Quotes About Community

On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.

And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”

Then Paul and Silas spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.

Then he brought them into his home and set a meal before them. So he and all his household rejoiced that they had come to believe in God.

They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.

After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydiaís house to see the brothers and encourage them. Then they left the city.

When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.

The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jasonís house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,

and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesarís decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

And they collected bond from Jason and the others, and then released them.

As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

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

The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

But some joined him and believed, including Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others who were with them.

After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.