THE former record I made, Theophilus, of all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

And there were more than forty who formed this conspiracy.

knowing this, that our former man has been crucified with him, in order that the sinful body may be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer serve sin:

No, but rather, O man, who are you that dispute with God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed, it, Why have you made me thus?

Now, he that has formed us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the earnest of the Spirit.

For you have heard of my former mode of life in Judaism, that I greatly persecuted the church of God, and laid it waste;

My little children, for whom I again suffer the pains of gestation, till Christ be formed in you,

that, as to your former life, you put off the old man, which is corrupt, according to its deceitful desires,

For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

incurring condemnation, because they have set aside their former obligation.

And for this reason, he is the mediator of the new covenant: that, since his death has taken place for the redemption of transgressions that were under the former covenant, those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings;

For, in former times, the holy women also, who trusted in God, thus adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands,

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away: and the sea was no more.

And he will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death; neither shall there be any more sorrow, nor crying, nor pain; for the former things have passed away.