the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying for him to be examined by scourging, so that he might know why they cried out so against him.

And as they stretched him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?

And coming up the chiliarch said to him, Tell me, are you a Roman? And He said, Yes.

Then immediately, those being about to examine him stood away from him. And the chiliarch also was afraid, fully knowing that he was a Roman, and that he had bound him.

On the next day, he desiring to know with certainty why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrin to appear. And bringing Paul down, he set him among them.

And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

Then Paul said to him, God shall strike you, whitened wall! For do you sit judging me according to the Law, and against law command me to be stricken?

And they who stood by him said, Do you revile God's high priest?

And there arose a great cry. And the scribes who were on the Pharisees' side arose and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

And dissension arising, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and to take him from among them by force, and to bring him into the fortress.

And the following night the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good cheer, Paul, for as you have testified of Me in Jerusalem, so you also must bear witness at Rome.

Now therefore you, with the sanhedrin, inform the chiliarch that he bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more perfectly regarding him. And we are ready to put him to death before he comes near.

And calling one of the centurions, Paul said, Bring this young man to the chiliarch, for he has a certain thing to tell him.

So he took him and brought him to the chiliarch and said, Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to say to you.

And laying hold of his hand, and drawing aside privately, the chiliarch asked him, What is it that you have to tell me?

And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the sanhedrin tomorrow, as though they would inquire something more exactly about him.

But do not yield to them, for there are more than forty men of them lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. And now they are ready, looking for a promise from you.

And provide animals, so that they may set Paul on them and bring him to Felix the governor.

This man was taken by the Jews and would have been killed by them. Then I came with an army and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

And being minded to know the charge for which they accused him, I brought him down to their sanhedrin;

And it being revealed to me that a plot against the man was about to be executed by the Jews, I immediately sent him to you, commanding his accusers also to say before you what they had against him. Farewell.

Then, indeed, taking up Paul, as it was commanded them, the soldiers brought him by night to Antipatris.

And on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him and returned to the fortress.

And when they had come to Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul before him also.

he said, I will hear you when your accusers have also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.

But the chiliarch Lysias came with much force, taking him away out of our hands,

commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him, you yourself may know about all these things of which we accuse him.

But the governor motioning to him to speak, Paul answered; Understanding you as being a judge of this nation many years, I cheerfully defend myself as to the things concerning myself.

And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul and to let him have liberty, and not to forbid anyone of his own to minister or come to him.

Then after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

He also hoped that silver would be given him by Paul, that he might free him. Therefore he also frequently sent for him and talked with him.

And the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him

asking a favor against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, making a plot to kill him on way.

Then he said, those having power among you may go down with me. If there is a thing amiss in this man, let them accuse him.

about whom, when I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring judgment against him.

about whom, standing up, the accusers brought against him no charge of which I suspected,

But Paul having appealed to be reserved to the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be held until I might send him to Caesar.

And Agrippa said to Festus, I also would like to hear the man myself. And he said, Tomorrow you shall hear him.

But I had perceived nothing he had committed worthy of death, and that he himself has appealed to Augustus, I determined to send him,

about whom I have no certain thing to write of him to my lord. Therefore I brought him before you, and especially before you, O king Agrippa, so that, after examination is made, I might have something to write.

For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not to signify the charges against him.

For the king understands about these things, to whom I speak, even being bold of speech. For I am persuaded that not any of these things are hidden from him, nothing. For the doing of this was not in a corner.

And on the next day we were landed at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul courteously and gave him liberty to go to his friends to receive care.

But they expected him to be about to become inflamed, or to fall down dead suddenly, But over much time expecting and seeing nothing amiss happening to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

And it happened the father of Publius was lying down, suffering fevers and dysentery; to whom Paul entered in, and praying and laying on his hands, he healed him.

And when we came into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the camp commander. But Paul was allowed to dwell by himself, with a soldier guarding him.

And they said to him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brothers who came declared or spoke anything evil of you.

And they having appointed him a day, many came to him in his lodging; to whom he expounded, testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them the things concerning Jesus, both out of the Law of Moses and out of the Prophets, from morning until evening.

And Paul remained two years in his own hired house. And he welcomed all who came in to him,

For the unseen things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being realized by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, for them to be without excuse.

Because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were thankful. But they became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

for the display of His righteousness at this time, for Him to be just and, forgiving the one being of the faith of Jesus.

For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."

But to him working, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.

But to him not working, but believing on Him justifying the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

For he who beyond hope believed on hope for him to become the father of many nations (according to that which was spoken, "So your seed shall be").

And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

Now it was not written for him alone that it was imputed to him,

but for us also to whom it is to be imputed, to the ones believing on Him who has raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

Through Him we also have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice on the hope of the glory of God.

Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

But death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is the type of Him who was to come;

Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father; even so we also should walk in newness of life.

knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him in order that the body of sin might be destroyed, that from now on we should not serve sin.

But if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,

knowing that when Christ was raised from the dead, He dies no more; death no longer has dominion over Him.

Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves to him whom you obey; whether it is of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness.

So, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law by the body of Christ so that you should be married to Another, even to Him raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit to God.

And if we are children, then we are heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; so that if we suffer with Him, we may also be glorified together.

For the creation was not willingly subjected to vanity, but because of Him who subjected it on hope

For whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, for Him to be the First-born among many brothers.

Truly He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

But in all these things we more than conquer through Him who loved us.

(for the children had not yet been born, neither had done any good or evil; but that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who called,)

No, but, O man, who are you who replies against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me this way?

as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a Stumbling-stone and a Rock-of-offense, and everyone believing on Him shall not be put to shame."

Because if you confess the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.

For the Scripture says, "Everyone believing on Him shall not be put to shame."

For there is no difference both of Jew and of Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call on Him.

How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without preaching?

But what does the Divine answer say to him? "I have reserved to Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

Or who first gave to Him, and it will be repaid to him?

For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things; to Him be glory forever! Amen.

Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.

For it is a servant of God to you for good. For if you practice evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword in vain; for it is a servant of God, a revenger for wrath on him who does evil.

And receive him who is weak in the faith, but not to judgments of your thoughts.

Do not let him who eats despise him who does not eat; and do not let him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has received him.

Who are you that judges another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. But he will stand, for God is able to make him stand.

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing by itself is common; except to him who esteems anything to be common, it is common.

But if your brother is grieved with your food, you no longer walk according to love. Do not with your food destroy him for whom Christ died.

And again, "Praise the Lord, all the nations, and praise Him, all the peoples."

And again Isaiah says, "There shall be a root of Jesse, and He who shall rise to reign over the nations, in Him shall the nations trust."

but as it is written, "To whom nothing was said about Him, they shall see. And they who have not heard shall understand."

Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery, having been unvoiced during eternal times;

that in everything you are enriched by Him, in all speech and in all knowledge;

But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who of God is made to us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption;

so that, according as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the Lord."

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

But as it is written, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard," nor has it entered into the heart of man, "the things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of man within him? So also no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.