Then a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, who had a reputation among all the people, stood up in the council and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space

and casting him out of the city, they stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

and casting him out of the city, they stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the congregation which was at Jerusalem, and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came unto the prince of the priests

And as he proceeded, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shone round about him a light from heaven;

And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice, but seeing no one.

And the Lord said unto him, Arise and go into the street which is called Straight and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus; for, behold, he prays

But the Lord said unto him, Go; for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

And as many days passed, the Jews took counsel among themselves to kill him;

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way and that he had spoken to him and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him forth to Tarsus.

Now those who were scattered abroad by the tribulation that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice and Cyprus and Antioch, preaching the word to no one except only unto the Jews.

And it came to pass that for a whole year they gathered themselves together with the congregation and taught many people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

which they likewise did and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

Now there were in the congregation that was at Antioch prophets and teachers: Barnabas and Simeon that was called Niger and Lucius of Cyrene and Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Now there were in the congregation that was at Antioch prophets and teachers: Barnabas and Simeon that was called Niger and Lucius of Cyrene and Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, departed unto Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain wise man, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus,

Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel and ye that fear God hearken.

and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things that are therein,

and from there sailed to Antioch, where they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

Then certain men who came down from Judaea taught the brethren and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain other of them should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. read more. And they, being accompanied by some from the congregation , passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles, and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received by the congregation and by the apostles and elders, and they declared all the things that God had done with them. But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses. And the apostles and elders came together to consider of this matter. And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God chose that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel and believe.

And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God chose that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel and believe. And God, who knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us, read more. and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore why tempt ye God, putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? For we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. Then all the multitude kept silence and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what great miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. And after they had become silent, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: Simeon has declared how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, After this I will return and will restore the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will repair its ruins, and I will set it up again, that the men that are left might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who does all these things. Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. Therefore my sentence is that those from among the Gentiles who are converted to God not be troubled, but that we write unto them that they abstain from pollutions of idols and from fornication and from things strangled and from blood. For Moses of old time has in every city those that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. Then it pleased the apostles and elders, with the whole congregation , to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, principal men among the brethren; and they wrote letters by them after this manner: The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia; forasmuch as we have heard that certain ones who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised and keep the law, to whom we gave no such commandment, it seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: that ye abstain from foods offered to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

And some days after, Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord and see how they do.

And a vision was shown to Paul in the night: There stood a man of Macedonia, asking him, saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.

and from there to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony; and we were in that city abiding certain days.

and teach rites which are not lawful for us to receive neither to observe, being Romans.

But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out in secret? no indeed; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, , and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, , and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them and worked, for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

And when he had landed at Caesarea and gone up to Jerusalem and after greeting the congregation , he went down to Antioch.

And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

I have coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.

But Paul said, I am certainly a Jew, a citizen of Tarsus, a city known in Cilicia; and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. And when he had given him license, Paul stood on the stairs and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spoke unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

(And when they heard that he spoke in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence, and he said,) I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel and taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

As also the prince of the priests bears me witness, and all the estate of the elders, from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring those who were bound there unto Jerusalem to be punished.

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I Am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou dost persecute. And those that were with me saw indeed the light and were afraid, but they did not hear the voice of him that spoke to me.

And it came to pass that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a rapture of understanding

And he said unto me, Depart, for I will send thee far from here unto the Gentiles.

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

And the tribunal answered, With a great sum I obtained this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.

Then Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee, and of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee, and of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

And when Paul's sister's son heard of their ambush, he went and entered into the fortress and told Paul.

My manner of life from my youth, which from the beginning was among my own nation at Jerusalem, is known of all the Jews,

My manner of life from my youth, which from the beginning was among my own nation at Jerusalem, is known of all the Jews, who knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most perfect sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Which things I also did in Jerusalem, and I shut up many of the saints in prison, having received authority from the princes of the priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the princes of the priests,

delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee

And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house and received all that came in unto him,

Paul, slave of Jesus, the Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God

By whom we have received the grace and the apostleship, to cause the faith to be obeyed among all the Gentiles in his name,

First, I thank my God through Jesus, the Christ, regarding you all, that your faith is preached in all the world.

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, has found?

For I could wish that myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren, those who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,

Brethren, certainly the desire of my heart and my prayer to God regarding Israel, is for saving health.

I say then, Has God cast away his people? No, in no wise. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

I say then, Has God cast away his people? No, in no wise. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

For (I call you Gentiles) inasmuch as I am truly the apostle of the Gentiles, my honorable ministry,

And again he says, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

being the minister of Jesus Christ, to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be well pleasing, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

when I leave for Spain, I will come unto you; for I trust to see you on my journey and to be taken there by you, if first I may enjoy your company.

So that, when I have concluded this and have delivered unto them this fruit, I will come by you unto Spain.

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to associate with fornicators,

Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?

Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?

Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?

But I have used none of these things, neither have I written these things that it should be so done unto me; for it were better for me to die than that anyone should make this my glory void.

And last of all he appeared unto me also, as of one born out of due time.

And last of all he appeared unto me also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, for I am not worthy to be called an apostle because I persecuted the congregation of God.

Likewise, brethren, we make known unto you the grace of God bestowed on the congregations of Macedonia,

And when I was present with you and had need, I was not a burden to any of you, for that which was lacking to me was supplied by the brethren which came from Macedonia; and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

Of the Jews five times I received forty stripes less one.

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me;

And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me above measure, there is given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

Paul, apostle (not from men neither through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead)

For I did not receive it nor learn it from man, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

And profited in Judaism above many of my equals in my own nation, being exceedingly more zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

neither did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went into Arabia and returned again unto Damascus.

neither did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went into Arabia and returned again unto Damascus.

neither did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went into Arabia and returned again unto Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and abode with him fifteen days.

Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia

Then fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas and took Titus with me also.

But to the contrary, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter

But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face because he was to be blamed.

Ye know how through weakness of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

Now therefore ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints and of the household of God,

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Christ

For I am in a strait between the two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better:

Only let your conversation be as is worthy of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, unanimous, working together for the faith of the gospel,

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,

But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

Circumcised the eighth day, of the lineage of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

Circumcised the eighth day, of the lineage of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

Circumcised the eighth day, of the lineage of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

Circumcised the eighth day, of the lineage of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

But those things which were gain to me, I counted loss for Christ.

Now ye Philippians know also that in the beginning of the gospel when I departed from Macedonia, no congregation communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.

Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Masters, do that which is just and right with your slaves, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

For through you the word of the Lord has been divulged not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith, which is in God, has become extended, so that we have no need to say anything. For they themselves tell of us what an entrance we had unto you and in what manner ye were converted to God from idols to serve the living and true God

For you yourselves, brethren, know that our entrance unto you was not vain,

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for labouring night and day, not to be a burden unto any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.

For ye, brethren, have been imitators in Christ Jesus of the congregations of God which are in Judaea, for ye also have suffered like things of your own nation, even as they have of the Jews,

Therefore we would have come unto you, even I, Paul, once and again, but Satan hindered us.

Therefore when we could wait no longer, we agreed to remain in Athens alone

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as the others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those who sleep in Jesus will God also bring with him. read more. For this, we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not precede those who are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.

that ye not be easily shaken in understanding or be troubled neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter as from us, as if the day of Christ is at hand.

neither did we eat any man's bread for nought, but working with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,

Receive saving health from my hand, Paul, which is the sign in all my letters: so I write.

they shall forbid to marry and shall command men to abstain from foods, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who are faithful and have known the truth.

I desire therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, govern the house, giving no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, turn away from profane voices and vain things and arguments in the vain name of science,

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day,

when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also.

Therefore be not thou ashamed to give testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel by the power of God,

This, thou knowest, that all those who are in Asia are turned away from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain; read more. for when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently and found me. The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day; and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra, persecutions I have endured, and the Lord delivered me out of them all.

and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto saving health by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Procure to come shortly unto me; for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. read more. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with thee, for he is profitable to me for the ministry. And Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. The cloak that I left at Troas in the house of Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee and the books, but especially the parchments. Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: of whom be thou ware also; for he has greatly resisted our words. At my first answer no one stood with me, but all men forsook me: let it not be imputed unto them.

At my first answer no one stood with me, but all men forsook me: let it not be imputed unto them. But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, that by me the preaching might be fully known and that all the Gentiles might hear, and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. read more. And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work and will save me for his heavenly kingdom, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Salute Prisca and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus. Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I have left at Miletum sick. Procure to come before winter. Eubulus greets thee, and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren. The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

whose mouths it is expedient to stop, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain.

not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

in all things showing thyself as an example of good works, in doctrine showing integrity, seriousness, purity,

In the same manner prepare me also a lodging; for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.