About that time there occurred no small disturbance concerning the Way.

Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence.”

After quieting the crowd, the town clerk *said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?

For indeed we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today’s events, since there is no real cause for it, and in this connection we will be unable to account for this disorderly gathering.”

And there he spent three months, and when a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas within five days; and there we stayed seven days.

There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together.

And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead.

But we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for so he had arranged it, intending himself to go by land.

Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos; and the day following we came to Miletus.

And now, behold, bound by the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

When we had parted from them and had set sail, we ran a straight course to Cos and the next day to Rhodes and from there to Patara;

When we came in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we kept sailing to Syria and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo.

After looking up the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

When our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, escorted us until we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.

As we were staying there for some days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

And when they heard it they began glorifying God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law;

take them and purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law.

When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying,

as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.

And I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.’

“A certain Ananias, a man who was devout by the standard of the Law, and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,

As he said this, there occurred a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

And there occurred a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, “We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

There were more than forty who formed this plot.

“When I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, also instructing his accusers to bring charges against him before you.”

having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

in which they found me occupied in the temple, having been purified, without any crowd or uproar. But there were some Jews from Asia—

“Therefore,” he *said, “let the influential men among you go there with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them prosecute him.”

While they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix;

Being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters.

From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were contrary.

There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo;

Yet now I urge you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

After we put in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days.

From there we sailed around and arrived at Rhegium, and a day later a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli.

There we found some brethren, and were invited to stay with them for seven days; and thus we came to Rome.

And the brethren, when they heard about us, came from there as far as the Market of Appius and Three Inns to meet us; and when Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there was no ground for putting me to death.

There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek,

For there is no partiality with God.

as it is written,
“There is none righteous, not even one;

There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God;

All have turned aside, together they have become useless;
There is none who does good,
There is not even one.”

“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;

for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.

for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac;

What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be!

“And it shall be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘you are not My people,’
There they shall be called sons of the living God.”

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;

In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.

Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.

For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Again Isaiah says,
“There shall come the root of Jesse,
And He who arises to rule over the Gentiles,
In Him shall the Gentiles hope.”

whenever I go to Spain—for I hope to see you in passing, and to be helped on my way there by you, when I have first enjoyed your company for a while—

Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.

For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you.

For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;

for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?

It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father’s wife.

I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brethren,

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one.

For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,

yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread.

For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.

And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.

There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons.

But now there are many members, but one body.

so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.

Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.

There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of languages in the world, and no kind is without meaning.

but if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God.

Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised;

All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish.

There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

Therefore, I was not vacillating when I intended to do this, was I? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, so that with me there will be yes, yes and no, no at the same time?

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

But now finish doing it also, so that just as there was the readiness to desire it, so there may be also the completion of it by your ability.

at this present time your abundance being a supply for their need, so that their abundance also may become a supply for your need, that there may be equality;

Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.

Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself!

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling;