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Acts 20:2

Greece
Comfort

1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.

And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,

3 And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

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BSB
After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,
KJV
And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
WEB
When he had gone through those parts and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.
ASV
And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.
DARBY
And having passed through those parts, and having exhorted them with much discourse, he came to Greece.
BLB
And having passed through those districts and having exhorted them with much talk, he came to Greece.
ÅB
Etter at han nå hadde reist gjennom disse landskaper og hadde formant dem med mange ord, kom han til Grekenland;
OTB
Han reiste gjennom de områdene, og ga mye oppmuntring til folket, og kom til slutt til Hellas.
B1930
Efterat han nu hadde reist gjennem disse landskaper og hadde formant dem med mange ord, kom han til Grekenland;

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:1

    Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

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  • Colossians 1:28

    Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:3

    For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:11

    As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

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  • Acts 20:11

    When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.

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  • Zechariah 9:13

    When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

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  • Acts 15:41

    And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

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  • Acts 16:12

    And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.

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