Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
Parallel translations
- WEB When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- KJV And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
- NKJV When he had greeted them, he told in detail those things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- NASB After he had greeted them, he began to relate one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- NLT After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of the things God had accomplished among the Gentiles through his ministry.
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Paul recounts in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. He gives glory to God for the harvest.
Overview
Paul's report carefully attributes the Gentile mission's fruit to God's working, not his own achievement. The detailed account testifies to the gospel's power crossing into the nations. His humility in crediting God models how all ministry success should be received and proclaimed as the Lord's doing.
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- Acts 14:27When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
- Acts 1:17He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”
- Rom 15:18–19I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
- Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- 1 Cor 3:5–9What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
- Acts 15:12The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
- 2 Cor 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
- 2 Cor 12:12The true marks of an apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.
- Acts 11:4–18But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:
- Col 1:29To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
- Acts 15:4On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
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