¹⁴ Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.^(A)

²⁴ He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit^(A) and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.^(B)

⁵ So the churches were strengthened^(A) in the faith and grew daily in numbers.^(B)

¹⁸ because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.^(A)