And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.

While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:

And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.

And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

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 privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.

Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:

And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.

In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)

The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;

These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?

And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.