"Here I learned that he was accused about questions of their law, but was not charged with anything worthy of death or imprisonment.

So the soldiers took Paul, as they were bid, and brought him by night to Antipatris.

"But not to weary you too much, I beg of your Excellency to listen to a few words from us.

"He even tried to profane the Temple, but we arrested him.

"But this I confess to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors, according to the Way which they call a heresy, believing everything that is according to the Law, or is written in the Prophets,

"While I was thus engaged, they found me in the temple, purified, with no crowd and no uproar. But there were certain Asiatic Jews

And he gave orders to the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, but treated with indulgence, and that his personal friends were not to be forbidden to minister to him.

But after two full years Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and because he wished to curry favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul still in prison.

But Festus answered that Paul was in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon.

But Festus, wishing to ingratiate himself with the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there by me upon these charges?"

"If I am a criminal and have done anything for which I ought to die, I do not object to die. But if none of their charges is true, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar."

"So when a number of them came together here, I made no delay, but the next day took my seat in the tribunal, and commanded the man to be brought.

"But when his accusers stood up, they did not begin charging him with any of the crimes that I was expecting,

but they kept quarreling with him about certain matters connected with their own religion, and about one Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed over and over was alive.

But when Paul appealed to have his case reviewed for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered him to be detained until I could send him up to Caesar."

"I could not find that he had done anything for which he ought to die; but as he himself has appealed to the Emperor, I have determined to send him.

"'But rise and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you my minister and my witness both of what you have already seen and of those things in which I will appear to you.

"but I proceeded to preach, first to those in Damascus, and then in Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God and do deeds worthy of repentance.

"But having obtained the help that comes from God, I stand even to this day witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said should come;

"Long or short," answered Paul, "my prayer to God is that not only you but all who are my hearers this day might become such as I am, save for these chains."

We embarked in a ship of Adramyttium which was about to sail to the ports of the province of Asia, and put to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, accompanied us.

And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board of her.

"Sirs," he said to them, "I perceive that the voyage will be attended with injury and serious loss, not only to the cargo and to the ship, but also to our own lives."

But the centurion paid greater heed to the master and to the owner than to anything that was spoken by Paul;

But it was not long before a furious wind, called Euroclydon, rushed down from the island;

Then we ran under the lee of a little island named Claudia, where with great difficulty we were able to secure the ship's boat.

Then when for many days neither sun nor stars were seen, and a great tempest still beat upon us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away from us.

"But now take courage. There will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship,

"But we must be cast upon a certain island."

And when the sailors were trying to flee from the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea under pretext of laying anchors from the bow,

Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship's boat and let her fall off.

When it was day they tried in vain to recognize the land, but they spied an inlet with a sandy beach, and they began conferring to see whether they could drive the ship into it.

But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; the bow struck and remained fixed, but the stern began to break up under the violence of the waves.

But the centurion kept them from their purpose, because he wished to save Paul. He gave orders that those who could swim should first jump overboard and get to land;

But they kept expecting him to swell up or fall down dead suddenly. But after waiting a long time, and seeing no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said over and over that he was a god.

These loaded us with many honors and, when at last we set sail, they put on board such things as we needed.

"But when the Jews objected I was forced to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything to accuse my nation of.

"But we are eager to hear from you what it is that you believe; for we all know that as for this sect it is everywhere spoken against."

Some began to believe what he said, but some were unbelieving.

Unable to agree among themselves, they began to go, but not before Paul had spoken a word to them, saying. "Right well did the Holy Spirit say to your ancestors, through the prophet Isaiah.

but was by his resurrection from the dead instated as Son of God, with power, in respect of his spirit of holiness.

For although they knew God, yet they did not glorify him as God, nor give him thanks; but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.

Though they knew well the ordinance of God, that those who practise such vices are worthy of death, they not only continue to do the same, but were even applauding those who practise vice.

but anger and wrath upon those who are self-willed and disobey the truth, but obey unrighteousness.

but glory and honor and peace to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.

Circumcision does indeed profit, if you are obedient to the Law; but if you habitually break the Law, your circumcision is become uncircumcision.

And shall not those who are physically uncircumcised, but who keep the Law, condemn you who are a breaker of the Law, although you have a written law and circumcision?

but the real Jew is one inwardly, and real circumcision is heart??ircumcision, spiritual, not literal, praised not by men, but by God.

But if our unrighteousness thus brings out God's righteousness, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous?? speak after the manner of men??hen he inflicts his anger on us?

But if by a falsehood of mine the truthfulness of God has been made to redound to his glory, why am I still tried as a sinner?

But now, quite apart from any law, a righteousness coming from God has been fully brought to light, continually witnessed to by the Law and the Prophets.

but they are now being justified by his free grace through the deliverance that is in Christ Jesus.

Then what becomes of boasting? It is shut out. What sort of law forbids it? A law of works? No, but a law of faith.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to be proud of, but not before God.

Now if a man earn his pay by his work, it is not counted to him as a favor, but it is paid him as a debt;

but a man who does not "work," but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, has his faith imputed to him for righteousness.

How then was it imputed to him? When he was circumcised? or uncircumcised? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

He is the father of circumcision to those who are not merely circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he held while he was as yet uncircumcised.

For the promise that he should be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his posterity through law, but through faith-righteousness.

For law works wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

Nor did he with regard to the promise of God waver in unbelief, but he waxed strong in faith, while he gave God glory,

Now these words were not written simply for his sake, but for us as well.

And not only so, but we are actually exulting also even in our troubles; for we know that trouble works fortitude,

But God gives proof of his love to us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

And not only that, but we exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now obtained our reconciliation.

For prior to the Law, sin actually existed in the world, but sin was not set down to man's account when there was no law.

But the free gift is not like the transgression; for if through the transgression of that one man the rest on men died, much more did the grace of God and the gift given in his grace in the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow unto the rest of men.

And it is not with the free gift as it was through the one that sinned; for the judgment came from one transgression unto condemnation; but the free gift came from many transgressions unto acquittal.

Now law was brought in so that transgression might abound; but where sin abounded, grace super-abounded;

For the death that he died, he died unto sin once for all; but the life that he lives he is living unto God.

Even so count yourselves also to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

For sin shall not lord it over you; for you are not under the rule of law, but under the rule of grace.

What then? Shall we commit an act of sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not.

But God be thanked that you who were once the slaves of sin have obeyed from your hearts that type of teaching to which you were appointed;

But now that you have been set free from sin and become slaves of God, the harvest-fruit which you are reaping tends to produce holiness, and it ends is life eternal.

FOR THE POOR WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE FREE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS, OUR MASTER.

For a married woman who has a husband is bound by law to her husband during his lifetime; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband.

So then, if during her husband lifetime, she unites herself with another man, she will be counted an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the Law, so that she is no adulteress, even if she unites herself with another man.

But now we have been released from the Law, because we are dead to that in which we were held; so that we are now in thralldom in new and spiritual conditions, and not under the old written code.

But when sin had gained a vantage-ground, by means of the commandment, it stirred up within me all manner of lust; for where there is no law, sin is dead.

Once I lived apart from the Law, myself; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;

Did then that which was good become for me death? Never! but sin did; that it might be manifest as sin, by that the unutterable malignity of sin might become plain through the commandment.

For we know that the Law is spiritual; but as for me, I am a creature of flesh, bought and sold under the dominion of sin.

For what I perform I know not; what I practise is not what I intend to do, but what I detest, that I habitually do.

And now it is longer I myself who do the deed, but it is sin which has its home in me.

For the good that I intend to do, I do not; but the evil which I do not; but the evil which I do not intend to do, that I am ever practising.

But if I do the very thing I do not intend to do, it is no more I who practise it, but sin which has its home in me.

but I find a different law in my bodily faculties, waging war with the law of my will, and taking me prisoner to that law of sin which is in my bodily faculties.

in order that the Law might be fulfilled in us who order our lives not after the flesh, but after the spirit.

For they who live after the flesh, give their attention to the things of the flesh; But they who live after the spirit, give their attention to spiritual things.

But you are not earthly, but spiritual, if indeed the Spirit of God is really dwelling in you. If any one does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

But if Christ is in you, though your bodily self is dead because of sin, your spirit is full of life because of righteousness.

But if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also make your dying bodily self live by his indwelling Spirit in your lives.

for if you go on living according to the flesh, you are on the road to die; but if by the Spirit you keep putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

For you have not received a spirit of slavery in order that you should once more be afraid; but you have received a spirit of adoption, in which we cry out, "My Father, my dear Father!"

and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; but to share his glory, we must now be sharing his sufferings.

For nature was subjected to imperfection, not by its own will, but by the will of Him who thus made it subject??21 yet not without the hope that some day nature itself also will be freed from the thralldom of decay, into the freedom which belongs to the glory of the children of God.

For by hope we are saved; but hope which is clearly seen is no longer hope.

Who hopes for what he clearly sees? But if we hope for something that we do not see, we then patiently wait for it.

In the same way the Spirit also takes hold with us in our weakness; for we know knot how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.