New International Reader's Version

Acts 14:19-22 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

19. Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium. They won the crowd over to their side. They threw stones at Paul. They thought he was dead, so they dragged him out of the city.

20. The believers gathered around Paul. Then he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.

21. Paul and Barnabas preached the good news in the city of Derbe. They won large numbers of followers. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch.

22. There they helped the believers gain strength. They told them to remain true to what they had been taught. "We must go through many hard times to enter God's kingdom," they said.