The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!"

(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him!")

(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.")

You gave me no kiss of greeting, but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet.

and Joanna the wife of Cuza (Herod's household manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.

While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared, and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He walked up to Jesus to kiss him.

But Jesus said to him, "Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?"

So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing,

Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road.)

The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.

Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place."

Then Felix, who understood the facts concerning the Way more accurately, adjourned their hearing, saying, "When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case."

While they were staying there many days, Festus explained Paul's case to the king to get his opinion, saying, "There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix.

So after they came back here with me, I did not postpone the case, but the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.

When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus the city treasurer and our brother Quartus greet you.

I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,

In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

All the brothers and sisters send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.

Now, brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.

Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss.

in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive.

Greet one another with a loving kiss. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.

From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth.