| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1In Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. | 1The same thing happened in Iconium; they entered the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. |
| 2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. | 2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against the brothers. |
| 3They stayed there a considerable time and continued to speak boldly for the Lord, who kept affirming his word of grace and granting signs and wonders to be done by them. | 3So they stayed there for some time and spoke boldly in reliance on the Lord, who testified to the message of His grace by granting that signs and wonders be performed through them. |
| 4But the people of the city were divided. Some were with the Jews, while others were with the apostles. | 4But the people of the city were divided, some siding with the Jews and some with the apostles. |
| 5Now when an attempt was made by both gentiles and Jews, along with their authorities, to mistreat and stone them, | 5When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to assault and stone them, |
| 6Paul and Barnabas found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding territory. | 6they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns called Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding countryside. |
| 7There they kept talking about the good news. | 7And there they kept evangelizing. |
| 8Now in Lystra there was a man sitting down who couldn't use his feet. He had been crippled from birth and had never walked. | 8In Lystra a man without strength in his feet, lame from birth, and who had never walked, sat |
| 9He was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul watched him closely, and when he saw that he had faith to be healed, | 9and heard Paul speaking. After observing him closely and seeing that he had faith to be healed, |
| 10he said in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet!" Then the man jumped up and began to walk. | 10Paul said in a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!" And he jumped up and started to walk around. |
| 11When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have become like men and have come down to us!" | 11When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in the form of men!" |
| 12They began to call Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, because he was the main speaker. | 12And they started to call Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the main speaker. |
| 13The priest of the temple of Zeus, which was just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates. He and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices. | 13Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the town, brought oxen and garlands to the gates. He, with the crowds, intended to offer sacrifice. |
| 14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting, | 14The apostles Barnabas and Paul tore their robes when they heard this and rushed into the crowd, shouting:" |
| 15"Men, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings with natures like yours. We are telling you the good news so you'll turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. | 15Men! Why are you doing these things? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them. |
| 16In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways, | 16In past generations He allowed all the nations to go their own way, |
| 17yet he has not abandoned his witness: he continues to do good, to give you rain from heaven, to give you fruitful seasons, and to fill you with food and your hearts with joy." | 17although He did not leave Himself without a witness, since He did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and satisfying your hearts with food and happiness." |
| 18Even by saying this, it was all Paul and Barnabas could do to keep the crowds from offering sacrifices to them. | 18Even though they said these things, they barely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them. |
| 19But some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds by persuasion. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the town, thinking he was dead. | 19Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead. |
| 20But the disciples formed a circle around him, and he got up and went back to town. The next day, he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. | 20After the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. |
| 21As they were proclaiming the good news in that city, they discipled a large number of people. Then they went back to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, | 21After they had evangelized that town and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch, |
| 22strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. "We must endure many hardships," they said, "to get into the kingdom of God." | 22strengthening the disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith and by telling them, "It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way into the kingdom of God." |
| 23Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, and with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed. | 23When they had appointed elders in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. |
| 24Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. | 24Then they passed through Pisidia and came to Pamphylia. |
| 25They spoke the word in Perga and went down to Attalia. | 25After they spoke the message in Perga, they went down to Attalia. |
| 26From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been entrusted to the grace of God for the work they had completed. | 26From there they sailed back to Antioch where they had been entrusted to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. |
| 27When they arrived, they called the church together and told them everything that God had done with them and how he had opened a door so that gentiles would believe. | 27After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. |
| 28Then they spent a long time with the disciples. | 28And they spent a considerable time with the disciples. |
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