Acts 14:17-22

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.