7 by truthful speech, and the ^bpower of God; with the ^cweapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

5 because of the ^ehope ^flaid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the ^gword of the truth, the gospel,

15 Do your best to ^fpresent yourself to God as one approved,¹ a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the ^gword of truth.

26 “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.

7 And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that ^qin the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.