Acts 18:10
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
Note d'étude
Study Note
The divine reassurance given to Paul at Corinth — 'for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city' — echoes the divine promise formulas of the Abrahamic and Mosaic traditions (Genesis 26:24; Exodus 3:12; Joshua 1:5) applied to the apostolic mission. The remarkable disclosure that God already has 'much people in this city' before Paul has completed his work suggests a doctrine of divine election that precedes and enables missionary proclamation. The vision comes at a moment of apparent hostility and potential withdrawal (verse 9: 'be not afraid, but speak'), making it a paradigmatic word of encouragement for ministry in resistant contexts. Calvin's commentary on Acts reads this verse as a model of how divine sovereignty fuels rather than diminishes missionary urgency.
Autres traductions
for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.
because I am with thee, and no one shall set on thee to do thee evil; because I have much people in this city;'
For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.
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