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Acts 14:19-22
And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. [20] Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. [21] And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, [22] Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Confirming – (episterizo) – To strengthen upon, to make to lean on

Episterizo is found only four times in the New Testament, and all four occurrences are in the Book of Acts.

Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed (episterizo) them.

Acts 15:41 – And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming (episterizo) the churches.

Acts 18:23 – And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening (episterizo) all the disciples.

Disciples are those who come to know the light of the knowledge in the face of Jesus the Christ as they follow him, and are strengthened by the Word of God taught to them by others or by their own reading of it. The Word of God is a mirror in which we see the glory of the Lord, and by comparison with him see the need to let him change our way of thinking and living. Disciples are followers who let Jesus convert them to his way of thinking until their last physical breath. All the saved will live on the Millennial and Final Kingdom Age, but only those God classifies as disciples shall live in the Kingdom Cities of the two cities. The two Kingdom Cities house those classified as his faithful followers from Adam to the 7th Trumpet Rapture. The unfaithful saved will live outside the two Kingdom Cities.

Galatians 6:7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Revelation 21:7
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

James 1:22-25
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. [23] For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: [24] For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. [25] But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

II Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

II Corinthians 4:6-9
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. [7] But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. [8] We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; [9] Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

II Peter 1:2-4
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, [3] According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: [4] Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Revelation 7:13-15
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? [14] And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. [15] Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.