For the church to be strengthened and encouraged by the Holy Spirit implies that the church as a whole was bearing witness to Christ in the different regions where it was found.1
For the church to be strengthened and encouraged by the Holy Spirit implies that the church as a whole was bearing witness to Christ in the different regions where it was found.1
31 So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.