And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in other languages and to prophesy.

so that even facecloths or work aprons that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

And many who had become believers came confessing and disclosing their practices,

And when he had passed through those areas and exhorted them at length, he came to Greece

When he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.

Sailing from there, the next day we arrived off Chios. The following day we crossed over to Samos, and the day after, we came to Miletus.

And when they came to him, he said to them: “You know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time—

serving the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews—

After we tore ourselves away from them and set sail, we came by a direct route to Cos, the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

The next day we left and came to Caesarea, where we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven, and stayed with him.

While we were staying there many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into Gentile hands.’”

Then the commander came up, took him into custody, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.

“Since I couldn’t see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus.

came and stood by me and said, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight.’ And in that very hour I looked up and saw him.

“After I came back to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple complex, I went into a visionary state

The commander came and said to him, “Tell me—are you a Roman citizen?”

“Yes,” he said.

But the son of Paul’s sister, hearing about their ambush, came and entered the barracks and reported it to Paul.

After five days Ananias the high priest came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus. These men presented their case against Paul to the governor.

But Lysias the commander came and took him from our hands with great force,

After many years, I came to bring charitable gifts and offerings to my nation,

After some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him on the subject of faith in Christ Jesus.

So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium with the commanders and prominent men of the city. When Festus gave the command, Paul was brought in.

Sailing slowly for many days, we came with difficulty as far as Cnidus. Since the wind did not allow us to approach it, we sailed along the south side of Crete off Salmone.

With yet more difficulty we sailed along the coast and came to a place called Fair Havens near the city of Lasea.

When the fourteenth night came, we were drifting in the Adriatic Sea, and in the middle of the night the sailors thought they were approaching land.

When daylight came, they did not recognize the land but sighted a bay with a beach. They planned to run the ship ashore if they could.

As Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself to his hand.

After this, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

From there, after making a circuit along the coast, we reached Rhegium. After one day a south wind sprang up, and the second day we came to Puteoli.

There we found believers and were invited to stay with them for seven days.

And so we came to Rome.

After arranging a day with him, many came to him at his lodging. From dawn to dusk he expounded and witnessed about the kingdom of God. He tried to persuade them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

And the gift is not like the one man’s sin, because from one sin came the judgment, resulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification.

The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more

Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life

The ancestors are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Messiah, who is God over all, praised forever. Amen.

Christ died and came to life for this: that He might rule over both the dead and the living.

When I came to you, brothers, announcing the testimony of God to you, I did not come with brilliance of speech or wisdom.

For man did not come from woman, but woman came from man.

For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman, and all things come from God.

For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.

while you join in helping us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gift that came to us through the prayers of many.

I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn’t have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident about all of you that my joy will also be yours.

When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, the Lord opened a door for me.

Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stones, came with glory, so that the Israelites were not able to look directly at Moses’ face because of the glory from his face—a fading glory—

In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears inside.

When I was present with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have kept myself, and will keep myself, from burdening you in any way.

For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation from Jesus Christ.

I did not go up to Jerusalem to those who had become apostles before me; instead I went to Arabia and came back to Damascus.

This issue arose because of false brothers smuggled in, who came in secretly to spy on the freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.

For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.

And I say this: The law, which came 430 years later, does not revoke a covenant that was previously ratified by God and cancel the promise.

Before this faith came, we were confined under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed.

When the time came to completion, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

When the Messiah came, He proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.

This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them.

along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from them all.

At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them.

For who heard and rebelled? Wasn’t it really all who came out of Egypt under Moses?

If then, perfection came through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there for another priest to appear, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

Now it is evident that our Lord came from Judah, and Moses said nothing about that tribe concerning priests.

For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, who has been perfected forever.

Therefore from one man—in fact, from one as good as dead—came offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as innumerable as the grains of sand by the seashore.

If they were thinking about where they came from, they would have had an opportunity to return.

For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the most holy place by the high priest as a sin offering are burned outside the camp.

Let us then go to Him outside the camp, bearing His disgrace.

For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, a voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory:

This is My beloved Son.
I take delight in Him!

And we heard this voice when it came from heaven while we were with Him on the holy mountain.

because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ—He is the One who came by water and blood, not by water only, but by water and by blood. And the Spirit is the One who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

For I was very glad when some brothers came and testified to your faithfulness to the truth—how you are walking in the truth.

He had seven stars in His right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth, and His face was shining like the sun at midday.

“Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna:

“The First and the Last, the One who was dead and came to life, says:

Flashes of lightning and rumblings of thunder came from the throne. Seven fiery torches were burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.

He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of the One seated on the throne.

Another angel, with a gold incense burner, came and stood at the altar. He was given a large amount of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar in front of the throne.

He opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great furnace so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.

Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power was given to them like the power that scorpions have on the earth.

This is how I saw the horses in my vision: The horsemen had breastplates that were fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and from their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur.

A third of the human race was killed by these three plagues—by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came from their mouths.

Another angel came out of the sanctuary, crying out in a loud voice to the One who was seated on the cloud, “Use your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, since the harvest of the earth is ripe.”

Then another angel who also had a sharp sickle came out of the sanctuary in heaven.

Yet another angel, who had authority over fire, came from the altar, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from earth’s vineyard, because its grapes have ripened.”

Out of the sanctuary came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean, bright linen, with gold sashes wrapped around their chests.

Then the seventh poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the sanctuary from the throne, saying, “It is done!”

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the judgment of the notorious prostitute who sits on many waters.

A voice came from the throne, saying:

Praise our God,
all His slaves, who fear Him,
both small and great!

A sharp sword came from His mouth, so that He might strike the nations with it. He will shepherd them with an iron scepter. He will also trample the winepress of the fierce anger of God, the Almighty.

The rest were killed with the sword that came from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the people who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.

They came up over the surface of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed them.

Then one of the seven angels, who had held the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me: “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”