And when I could not see from the brightness of that light, being led by the hand by those with me, I came to Damascus.

For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,??9 for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,??10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord,

The light was the true [light] which lights every man that comes into the world.

but if he walks in the night he stumbles, because the light is not in it.

AND in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,

And on the first day of the week, we being assembled to break bread, Paul preached to them, being about to depart on the next day, and continued his discourse till midnight;

And we going before by ship sailed to Assos, being about to take in Paul at that place; for so had he appointed, being about to go on foot himself.

And he being called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Having obtained great peace by you, and things being happily arranged for this nation by your oversight in all things and in all places

But some time being spent and navigation not being safe, because the fast had already passed by, Paul advised,

And being not weak in faith, he did not regard himself as dead, being now about a hundred years old, nor Sarah's incapacity for child-bearing,

and labor, working with our hands; being reviled we bless, being persecuted we endure,

being afflicted in every thing but not distressed, being perplexed but not in despair,

being persecuted but not deserted, being cast down but not destroyed,

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone,

partly in being made a spectacle by reproaches and afflictions, and partly being companions of those so treated.

And not only this work of ours is in danger of coming into contempt, but even the temple of the great goddess Diana of being set at nought, and her majesty also which all Asia and the world worships, of being destroyed.

For we are in danger of being called to account for the tumult of to-day, there being no cause by which we can excuse this concourse.

and the ship being caught and not being able to bear up against the wind, we gave up, and were borne along.

And not only this, but Rebecca also being with child by one, by our father Isaac??11 for the children not yet being born, nor having done any thing good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might continue, not of works but of him that calls,??12 it was said to her that the older shall serve the younger;

For being in this tabernacle we groan, being burdened, because we do not wish to put it off, but to put on [the other], that the mortal may be swallowed up by life.

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. Jesus said these things, and went away and concealed himself from them.