you yourselves know, that these hands did minister to my necessities, and those along with me.

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear now my apology unto you.

as the high priest also, and all the eldership, witnessed me: from whom having also received letters from the brethren in Damascus, I was on my way, being about to lead them also hither into Jerusalem bound, that they might be punished.

And it came to pass, while I was journeying, and nigh unto Damascus, a great light, about midday, suddenly shone from heaven around me;

and I felt upon the ground, and heard a voice, saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And I responded, Who art thou, Lord? And He said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom thou art persecuting.

And those being along with me saw the light indeed, but heard not the voice of the one speaking to me.

And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rising up, go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee concerning all things which have been ordained for thee to do.

And when I did not see on account of the glory of that light, and being led by the hand by those journeying with me, I came into Damascus.

having come to me, and standing over me, said, Brother Saul, look up. And I at that hour looked up unto him.

And it happened unto me, having returned into Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I was in an ecstasy;

and I saw Him speaking to me, Hasten, and depart quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

And He said to me, Go: because I will send thee far away to the Gentiles.

And the chiliarch, having come to him, said; Tell me, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.

Then Paul said to him, God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall: indeed thou art sitting judging me according to the law, and dost thou command me to be smitten contrary to the law?

And the dissension being great, the chiliarch fearing lest Paul may be torn to pieces by them, commanded the army, having gone down, to take him from their midst, and lead him into the castle.

And on the following night, the Lord standing over him, said, Take courage: for as thou hast testified to the things concerning me in Jerusalem, so it behooveth thee also to testify to me in Rome.

who, having come to the chief priests and elders, said, We have anathematized ourselves with an anathema, to taste nothing until we may kill Paul.

Now therefore do you appeal to the chiliarch along with the sanhedrim, that he may lead him down to you, as about to investigate matters concerning him more thoroughly: and we are ready to kill him before he comes nigh.

Then indeed taking him, he led him to the chiliarch, and says, Paul the prisoner, having called me, requested me to lead this young man to you, having something to tell you.

And the chiliarch taking him by the hand, and having gone away privately, asked him, What is that which you have to tell me?

And he said, The Jews have entered into an agreement to ask you that to-morrow you may lead Paul to the sanhedrim, as about to make inquiry as to something more definite concerning him.

Therefore do not be persuaded by them: for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, who have obligated themselves by an oath, neither to eat nor drink until they may kill him: and now they are ready, awaiting the promise from you.

Then indeed the chiliarch sent away the young man, having commanded him to Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.

And having called a certain two of the centurions, he said, Get ready two hundred soldiers that they may go unto Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, from the third hour of the night;

and prepare beasts of burden, that, having carried away Paul, you may deliver him safe to Felix the governor.

This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be put to death by them, having interposed with my army, I took out of their hands, having learned that he is a Roman:

And a plot from them being revealed to me to be against the man, I sent him to thee, having commanded his accusers also to speak in thy presence.

and ascertaining that he is from Cilicia, said, I will hear thee, when thy accusers may also be present, having commanded that he should be kept in Herod's judgment hall.

But in order that I may not weary you excessively, I exhort you to hear us patiently according to your clemency.

you being able to know, that there are not more than twelve days to me since I came up to Jerusalem to worship.

Neither did they find me in the temple disputing with any one, or causing an excitement of the multitude, neither in the synagogues, nor throughout the city:

neither are they able to prove before you the things which they are now accusing me.

And after many years I came to do alms and offerings to my race;

in which they found me having been purified in the temple, not with rabble, nor with an uproar; and were certain Jews from Asia,

whom it behooves to be present before me, and accuse me, if they should have anything against me.

And Felix having learned more thoroughly the things concerning the way, deferred them, saying, When Lysias the chiliarch may come down, I will diagnose the things appertaining to you:

And Festus, wishing to confer a gratification on the Jews, responding to Paul, said, Are you willing, having gone up to Jerusalem, there to be judged by me concerning these things?

And Paul said, I am standing at the tribunal of Caesar, where it behooves me to be judged. To the Jews I have done nothing wrong, as you indeed well know.

If therefore I indeed am guilty of unrighteousness, and have done anything worthy of death, I do not ask not to die: but if nothing of these things of which they accuse me is true, no man is able to gratify them (by my death): I appeal unto Caesar.

concerning whom, I being in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews appeared before me, asking condemnation against him;

to whom I responded, that it is not the customs to the Romans to slay any man gratuitously, before that the accused may have his accusers face to face, and receive a place of defence concerning the charge.

And Festus says, O king Agrippa, and all ye men present with us, you see this man, concerning whom the whole multitude of the Jews is besieging me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that it does not behoove him to live any longer.

Concerning whom I have nothing definite to write to my lord; therefore I have led him to you, and especially to thee, O king Agrippa, in order that, there being an investigation, I may have something which I shall write;

for it seems to me to be unreasonable, sending a prisoner, and not to signify charges against him.

O king Agrippa, I consider myself happy, being about this day to make my defence before thee concerning all those things of which I am accused by the Jews:

especially as thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions among the Jews: therefore I pray you to hear me patiently.

Moreover indeed all the Jews know my life from my youth; being from the beginning in my nation and in Jerusalem,

knowing me originally, if they may be willing to testify, that according to the most rigid sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

which I did also in Jerusalem, and shut up many of the saints in prison; and having received authority from the chief priests, and they being slain, I gave my vote against them;

about midday, a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me;

and we all having fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against goads.

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.

On account of these things the Jews, taking me while in the temple, endeavored to kill me.

And Agrippa said to Paul, With little persuasion thou dost persuade thyself to make me a Christian.

And Paul said, I would to God, that both in little and in much, not only you, but also all of those hearing me this day, were such as I am, except these bonds.

And there being much fasting, Paul standing in their midst, said, O men, truly it behooved you obeying me, not to depart from Crete, and incur this injury and loss.

For the angel of God, whose I am, and whom indeed I serve, stood by me this night,

Therefore cheer up, O men: for I believe God, that it shall be according to the manner which He has spoken to me.

and fearing lest they may fall out against rough places, casting four anchors from the stern, they were praying that the day should come.

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these may remain in the ship, you are not able to be saved.

who judging me, were counseling to release me, because there was nothing worthy of death in me:

and the Jews speaking against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not having anything for which to accuse my nation.

Go to this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and may not understand; and seeing you shall see, and may not perceive:

for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard with their ears heavily, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I shall heal them.

In the first place, indeed, I praise my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how I unceasingly make mention of you always in my prayer;

For I long to see you, in order that I may impart unto you a certain spiritual grace, that you may be established;

but this is the consolation among you through faith in one another, both of you and me.

But I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that frequently I purposed to come to you, and was hindered hitherto, in order that I may have some fruit among you, as well as also among other Gentiles.

so to my utmost ability, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.

For when the Gentiles, not having the law, may by nature do the things of the law, they, not having the law, are a law unto themselves:

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men through my gospel according to Jesus Christ.

Then if uncircumcision may keep the righteousness of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

it could not be so: but let God be true, and every man a liar; as indeed it has been written, In order that you may be justified in your words, and shall prevail, in your judgment.

And if the truth of God through my falsehood abounded unto His glory, why am I still judged as a sinner?

are we not indeed thus traduced, and as some say we speak, that, Let us do evil in order that good may come? whose condemnation is just.

But we know that so many things as the law speaks, it says to those under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may become guilty before God.

blessed is the man of whom the Lord may not impute sin.

Therefore it is by faith, in order that it may be by grace; that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not only of the law, but also of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

in order that as sin reigned through death, so may grace reign also through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Then what shall we say? must we abide in sin, in order that grace may abound?

knowing this, that our old man is crucified along with him, in order that the body of sin may be destroyed, that we may no longer serve sin;

Whether are you ignorant, O brethren, for I speak to those knowing the law, for the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he may live?

For a woman who is under her husband has been given to her husband by the law so long as he lives; but if the husband may die, she is free from the law of the husband.

Then if she may be married to another man, her husband still living, she will be designated an adulteress: but if her husband may die, she is free from the law; and is no adulteress, though she is married to another man.

So, my brethren, ye are dead to the law through the body of Christ, that ye should be married to another, to him who is risen from the dead, in order that we may bring forth fruit unto God.

But sin, taking occasion through the commandment, did work in me all concupiscence; for without law sin was dead.

For sin, taking occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it slew me.

Then did that which is good become death to me? it could not be so: but sin, that it may appear sin, through the good was working out death to me, in order that sin may be exceedingly sinful through the commandment.

but now it is no more I that do it, but sin dwelling in me.

For I know that in me, that is, in my carnal mind, there dwells no good thing. For to will is present with me, but to do that which is beautiful is not:

If I do that which I do not will, it is no longer I that do it, but sin dwelling in me.

Then I find a law, that, to me wishing to do that which is beautiful, that the evil is present with me:

but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

in order that the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to depravity, but according to the spirit.

And if children, indeed heirs; truly heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if we suffer together, in order that we may also be glorified together.

I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,

that there is great sorrow to me and incessant grief to my heart.