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LOADING S-@@W ,4 AT0@@91@d}@4$6K-@@"-  CANNOT RUN 7 APpA BK AS D8:MENU.2@91@g00034Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews f}:And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,Opening an g}d alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, h} is Christ.And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of i}the chief women not a few.But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser j} sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, andsought to bring them k}out to the people. And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, Th l}ese that have turned the world upside down arecome hither also; Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the d m}ecrees of Caesar, saying that there is another King, one Jesus.And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when n} they heard these things.And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.And the brethren imm o}ediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.These were mor p}e noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures da q}ily, whether those things were so.Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, n r}ot a few.But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thith s}er also, and stirred up the people.And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas a t}nd Timotheus abode there still.And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas u}and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stir v}red in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the w} devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the x} Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange y}gods: because hepreached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, M z}ay we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would {}know therefore what these things mean.(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else |}, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I p }}erceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with thi ~}s inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.God that made the world and }all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;Neither is worshippe }d with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;And hath made of } one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and }the bounds of their habitation;That they should seek the Lord, is haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he b }e not far from every one of us:For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said }, For we are also his offspring.Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is lik }e unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now comm }andeth all men every where to repent:Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness }by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from thedead. An }d when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.So P }aul departed from among them.Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, } and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. lave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, 300028After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus}, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and ca}me unto them.And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentma}kers.And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.And when Silas and Timotheus wer}e come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.And when they opposed} themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from he}nceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that }worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord} with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.Then spake the Lord to Paul in the nigh}t by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt the}e: for I have much people in this city.And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.An}d when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgm}ent seat,Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.And when Paul was now about to open his mout}h, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear wit}h you:But if it be a question of words and names, and of your laws, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.A}nd he drave them from the judgment seat.Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him b}efore the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and t}hen took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in} Cenchrea: for he had avow. And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reas}oned with the Jews.When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;But bade them farewell, saying, I} must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed fro}m Ephesus.And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.And after he had} spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the dis}ciples.And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.}This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of} the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla ha}d heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.And when he was disposed to pass into} Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believ}ed through grace:For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. v|00041And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: a}nd finding certain disciples,He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, W}e have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they} said, Unto John's baptism.Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that} they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.When they heard this, they were baptized i}n the name of the Lord Jesus.And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with to}ngues, and prophesied.And all the men were about twelve.And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of t}hree months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.But when divers were hardened, and believed n}ot, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in t}he school of one Tyrannus.And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word }of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:So that from his body were br}ought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.Then} certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus,} saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests,} which did so.And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?And the man in whom the }evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and }wounded.And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of t}he Lord Jesus was magnified.And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.Many of them also which used} curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it }fifty thousand pieces of silver.So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.After these things were ended, Paul purposed} in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must }also see Rome.So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed i}n Asia for a season.And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.For a certain man named Demetrius, a silvers}mith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftmen;Whom he called together with the workmen }of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone a}t Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods,} which are made with hands:So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the} great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and theworld worshippeth. A}nd when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.And the wh}ole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, t}hey rushed with one accord into the theatre.And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him }not.And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himsel}f into the theatre.Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew n}ot wherefore they were come together.And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexand}er beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with on}e voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.And when the townclerk had appeased the peop}le, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the }great goddess Diana, and of theimage which fell down from Jupiter? Seeing them that these things cannot be spoken against, y}e ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, n}or yet blasphemers of your goddess.Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any m}an, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matte}rs, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there b}eing no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. re by00038And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Mac}edonia.And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,And there abode thre}e months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.A}nd there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, }and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.These going before tarried for us at Troas.And we sailed away from Phili}ppi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.And upon the fir}st day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; }and continued his speech until midnight.And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.}And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching,} he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken updead. And Paul went down, and fell on him, and }embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread}, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.And they brought the young man alive, and were }not a little comforted.And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he app}ointed, minding himself to go afoot.And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.And we sailed th}ence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next} day we came to Miletus.For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hast}ed, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the} elders of the church.And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, }after what manner I have been with you at all seasons.Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and t}emptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but h}ave shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house.Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, }repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not }knowing the things that shall befall me there:Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and affli}ctions abide me.But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course} with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of thegrace of God. And now, beh}old, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.Wherefore I take you} to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of }God.Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to fee}d the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolv}es enter in among you, not sparing the flock.Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away} disciples after them.Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night a}nd day with tears.And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and }to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.Yea, ye }yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.I have shewed you all t}hings, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is mo}re blessed to give than to receive.And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.And they all wept} sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his }face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. ng most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his 700040And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Co'os, }and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard}, and set forth.Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: f}or there the ship was to unlade her burden.And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the }Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and the}y all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, andpra}yed. And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.And when we had finished our} course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.And the next day we that were} of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of} the seven; and abode with him.And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.And as we tarried there man}y days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus.And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and }bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth th}is girdle, and shalldeliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that pl}ace, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready} not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.And when he would not be persuaded, we ce}ased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.There we }nt with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom  }we should lodge.And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.And the day following Paul went in with } us unto James; and all the elders were present.And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had w }rought among the Gentiles by his ministry.And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, br }other, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the laws:And they are informed of the}e, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise th}eir children, neither to walk after the customs.What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will }hear that thou art come.Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;Them take, and pur}ify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, wher}eof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; butthat thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. As touc}hing the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keepthem}selves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. Then Paul took the men, and th}e next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signifythe accomplishment of the days of purification, un}til that an offering should be offered for every one of them. And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were }of Asia, when theysaw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him. Crying out, Men of Israel, help: }This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law,and this place: and further brought Greek}s also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesi}an, whom they supposed that Paul hadbrought into the temple.) And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and t}hey took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.And as they went about to kill him, tidings} came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, }and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.Then the chief capta}in came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.And} some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he command }ed him to be carried into the castle.And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the !}violence of the people.For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.And as Paul was to be led into"} the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?Art not thou that Egypt#}ian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?But$} Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me%} to speak unto the people.And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the p&}eople. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, ed with the hand unto the pb00031Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.(And when they heard that he spake in the Heb!(}rew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Ci!)}licia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fath!*}ers, and waszealous toward God, as ye all are this day. And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering int!+}o prisons both men and women.As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also !,}I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound untoJerusalem, for to be pu!-}nished. And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone fro!.}m heaven a great light round about me.And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecut!/}est thou me?And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.And they!0} that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.And I said, W!1}hat shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things w!2}hich are appointed for thee to do.And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that w!3}ere with me, I came unto Damascus.And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews w!4}hich dwelt there,Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up u!5}pon him.And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and !6}shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.And now w!7}hy tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.And it came to pass, that,!8} when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;And saw him saying unto me, Make h!9}aste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.And I said, Lord, they kn!:}ow that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was she!;}d, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.And he said unto me, De!<}part: for I will send thee far thence unto the Gentiles.And they gave him audience unto his word, and then lifted up their v!=}oices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.And as they cried out, and ca!>}st off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade th!?}at he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.And as they bound him with tho!@}ngs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?When!A} the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.Th!B}en the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.And the chief captain answered, With a!C} great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.Then straightway they departed from him which should !D}have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.On!E} the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, an!F}d commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, andbrought Paul down, and set him before them. his bands, an p00035And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until%H} this day.And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.Then said Paul unto him, G%I}od shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary t%J}o the law?And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was th%K}e high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.But when Paul perceived that the one %L}part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Ph%M}arisee: of the hope and resurrection of thedead I am called in question. And when he had so said, there arose a dissention b%N}etween the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, n%O}either angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Phari%P}sees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not%Q}fight against God. And when there arose a great dissention, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in %R}pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from amongthem, and to bring him into the castle%S}. And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusa%T}lem, so must thou bear witness also atRome. And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves u%U}nder a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.And they were more than forty which had%V} made this conspiracy.And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, %W}that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bri%X}ng him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come n%Y}ear,are ready to kill him. And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, a%Z}nd told Paul.Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he %[}hath a certain thing to tell him.So he took him, and brought him, to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called m%\}e unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.Then the chief captain took%]} him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?And he said, The Jews %^}have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would inquire someth%_}ing of him more perfectly.But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which %`}have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him:and now are they ready, l%a}ooking for a promise from thee. So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man tha%b}t thou hast shewed these things to me.And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go t%c}o Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;And provide them beast%d}s, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.And he wrote a letter after this manner:Claudias L%e}ysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of%f} them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.And when I would have known the caus%g}e wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their la%q}b%DOS SYSb)AUTORUN SYSb:+MENU b&eACTS 17 bACTS 18 b+ACTS 19 b&ACTS 20 b.ACTS 21 b 'ACTS 22 b(GACTS 23 bxACTS 24 bACTS 25 b"ACTS 26 b,ACTS 27 b$ACTS 28 b &ROMANS 1 bFROMANS 2 bbROMANS 3 b{ROMANS 4 bROMANS 5 bROMANS 6 w, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait fo%r}r the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him%s}. Farewell.Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.On the morrow the%t}y left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle.Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to%u} the governor, presented Paul also before him.And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. A%v}nd when he understood that he was of Cilicia;I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded %w}him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall. ia;I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded $*00027And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who i)y}nformed the governor against Paul.And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee w)z}e enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,We accept it always, and in ){}all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee th)|}at thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition )}}among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:Who also hath gone about to profane t)~}he temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with grea)}t violence took him away out of our hands.Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest tak)}e knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.Then Pa)}ul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a)} judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet )}but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, )}neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:Neither can they prove the things whereof they now)} accuse me.But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, beli)}eving all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow)}, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.And herein do I exercise myself, to have alway)}s a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offeri)}ngs.Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.Who ought to )}have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.Or else let these same here say, if they have found any)} evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touch)}ing the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.And when Felix heard these things, having more perf)}ect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermo)}st of your matter.And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of )}his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Je)}wess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and ju)}dgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee)}.He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener)}, and communed with him.But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a plea)}sure, left Paul bound. But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a plea(00027Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.Then the high prie-}st and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him.And desired favour against him, that he would send -}for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that-} he himself would depart shortly thither.Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse -}this man, if there be any wickedness in him.And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesare-}a; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.And when he was come, the Jews which came down-} from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints againt Paul, which they could not prove.While he an-}swered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended -}any thing at all.But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and t-}here be judged of these things before me?Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to t-}he Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death-}, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appea-}l unto Caesar.Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar sha-}lt thou go.And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.And when they had been there-} many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:About whom, wh-}en I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.To wh-}om I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accuser-}s face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crimelaid against him. Therefore, when they were come -}hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.Against whom w-}hen the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:But had certain questions against him o-}f their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.And because I doubted of such man-}ner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.But when Paul had appea-}led to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.Then Agrippa sai-}d unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said him, thou shalt hear him.And on the morrow, when Agrippa wa-}s come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men o-}f the city, at Festus' commandment Paul wasbrought forth. And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present -}with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here,cryi-}ng that he ought not to live any longer. But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself -}hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I -}have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somew-}hat towrite. For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him. w,|00032Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand and answered f1}or himself:I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the thing1}s whereof I am accused of the Jews:Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among 1}the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine o1}wn nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most strai1}test sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our 1}fathers:Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king1} Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?I v1}erily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.Which thing I also did i1}n Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they 1}were put to death, I gave my voice againstthem. And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme;1} and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.Whereupon as I went to Damascus with aut1}hority and commission from the chief priests.At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness o1}f the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice1} speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against 1}the pricks.And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.But rise, and stand upon thy feet:1} for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast s1}een, and of those things in the which Iwill appear unto thee; Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto w1}hom now I send thee,To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that 1}they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith thatis in me. Whereupon. O ki1}ng Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and thr1}oughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for rep1}entance.For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.Having therefore obtained help of God,1} I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Mos1}es did say should come:That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should1} shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou1} art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the word1}s of truth and soberness.For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none1} of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I k1}now that thou believest.Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.And Paul said, I would to 1}God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bond1}s.And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:And when they w1}ere gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.Then said Agrippa1} unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. th or of bonds.Then said Agrippa0\00044And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one nam5}ed Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts5} of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius cour5}teously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.And when we had launched from thence,5} we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we ca5}me to Myra, a city of Lycia.And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy: and he put us therein.An5}d when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under C5}rete, over against Salmone;And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the5} city of Lasea.Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul5} admonished them,And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the la5}ding and ship, but also of our lives.Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more that tho5}se things which were spoken by Paul.And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart t5}hence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, andlieth toward t5}he south west and north west. And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing th5}ence, they sailed close by Crete.But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.And when t5}he ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.And running under a certain island which is called5} Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fea5}ring lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail and so were driven.And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempes5}t, the next day they lightened the ship;And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.And when 5}neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken 5}away.But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and 5}not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained him harm and loss.And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall b5}e no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and wh5}om I serve,Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with 5}thee.Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.Howbeit we must be cast 5}upon a certain island.But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down Adria, about midnight the shipme5}n deemed that they drew near to some country:And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little furth5}er, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anch5}ors out of the stern, and wished for the day.And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down t5}he boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship.Paul said to the centurion and5} to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and le5}t her fall off.And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day 5}that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for you5}r health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave 5}thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.Then were they all of good cheer, and they5} also took some meat.And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.And when they had eaten enough5}, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discove5}red a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.And when they 5}had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rubber bands, and hoised up the mainsail to 5}the wind, and made toward shore.And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stu5}ck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.And the soldiers' counsel wa5}s to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them fro6}m their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land.And the6} rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. he4{00031And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.And the barbarous people shewed us no lit:}tle kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.And w:}hen Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his :}hand.And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a mur:}derer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.And he shook off the beast into the fire, a:}nd felt no harm.Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a g:}reat while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.In the same quarters were poss: }essions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.And it: } came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and : }laid his hands on him, and healed him.So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were h: }ealed:Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.And af: }ter three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollus.And l:}anding at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.And from thence we fetched a compass, and come to Rhegium: and after one day:} the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven:} days: and so we went toward Rome.And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appiforum, :}and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivere:}d the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.And it c:}ame to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto:} them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against thepeople, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered p:}risoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was :}no cause of death in me.But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to:} accuse my nation of.For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the:} hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee,:} neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: fo:}r as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.And when they had appointed him a day, there came m:}any to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both ou:}t of the law of Moses, andout of the prophets, from morning till evening. And some believed the things which were spoken, an:}d some believed not.And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spak:}e the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and sha:}ll not unerstand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are : }dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and underst:!}and withtheir heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of :"}God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great:#} reasoning among themselves.And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him.P:$}reaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbi:%}dding him. kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbi8 00032Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,(Which he had promised afor>'}e by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David acco>(}rding to the flesh;And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection fr>)}om the dead:By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:Amon>*}g whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and >+}peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith>,} is spoken of throughout the whole world.For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that w>-}ithout ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosp>.}erous journey by the will of God to come unto you.For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to >/}the end ye may be established;That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.Now>0} I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might h>1}ave some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to t>2}he wise, and to the unwise.So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.For I am n>3}ot ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, >4}and also to the Greek.For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall>5} live by faith.For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the>6} truth in unrighteousness;Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them: for God hath shewed it unto them.For >7}the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, ev>8}en his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not a>9}s God, neither were thankful; but because vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.Professing themse>:}lves to be wise, they became fools.And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man>;}, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts ><}of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshippe>=}d and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.For this cause God gave them up unto vile aff>>}ections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:And likewise also the men, leavin>?}g the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and rec>@}eiving in themselves that recompence of theirerror which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their know>A}ledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;Being filled with all unrighteous>B}ness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,Back>C}biters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,Without understanding, >D}covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit >E}such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. God, that they which commit <`00029Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemneBG}st thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth againBH}st them which commit such things.And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, BI}that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; nBJ}ot knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up untBK}o thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;Who will render to every man accordBL}ing to his deeds:To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:BBM}ut unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,Tribulation anBN}d anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:But glory, honour, and peace,BO} to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:For there is no respect of persons with God.For BP}as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by thBQ}e law;(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.For when the GentileBR}s, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselvesBS}:Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean BT}while accusing or else excusing one another;)In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according toBU} my gospel.Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,And knowest his will, and appBV}rovest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;And art confident that thou thyself art a guide oBW}f the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of BX}knowledge and of the truth in the law.Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest BY}a man should not steal, dost thou steal?Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou tBZ}hat abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourestB[} thou God?For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.For circumcision verily profitB\}eth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.Therefore if the uncB]}ircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?And shall not uncircB^}umcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?FoB_}r he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:But he is a Jew, whicB`}h is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of me, buBa}t of God. wardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of me, bu@ 00031What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?Much every way: chiefly, because that unto tFc}hem were committed the oracles of God.For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without eFd}ffect?God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayinFe}gs, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we saFf}y? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?For if theFg} truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?And not rather, (as we Fh}be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.What Fi}then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;Fj}As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after GFk}od.They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.TheiFl}r throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips.Whose mouth Fm}is full of cursing and bitterness:Their feet are swift to shed blood:Destruction and misery are in their ways:And the way Fn}of peace have they not known:There is no fear of God before their eyes.Now we know that what things soever the law saith, iFo}t saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.ThereFp}fore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.But now Fq}the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;Even the righteousness oFr}f God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:For all have sinFs}ned, and come short of the glory of God;Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:Ft}Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of siFu}ns that are past, through the forbearance of God;To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, aFv}nd the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by Fw}the law of faith.Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.Is he the God of the JFx}ews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcisiFy}on by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Fz}law. faith, and uncircumcision through faith.Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the D00025What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?For if Abraham were justified bJ|}y works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was countedJ}} unto him for righteousness.Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.But to him that worketJ~}h not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.Even as David also describetJ}h the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities aJ}re forgiven, and whose sins are covered.Blessed is the man of whom the Lord will not impute sin.Cometh this blessedness theJ}n upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousnesJ}s.How was it them reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.AJ}nd he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that J}he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be notcircumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto theJ}m also: And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that fJ}aith ofour father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, wJ}as not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness offaith. For if they which are of the law J}be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there J}is no transgression.Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seeJ}d; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is thefather of us all. (As J}it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, anJ}d calleth those things which be not as thoughthey were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father oJ}f many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.And being not weak in faith, he considered not his J}own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:He staggered not at the J}promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;And being fully persuaded that, what he had prJ}omised, he was able also to perform.And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.Now it was not written for his saJ}ke alone, that it was imputed to him;But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up JesusJ} our Lord from the dead;Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. hat raised up JesusHj00021Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:By whom also we have access bN}y faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.And not only so, but we glory in tribulatiN}ons also: knowing that tribulations worketh patience;And patience, experience; and experience, hope:And hope maketh not ashN}amed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.For when we were yet witN}hout strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for aN} good man some would even dare to die.But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ diedN} for us.Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.For if, when we were eneN}mies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.And not N}only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have received the atonement.Wherefore, as by one mN}an sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:(For until the lN}aw sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even oveN}r them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.But not aN}s the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the N}gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded untomany. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the giN}ft: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.For if by one man'N}s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign N}in life by one, Jesus Christ.)Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the N}righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.For as by one man's disobedience many were mN}ade sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.Moreover the law entered, that the offence might aboundN}. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through N}righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through L;00023What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sinR}, live any longer therein?Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?TR}herefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the FaR}ther, even so we also should walk in newness of life.For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we sR}hall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin R}might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.For he that is dead is freed from sin.Now if we be dead with ChR}rist, we believe that we shall also live with him:Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath nR}o more dominion over him.For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.Likewise recR}kon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.Let not sin therefore reR}ign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrightR}eousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of rR}ighteousness untoGod. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.What then? shR}all we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servR}ants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?But God be R}thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.BR}eing then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmiR}ty of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yielR}d your members servants torighteousness unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousnessR}.What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.But now being madeR} free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.For the wages of R}sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. the end everlasting life.For the wages of PR