Acts 9:31
31So the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria enjoyed peace. As it continued to be built up and to live in the fear of the Lord, it kept increasing in numbers through the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.Acts 8:1Acts 26:18
18You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they might receive the forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’Isa 35:5; 42:7; Luke 1:77, 79; John 8:12; Acts 20:32; 2Cor 4:4; 6:14; Eph 1:11, 18; 4:18; 5:8; Col 1:12-13; 1Thes 5:5; Eph 1:11, 18, 1Pet 2:9, 25Ephesians 1:18
18Then, with the eyes of your hearts enlightened, you will know the hope of his calling, the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints,Acts 26:18; Eph 2:12Colossians 1:12
12and might thank the Father, who has enabled us ▼▼Other mss. read you
to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.Acts 26:18; Eph 1:11; 5:20; Col 3:15 Colossians 3:24
24You know that it is from the Lord that you will receive the inheritance as a reward. It is the Lord Christ whom you are serving!1Cor 7:22; Eph 6:8Hebrews 9:15
15Christ Is the Mediator of a New CovenantThis is why he is the mediator of a new covenant; so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance promised them, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the offenses committed under the first covenant.Rom 3:25; 5:6; 1Tim 2:5; Heb 3:1; 7:22; 8:6; 12:24; 1Pet 3:18Hebrews 13:9
9Stop being ▼▼Or Do not be
carried away by all kinds of unusual teachings, for it is good that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by food laws ▼▼Lit. by foods
that have never helped those who follow them.Rom 14:17; Eph 4:14; 5:6; Col 2:4, 8, 16; 1Tim 4:3; 1John 4:1 1 Peter 1:4
4and to an inheritance kept in heaven for you that can't be destroyed, corrupted, or changed.Col 1:5; 2Tim 4:8; 1Pet 5:4
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