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 \v 1 Paul and Silas went to the cities of Derbe and Lystra and visited the believers there. A believer whose name was Timothy lived in Lystra. His mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was a Greek.
 \v 2 The believers in Lystra and Iconium said good things about Timothy,
-\v 3 and Paul wanted to take Timothy with him when he went to other places, so he circumcised Timothy. He did that so that the Jews who lived in those places would accept Timothy, because they knew that his father was a Greek and his father had not circumcised him.
+\v 3 and Paul wanted to take Timothy with him when he went to other places, so he circumcised Timothy. He did that so that the Jews who lived in those places would accept Timothy, because they knew that his father was a Greek and had not circumcised him.
 
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 \v 9 That night God gave Paul a vision in which he saw a man from the province of Macedonia. He was calling to Paul, saying, "Come to Macedonia and help us!"
-\v 10 After he saw the vision, we left for Macedonia because we believed that God had called us to proclaim the good news with the people there.
+\v 10 After he saw the vision, we left for Macedonia because we believed that God had called us to proclaim the good news to the people there.
 
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-\v 11 We got on a boat and sailed from Troas to Samothrace, and the next day went to the city of Neapolis.
+\v 11 We got on a boat and sailed from Troas to Samothrace, and the next day we went to the city of Neapolis.
 \v 12 Then we left Neapolis and went to Philippi. It was a very important city in Macedonia, where many Roman citizens lived. We stayed in Philippi for many days.
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 \v 13 On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate down to the river. We had heard someone say that Jewish people gathered to pray there.
  When we arrived, we saw some women who had gathered to pray, so we sat down and began to tell them about Jesus.
 
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-\v 14 A woman whose name was Lydia was one of the women who was listening to Paul. She was from the city of Thyatira and she sold purple cloth, and she worshiped God. The Lord caused her to pay attention to the message that Paul spoke, and she believed it.
+\v 14 A woman whose name was Lydia was one of the women who were listening to Paul. She was from the city of Thyatira. She sold purple cloth, and she worshiped God. The Lord caused her to pay attention to the message that Paul spoke, and she believed it.
 \v 15 After Paul and Silas baptized Lydia and the others who lived in her house, she said to them, "If you believe I have been faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay there." After she said this, we stayed at her house.
 
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 \v 22 Many of the crowd joined those who were accusing Paul and Silas, and they started to beat them. Then the Roman rulers told soldiers to tear the shirts off Paul and Silas and to beat them with rods.
-\v 23 So the soldiers beat Paul and Silas badly with rods. After that, they took them and put them into the prison. They told the jailer to make sure they did not get out.
+\v 23 So the soldiers badly beat Paul and Silas with rods. After that, they took them and put them into the prison. They told the jailer to make sure they did not get out.
 \v 24 Because the officials had told him to do that, the jailer put Paul and Silas into the room that was farthest inside the prison. There, he made them sit down on the floor and stretch out their legs. Then he fastened their ankles in holes between two large pieces of wood, so that Paul and Silas could not move their legs.
 
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 \v 1 They traveled through the cities of Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to the city of Thessalonica. There was a Jewish meeting place there.
-\v 2 On the sabbath Paul went to the meeting place as he usually did. For three weeks he went there on each sabbath day. He spoke to the people about how the scriptures said that Jesus would be the Christ.
+\v 2 On the Sabbath day, Paul went to the meeting place as he usually did. For three weeks he went there on each Sabbath day. He spoke to the people about how the scriptures said that Jesus would be the Christ.
 
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 \v 3 He showed from the scriptures that the prophets wrote that the Christ would have to die and come alive again. He said, "This man Jesus, the one I proclaim to you, is the Christ. He died and became alive again, just like the prophets said he would."
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-\v 5 But some leaders of the Jews became angry because many people believed what Paul taught. So they went to the public square and persuaded some evil men to follow them. In this way, they gathered a crowd and caused them to make a lot of noise, and they formed a mob and they ran to the house of a man named Jason where Paul and Silas were staying. They wanted to bring Paul and Silas outside to where the crowd of people were.
+\v 5 But some leaders of the Jews became angry because many people believed what Paul taught. So they went to the public square and persuaded some evil men to follow them. In this way, they gathered a crowd and caused them to make a lot of noise, and they formed a mob and ran to the house of a man named Jason where Paul and Silas were staying. They wanted to bring Paul and Silas outside to where the crowd of people was.
 \v 6 They discovered that Paul and Silas were not at the house, but they found Jason and grabbed him. They dragged him and some of the other believers who were with him to where the city rulers were. They said, "The men who have caused trouble everywhere in the world have come here also,
 \v 7 and this fellow Jason has asked them to stay at his house. They are acting against the emperor. They say that another person, whose name is Jesus, is the real king!"
 
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 \v 8 When the crowd of people that had gathered and the city rulers heard that, they became very angry and excited.
-\v 9 The city rulers made Jason and the other believers pay a fine and told them that they would give the money back to them if Paul and Silas did not cause any more trouble. Then the city rulers let Jason and the other believers go.
+\v 9 The city rulers made Jason and the other believers pay a fine and told them that they would give the money back to them if they did not cause any more trouble. Then the city rulers let Jason and the other believers go.
 
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 \v 10 So that same night, the believers sent Paul and Silas out of Thessalonica to the town of Berea. When Paul and Silas arrived there, they went to the Jewish meeting place.
 \v 11 Most of the Jews in Thessalonica had not been willing to listen to God's message, but the Jews who lived in Berea were very willing to listen, so they listened closely to the message about Jesus. Every day they read the scriptures for themselves to find out if what Paul said about Jesus was true.
-\v 12 Because of Paul's teaching about how many of the the Jews had believed in Jesus, and also some of the important Greek women and many of them also believed in him.
+\v 12 Because of Paul's teaching, many of the the Jews believed in Jesus, and also some of the important Greek women and many men believed in him.
 
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 \v 22 Then Paul stood up in front of the people and said, "People of Athens, I see that you are very religious.
-\v 23 I say that because, while I was walking along I saw the things that you worship, I even saw an altar that had these words that someone had carved on it: THIS HONORS A GOD THAT WE DO NOT KNOW. So now I will tell you about that God whom you worship but you do not know.
+\v 23 I say that because, while I was walking along, I saw the things that you worship. I even saw an altar that had these words that someone had carved on it: THIS HONORS A GOD THAT WE DO NOT KNOW. So now I will tell you about that God whom you worship but you do not know.
 
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 \v 24 "He is the God who made the world and everything in it. He rules over all beings in heaven and on earth, and he does not live in temples that people have built.
-\v 25 He does not need to have anything made for him by people because he makes people live and breathe, and he gives them everything they need.
+\v 25 He does not need to have anything made for him by people, because he makes people live and breathe, and he gives them everything they need.
 
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 \v 27 He wanted people to realize that they need him. Then maybe they would look for him and find him. God wants us to look for him, although he is very close to each one of us.
 
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-\v 28 It is because of God that we live, move, and exist, as one of you has said, 'Because we are his chldren.'
+\v 28 It is because of God that we live, move, and exist; as one of you has said, 'Because we are his children.'
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 \v 29 "Therefore, because we are God's children, we should not think that God is like gold, silver, or stone, made into something by man.
 
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 \v 30 During the times when people did not know what God wanted them to do, he did not punish them for what they did. But now God commands all people everywhere to turn away from their evil deeds.
-\v 31 He tells us that on a certain day that he has chosen he is going to judge all of us justly by the man he has chosen, making sure we understand this by raising this man from the dead."
+\v 31 He tells us that, on a certain day he has chosen, he is going to judge all of us justly by the man he has chosen, making sure we understand this by raising this man from the dead."
 
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 \v 32 When the men heard Paul say that a man had become alive again after he had died, some of them laughed at him. But others asked him to come back and tell them about it another day.
 \v 33 After they said that, Paul walked away.
-\v 34 However, some of the people went with Paul and believed the message about Jesus. Among those who believed in Jesus was a man named Dionysius, who was a member of the council. Also, there were a woman named Damaris and some other people with them who believed.
+\v 34 However, some of the people went with Paul and believed the message about Jesus. Among those who believed in Jesus was a man named Dionysius, who was a member of the council. A woman named Damaris and some other people with them also believed.
 
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 \v 6 But the Jews began to turn against Paul and to say evil things about him. So he shook the dust from his clothes and he said to them, "If God punishes you, it is your responsibility, not mine! From now on I will talk to the Gentiles!"
 
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-\v 7 So Paul left the Jewish meeting place and went into a house that was next to it, and preached there. Titius Justus, the owner of the house, was a man who worshiped God.
-\v 8 After that, the ruler of the Jewish meeting place, whose name was Crispus, and all of his family believed in the Lord. Many other people in Corinth heard about Crispus and his family, they also believed in Jesus and were baptized.
+\v 7 So Paul left the Jewish meeting place and went into a house that was next to it and preached there. Titius Justus, the owner of the house, was a man who worshiped God.
+\v 8 After that, the ruler of the Jewish meeting place, whose name was Crispus, and all of his family believed in the Lord. Many other people in Corinth heard about Crispus and his family; they also believed in Jesus and were baptized.
 
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-\v 9 One night Paul had a vision in which the Lord Jesus said to him, "Do not be afraid of the people who are against you, but keep talking about me,
+\v 9 One night, Paul had a vision in which the Lord Jesus said to him, "Do not be afraid of the people who are against you, but keep talking about me,
 \v 10 because I will help you and no one will be able to hurt you here. Keep telling them about me, because there are many people in this city who belong to me."
 \v 11 So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching the people the message from God about Jesus.
 
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 \v 16 After Gallio had said that, he told some soldiers to take the Jewish leaders away from the court.
-\v 17 Then the people grabbed the leader of the Jews, Sosthenes. They beat him right there in front of the judge's seat. But Gallio did nothing about it.
+\v 17 Then the people grabbed Sosthenes, the leader of the Jews. They beat him right there in front of the judge's seat. But Gallio did nothing about it.
 
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 \v 24 While Paul was going through Galatia and Phrygia, a Jewish man named Apollos came to Ephesus. He was from the city of Alexandria and spoke very well about the scriptures.
 \v 25 Other believers had taught Apollos how the Lord Jesus wanted people to live, and he enthusiastically taught those things to the people. However, he was not teaching everything about Jesus, because he only knew about the baptism of John the Baptizer.
-\v 26 Apollos went to the Jewish meeting place, and he told the people there about the things that he had learned. When Priscilla and Aquila heard what he taught, they asked him to come to their home where they taught him more about Jesus.
+\v 26 Apollos went to the Jewish meeting place, and he told the people there about the things that he had learned. When Priscilla and Aquila heard what he taught, they asked him to come to their home, where they taught him more about Jesus.
 
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 \v 27 When Apollos decided that he would like to go to the region of Achaia, the believers in Ephesus told him that it would be good for him to do that. So they wrote a letter to the believers in Achaia saying that they should welcome Apollos. After he got there, he helped those whom God had kindly enabled to believe in Jesus.
-\v 28 Apollos was talking very powerfully with the leaders of the Jews while many other people listened. By reading from the scriptures, he was able to show them that Jesus was the Christ.
+\v 28 Apollos was talking very powerfully with the leaders of the Jews, while many other people listened. By reading from the scriptures, he was able to show them that Jesus was the Christ.
 
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