Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his listeners,“ Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”

彼得还用许多话作见证，劝勉他们说：“你们当救自己脱离这弯曲的世代。”

彼得还用更多别的话作见证，劝勉他们说：“你们当救自己脱离这弯曲的世代。”

彼得还用更多别的话作见证，劝勉他们说：“你们当救自己脱离这弯曲的世代。”

然后，彼得还讲了许多话警戒、劝勉他们，说：“你们要保守自己脱离这邪恶的世代。”

彼得还用许多别的话，郑重作证，并且劝勉他们，说：“你们应当救自己脱离这弯曲的世代！”

彼得还说许多别的话郑重地做见证，又劝告他们说：“你们从这扭曲的世代中得救吧！”

彼得還用許多話作見證，勸勉他們說：「你們當救自己脫離這彎曲的世代。」

彼得還用更多別的話作見證，勸勉他們說：「你們當救自己脫離這彎曲的世代。」

彼得還用更多別的話作見證，勸勉他們說：「你們當救自己脫離這彎曲的世代。」

然後，彼得還講了許多話警戒、勸勉他們，說：「你們要保守自己脫離這邪惡的世代。」

彼得還用許多別的話，鄭重作證，並且勸勉他們，說：“你們應當救自己脫離這彎曲的世代！”

彼得還用更多別樣的話鄭重地作見證，勸勉他們說：『你們要救自己、脫離這彎曲的世代。』

彼得還說許多別的話鄭重地做見證，又勸告他們說：「你們從這扭曲的世代中得救吧！」

復以多言證而勸之曰、爾宜自救、脫此邪曲之世也、

又以多言勸諭之曰、汝曹宜自救、離此邪世、○

彼得又以多言警而勸之曰、爾當自救、離此邪世、

伯鐸祿更多方為證、而勸眾曰：『亟宜自拔於此邪惡之世。』

With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them,“ Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”

Peter said many other things to warn them. He begged them,“ Save yourselves from these evil people.”

And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying,“ Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”

With many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying,“ Be saved from this corrupt generation!”

And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on urging them, saying,“ Be saved from this perverse generation!”

And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying,“ Be saved from this perverse generation.”

And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.

And with many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying,“ Be saved from this corrupt generation!”

And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying,“ Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”

With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying,“ Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”

“ But they have acted corruptly toward him; when they act so perversely, are they really his children? They are a deceitful and twisted generation.

so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.

Jesus said,“ You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”

Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.You must warn each other every day, while it is still“ today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.

With the Lord’s authority I say this: Live no longer as the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused.

Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.

So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead,“ Come back to God!”

Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.

Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man.”

But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus— the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.

Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?

If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

And you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.

So a time was set, and on that day a large number of people came to Paul’s lodging. He explained and testified about the Kingdom of God and tried to persuade them about Jesus from the Scriptures. Using the law of Moses and the books of the prophets, he spoke to them from morning until evening.

Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign, but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah.” Then Jesus left them and went away.

Keep a close watch on how you live and on your teaching. Stay true to what is right for the sake of your own salvation and the salvation of those who hear you.

I have had one message for Jews and Greeks alike— the necessity of repenting from sin and turning to God, and of having faith in our Lord Jesus.

Jesus also did many other things. If they were all written down, I suppose the whole world could not contain the books that would be written.

And Moses said,“ This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these things that I have done— for I have not done them on my own.If these men die a natural death, or if nothing unusual happens, then the Lord has not sent me.But if the Lord does something entirely new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all their belongings, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have shown contempt for the Lord.”He had hardly finished speaking the words when the ground suddenly split open beneath them.The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the men, along with their households and all their followers who were standing with them, and everything they owned.So they went down alive into the grave, along with all their belongings. The earth closed over them, and they all vanished from among the people of Israel.All the people around them fled when they heard their screams.“ The earth will swallow us, too!” they cried.

I have written and sent this short letter to you with the help of Silas, whom I commend to you as a faithful brother. My purpose in writing is to encourage you and assure you that what you are experiencing is truly part of God’s grace for you. Stand firm in this grace.

I’ll say it again. If you are trying to find favor with God by being circumcised, you must obey every regulation in the whole law of Moses.

Then I heard another voice calling from heaven,“ Come away from her, my people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her.For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God remembers her evil deeds.

You say,‘ I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.So I advise you to buy gold from me— gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. Also buy white garments from me so you will not be shamed by your nakedness, and ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see.I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.

You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.

But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them.“ You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed.“ Who warned you to flee the coming wrath?Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God.Don’t just say to each other,‘ We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.Even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.

While there, he encouraged the believers in all the towns he passed through. Then he traveled down to Greece,

Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live; learn to use good judgment.”

Then they all went back upstairs, shared in the Lord’s Supper, and ate together. Paul continued talking to them until dawn, and then he left.

As Paul spoke on and on, a young man named Eutychus, sitting on the windowsill, became very drowsy. Finally, he fell sound asleep and dropped three stories to his death below.

And he ordered us to preach everywhere and to testify that Jesus is the one appointed by God to be the judge of all— the living and the dead.

Then Judas and Silas, both being prophets, spoke at length to the believers, encouraging and strengthening their faith.