Acts 14:15-24

¹⁵“People, what are you doing? We are human beings with the same kind of nature as you. We came to bring you good news, so you could turn from these pointless things to a God who is truly alive. He is the one who made heaven, earth, and sea, and everything in them.

¹⁶In past times he allowed all the nations to follow their own ways.

¹⁷Even so he still provided evidence of himself by doing good, sending you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons, providing all the food you need, and filling you with happiness.”

¹⁸With these words they barely managed to stop the crowds from offering sacrifices to them.

¹⁹But then some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul, and dragged him outside the town, thinking he was dead.

²⁰But when the believers gathered around him, he got up, and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.

²¹After sharing the good news with the people in that town, and after many had become believers, they went back to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch.

²²They encouraged the believers to remain firm and to continue to trust in Jesus. “We have to go through many trials to enter God's kingdom,” they said.

²³After they had appointed elders for every church, and had prayed and fasted with them, Paul and Barnabas left them in the Lord's care, the one that they trusted in.

²⁴They passed through Pisidia, and arrived in Pamphylia.