Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.

And they all made an attack on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and gave him blows before the judge's seat; but Gallio gave no attention to these things.

And there were about twelve of these men.

Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.

So then, because these things may not be doubted, it would be better for you to be quiet, and do nothing unwise.

For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.

But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.

And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,

And he came to us, and took the band of Paul's clothing, and putting it round his feet and hands, said, The Holy Spirit says these words, So will the Jews do to the man who is the owner of this band, and they will give him up into the hands of the Gentiles.

And hearing these things, we and those who were living in that place made request to him not to go to Jerusalem.

And after these days we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.

Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make the necessary payments for them, so that they may be free from their oath: and everyone will see that the statements made about you are not true, but that you put yourself under rule, and keep the law.

For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.

So the chief captain let the young man go, saying to him, Do not say to anyone that you have given me word of these things.

And he sent a letter in these words:

And the Jews were in agreement with his statement, saying that these things were so.

Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,

But Festus, desiring to get the approval of the Jews, said to Paul, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and be judged before me there in connection with these things?

And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there.

In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:

And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.

For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret.

And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.

But Paul said to the captain and his men, If you do not keep these men in the ship, you will not be safe.

But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains.

Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.

What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.

But the righteousness which is of faith says these words, Say not in your heart, Who will go up to heaven? (that is, to make Christ come down:)

For if you were cut out of a field olive-tree, and against the natural use were united to a good olive-tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be united again with the olive-tree which was theirs?

So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy.

And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.

But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

But now, having no longer any place in these parts and having had for a number of years a great desire to come to you,

But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.

And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.

My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.

Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.

But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did.

Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.

But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.

But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing.

Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.

For we will not make comparison of ourselves with some of those who say good things about themselves: but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and making comparison of themselves with themselves, are not wise.

For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things.

It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.

For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar.

For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.

Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,

Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:

For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.

For these are an image of the things which are to come; but the body is Christ's.

These things seem to have a sort of wisdom in self-ordered worship and making little of oneself, and being cruel to the body, not honouring it by giving it its natural use.

But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;

And Jesus, whose other name is Justus; these are of the circumcision: they are my only brother-workers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.

So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.

And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

So then, give comfort to one another with these words.

Have you no memory of what I said when I was with you, giving you word of these things?

These words of love to you at the end are in my writing, Paul's writing, and this is the mark of every letter from me.

Keeping faith, and being conscious of well-doing; for some, by not doing these things, have gone wrong in relation to the faith:

And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.

I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;

If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:

Let these be your orders and your teaching.

Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward.

Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.

But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.

I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.

And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things.

But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.

Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.

If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.

Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.

For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,

And as James and Jambres went against Moses, so do these go against what is true: men of evil minds, who, tested by faith, are seen to be false.

By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.

On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.

This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;

But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;

And it is true that by the law, those of the sons of Levi who have the position of priests may take a tenth part of the people's goods; that is to say, they take it from their brothers though these are the sons of Abraham.

For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar.

Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.

For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.

Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no more offering for sin.

All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?

Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.