Those who stood by said, "Would you revile God's high priest?"

There were more than forty who formed this plot.

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

who ought to be here before you and to make accusation, if they should have anything against me.

But some days later Felix came with Drusilla, his wife who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

And when Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

While they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix;

but they simply had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive.

Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.

At midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.

And I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

And Paul said, "Whether in a short or a long time, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I amexcept for these chains."

The king rose and the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them,

For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,

and he said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'

But the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

When this had happened, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

They said to him, "We have not received letters from Judea concerning you, and none of the brethren who have come here has reported or spoken anything bad about you.

And he stayed there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him,

concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

among whom you also are called to belong to Jesus Christ;

To all in Rome who are beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers,

so I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress the truth,

because they exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

Though they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge another; for in whatever point you pass judgment on him you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.

We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who do such things.

Do you think, O man, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do the same yourself, you will escape the judgment of God?

to those who by patience in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality, he will give eternal life;

but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.

There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,

but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.

All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in the sight of God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

When Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a breaker of the law.

For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something outward and in the flesh.

He is a Jew who is one inwardly; and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, and not by the written code. His praise is not from men but from God.

there is no one who understands, no one who seeks for God.

All have turned aside, together they have become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one."

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. For there is no difference,

whom God put forward as an atoning sacrifice by his blood, to be received through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over sins committed beforehand;

and it was to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

since there is one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through their faith.

Now to him who works, his wages are not reckoned as a gift but as his due.

And to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

So also David describes the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works:

blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not reckon his sin."

And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be reckoned to them.

And he is also the father of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith which our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

For if those who are of the law are to be the heirs, faith has no value and the promise is void,

Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all his descendantsnot only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of us all

(as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls things that do not exist as though they did.

but for us also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,

who was delivered to death for our sins and was raised for our justification.

through whom we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of the glory of God.

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received our reconciliation.

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

For if, by the one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.)

Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live any longer in it?

Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

For he who has died has been freed from sin.

Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.

Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one to obey as slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, whether of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,

Do you not know, brethrenfor I am speaking to those who know the lawthat the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?

Likewise, my brethren, you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit to God.

So then, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit who dwells in you.

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."

For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of him who subjected it in hope;

And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

And he who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

And those whom he predestined, he also called; those whom he called, he also justified; and those whom he justified, he also glorified.

What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also give us all things with him?

Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.