As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia .
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem .
And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia , the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia , and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia , the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:
For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia , that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia , to go to Jerusalem , saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome .
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth , with all the saints which are in all Achaia :
For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia , but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem . His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah , first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel ?
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel .
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria , and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal –zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
And when they had preached the word in Perga , they went down into Attalia :
And Joshua , and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah , and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah .
Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the Lord they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem ; and he fled to Lachish : but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
And Achiacharus, and Nasbas his brother’s son, came:
And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram : for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin : and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ?
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria , and preached Christ unto them.
