Then the chief captain took him by the hand and went aside privately, and asked him, What is it that thou hast to tell me?

And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul tomorrow into the council, as though thou wert about to inquire more thoroughly concerning him.

But do not thou yield to them; for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves with an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him; and they are now ready, looking for the promise from thee.

And he called to him two of the centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night;

and provide beasts, whereon they may set Paul, and carry him safe to Felix the governor.

This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them; but I came upon them with the soldiery, and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

And wishing to know the crime of which they accused him, I brought him down to their council;

but I found him to be accused only on account of questions of their law, and to have nothing laid to his charge deserving death or bonds.

And having been informed of a plot against the man, I sent him at once to thee, and directed his accusers also to bring their charges against him before thee.

Then the soldiers, as was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.

But on the morrow they left the horsemen to go on with him, and returned to the castle.

And they, when they had come to Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him.

he said, I will hear thee fully, when thy accusers also have arrived. And he ordered him to be kept in Herods palace.

And when he had been called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy much peace, and that improvements are in every way and everywhere taking place in this nation through thy foresight,

who also attempted to profane the temple, and we apprehended him;

and from him thou canst thyself ascertain by examination all these things of which we accuse him.

And the Jews also joined in the charges against him, affirming that these things were so.

Then Paul, after the governor had beckoned to him to speak, answered, Since I know that thou hast been for many years a judge for this nation, I answer for myself cheerfully;

He also gave orders to the centurion to guard him, and let him have indulgence, and not to forbid any of his friends to do him service.

And after some days, Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

He hoped also that money would be given him by Paul; on which account he sent for him the oftener, and conversed with him.

And the chief priests and the leaders of the Jews brought a complaint before him against Paul, and besought him,

asking for themselves a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, intending to place men in wait to kill him on the road.

against whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought a complaint, asking for judgment against him.

To whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man on a charge, before the accused hath the accusers face to face, and hath opportunity to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

And his accusers standing around him brought no accusation of such things as I had conjectured,

but had against him certain questions of their own religion, and of one Jesus that was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

And I being at a loss about such questions, asked him if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be put on trial for these matters.

But Paul having appealed to be kept in custody for the judgment of Augustus, I ordered him to be kept till I should send him up to Caesar.

Then Agrippa said to Festus, I should like to hear the man myself. Tomorrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

But having found that he had done nothing deserving death, and he himself having appealed to Augustus, I determined to send him;

and as I have nothing certain to write about him to the emperor, I have brought him forward before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, that when the examination hath been made, I may have something to write.

For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner and not signify the charges against him;

For the king knoweth about these things well; to whom also I speak boldly; for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him: for this was not done in a corner.

And the next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go to his friends, and receive their care.

But they were looking for his becoming swollen, or suddenly falling down dead. But after looking a great while, and seeing no harm come to him they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

And it happened that the father of Publius was lying sick with a fever and dysentery; to whom Paul went in, and, when he had prayed, laid his hands on him, and healed him.

And when we had come to Rome, Paul was permitted to dwell by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.

And they said to him, We neither received letters from Judea concerning thee, nor did any one of the brethren that came report or speak any evil of thee.

And when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging; to whom he expounded, and earnestly testified, the kingdom of God, endeavoring to persuade them concerning Jesus both from the Law of Moses, and from the Prophets, from morning till evening.

And he abode two whole years in his own hired house and gladly received all that came in to him,

Because though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful to him; but became perverse in their reasonings, and their senseless minds were darkened;

in order to manifest his righteousness at the present time, so that he may be righteous, and accept as righteous him who hath faith.

For what saith the scripture? "Abraham had faith in God, and it was accounted unto him as righteousness."

Now to him that performeth works, the reward is not accounted a matter of grace, but of debt;

but to him who without performing works hath faith in him who accepteth as righteous one that hath been ungodly, his faith is accounted as righteousness;

And therefore it was accounted to him for righteousness.

but for our sakes also, to whom it will be so accounted through our faith in him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,

Much more then, being now accepted as righteous through his blood, we shall be saved through him from the [coming] wrath.

Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the manner in which Adam transgressed; who is a type of him who was to come.

We then by this baptism into his death were buried with him; that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

For if we have been made completely like him in his death, we shall be made like him in his resurrection also;

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin;

And if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;

since we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dieth no more; death hath dominion over him no longer.

For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is released from the law which bound her to him.

So then, my brethren, ye also were slain to the Law through the body of Christ, that ye might be connected with another, even with him who was raised from the dead, that we might bear fruit to God.

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he who raised up Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and fellowheirs with Christ; if indeed we are suffering with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

For the creation was brought into subjection to vanity not of its own will, but by reason of him who put it into subjection,

He who spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us.

before the children were born, or had done any thing good or evil, to the end that Gods purpose according to election might stand, not depending on works, but on the will of him that calleth,

For he saith to Moses, "On whom I have mercy, on him will I have mercy; and on whom I have compassion, on him will I have compassion."

So then it dependeth not on him that willeth, nor on him that runneth, but on God who showeth mercy.

as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; and he that believeth in him shall not be put to shame."

for if thou shalt acknowledge with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

For the Scripture saith, "Whoever believeth in him shall not be put to shame."

For there is no difference between Jew and Greek; for one and the same is Lord over all, rich to all that call upon him.

How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

But what saith the answer of God to him? "I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

or "who first gave to him, and shall receive a return?"

For from him, and through him, and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

or if service, let us attend to the service; he that teacheth, let him attend to teaching;

or he that exhorteth, to exhortation; he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that presideth over others, with diligence; he that doeth deeds of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Therefore, "if thy enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink. For in so doing thou wilt heap coals of fire on his head."

Let every one submit to the authorities that are over him; for there is no authority which is not from God: and the authorities which exist have been ordained by God.

for the ruler is Gods servant to thee for good. But if thou doest evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain; for he is Gods servant, an avenger to inflict wrath upon him that doeth evil.

Him that is weak in his faith receive with kindness, and not to pass judgment on his thoughts.

Let not him who eateth, despise him that eateth not; and let not him who eateth not, judge him that eateth; for God hath received him.

Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? To his own lord he standeth or falleth; and he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him that accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

For if on account of food thy brother is made to mourn, thou art no longer walking according to love. Do not with thy food destroy him for whom Christ died.

And again: "Praise the Lord, all ye gentiles, and let every people praise him."

And again Isaiah saith: "There shall be the shoot from Jesse, and he that riseth up to rule the gentiles; in him shall the gentiles hope."

but, as it is written: "They, to whom no tidings concerning him came, shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand."

Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which for eternal ages was unrevealed,

that in him ye were enriched in everything, in all utterance, and all knowledge,

But from him it is that ye are in Christ Jesus, who from God was made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption;

that, according as it is written, "He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."

For I determined not to know anything while with you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

but, as it is written: "The things which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, the great things which God hath prepared for those that love him."

For who among men knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of the man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no one but the Spirit of God.

But the unspiritual man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot know them; because they are spiritually discerned.

For "who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

If any one defaceth the temple of God, God will deface him; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

Let no one deceive himself; if any one thinketh himself wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

For I, for my part, though absent in the body, yet present in the spirit have already determined, as if I were present with you, respecting him who thus wrought this deed,

but he that is connected with the Lord is one spirit with him.

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she be satisfied to dwell with him, let him not put her away;