²⁴ For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.

¹⁴ And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;

²¹ And the power of the Lord was with them, and a great number had faith and were turned to the Lord.

⁵ And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:

¹⁵ But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

⁷ Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life.

¹⁶ And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.

³¹ And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

⁸ And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.

³ Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.

¹² And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

⁵⁰ Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man

¹⁷ And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.

³⁵ The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.

¹⁴ He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.

²² The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

² A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

⁵ All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

²³ The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.

²⁷ And the watchman said, It seems to me that the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and his news will be good.