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confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God.
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Strengthening New Believers
Commentators clarify that "confirming the souls" was not a formal rite but the vital work of strengthening new believers. Paul and Barnabas established them through teaching and encouragement, helping them stand firm in their newfound faith amidst opposition. This highlights a core task of pastoral care: rooting believers in the truth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Confirming. Strengthening—episthrizontev. The expression "to confirm" has in some churches a technical meaning, denoting "to admi…
Confirming (επιστηριζοντες). Late verb (in LXX), in N.T. only in Ac 14:22; 15:32,41, to make more firm, to give additional (επ) st…
19th Century
Anglican
Confirming the souls of the disciples.—Better, perhaps, strengthening, so as to avoid the more definite associat…
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(21a) Derbe was situated in the southeastern part of the Lycaonian region of Galatia, about sixty miles southeast of Lystra. In 25 B. C. Augustus i…
16th Century
Protestant
And exhorting them. This was the principal way to confirm them, as they urged the disciples who had previously embraced the Gospel and pro…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Confirming the souls of the disciples Not wicked men in their wickedness, nor self-righteous persons in an opinion o…
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See how restless the rage of the Jews was against the gospel of Christ. The people stoned Paul in a popular tumult. So strong is the inclination of…
