And Saul was consenting to his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and hauling men and women committed them to prison.

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth,

And Ananias went, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord (even Jesus that appeared to thee in the way as thou camest) hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

And when he had received food, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples who were at Damascus.

But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.

But their laying in wait, was known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he essayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.

And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

And we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree.

And I heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

Then Barnabas departed to Tarsus, to seek Saul:

Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.

Who was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

Then Saul (who also is called Paul) filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him,

And afterward they desired a king: and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

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

Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.

And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.

And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.

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

Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, struck sail, and so were driven.

Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cesar: and lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith, which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they are not circumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also;

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

For I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but from God: the powers that are, are ordained by God.

If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you: for ye are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam was made a vivifying spirit.

Moreover, I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I have not as yet come to Corinth.

For behold this very thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what avenging! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath incited very many.

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; with respect to the righteousness which is by the law, blameless.

For I bear him testimony, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail;

Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man shall draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

But we are not of them who draw back to perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy, and sell, and get gain:

Let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will hide a multitude of sins.

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, grieved his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living being say, Come and see.

And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living being say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo, a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living being say, Come and see.

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood:

And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, to slay the third part of men.

And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

And that no man might buy or sell, save him that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.

And the fruits that thy soul lusted after have departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly have departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that he must be loosed a little season.

And he saith to me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.