father with his children, we used to urge, encourage, and implore you

1 Thessalonians 3:2

and I sent my brother Timothy, a servant of God in preaching the good news of the Christ, to strengthen you in your faith

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Now, brothers, we ask and entreat you, in the name of the Lord Jesus, to live as you learned from us that you must live, to please God??s indeed you are doing, only do it more and more.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

We beg you, brothers, warn the idlers, cheer up the despondent, keep hold of the weak, be patient with everybody.

1 Thessalonians 5:20

Do not disregard the utterances it inspires,

2 Thessalonians 3:12

Now with the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ we charge and exhort such people to keep quiet and do their work and earn their own living.

1 Timothy 2:1

First of all, then, I urge that entreaties, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for all men,

2 Timothy 4:2

preach the message; be at it in season and out of season; convince, reprove, exhort people, with perfect patience and willingness to teach.

Titus 2:6-15

Urge the younger men, too, to be sensible.

1 Peter 5:1

I appeal therefore to those who are elders among you; I am their brother-elder and a witness to what the Christ suffered, and I am to share in the glory that is to be revealed??2 be shepherds of the flock of God that is among you, not as though it were forced upon you but of your own free will, and not from base love of gain but freely,

1 Peter 5:10

And God, the giver of all mercy, who through your union with Christ has called you to his eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while will himself make you perfect, steadfast, and strong.

1 Peter 5:12

By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I think him, I have written you this short letter to encourage you and bear my testimony that this is what the true mercy of God means. Stand fast in it.