⁴⁷ praising God and having favor with all the people. And ^(A)the Lord added ^[a]to the church daily those who were being saved.

⁴ However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

¹⁴ And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,

Seven Chosen to Serve

6 Now in those days, ^(A)when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the ^(B)Hellenists,^[a] because their widows were neglected ^(C)in the daily distribution.

⁷ Then ^(A)the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many ^(B)of the priests were obedient to the faith.

The Church Prospers

^31 (A)Then the ^[a]churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were ^(B)edified.^[b] And walking in the ^(C)fear of the Lord and in the ^(D)comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were ^(E)multiplied.

³⁵ So all who dwelt at Lydda and ^(A)Sharon saw him and ^(B)turned to the Lord.

⁴² And it became known throughout all Joppa, ^(A)and many believed on the Lord.

²¹ And ^(A)the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and ^(B)turned to the Lord.

²⁴ For he was a good man, ^(A)full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. ^(B)And a great many people were added to the Lord.