8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
4 Rather, because we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, we speak as we do, not trying to please people but God, who tests our motives.
14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can't be hidden.
15 Peopledon't light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
16 In the same way, let your light shine before people in such a way that they will see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."
12 Continue to live such upright lives among the Gentiles that, when they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good works and glorify God when he visits them in judgment.
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and found out that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and realized that they had been with Jesus.
15 These are the things you should say. Encourage and refute with full authority. Do not let anyone look down on you.
29 But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who believes, of the Jew first and of the Greek as well.
38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes with the holy angels in his Father's glory."
8 Therefore, never be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, his prisoner. Instead, by God's power, join me in suffering for the sake of the gospel.
19 Pray also for me, so that, when I open my mouth, the right words will be given to me. Then I will boldly make known the secret of the gospel,
20 for whose sake I am an ambassador in chains, desiring to declare it as boldly as I should.