Quotes About Influence

Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?

Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.

“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.

Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”

When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.

Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.

So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,

and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”

They paid close attention to him because he had astounded them for a long time with his sorcery.

Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.

The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.

Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idolís temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?

Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

the other oneís conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone elseís conscience?