And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken up from the earth."

"Can anyone refuse the water for these people to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?"

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet, named Bar-Jesus,

But Paul kept insisting that they should not take along one who had deserted them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.

But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities,

When he had gone through those parts and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.

When he had gone back up and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left.

And now, behold, I know that all of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will see my face no more.

as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.

Since you can easily verify that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

Neither can they prove to you the charges they are now making against me.

If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of the charges brought against me is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar."

and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, "This man is not doing anything worthy of death or imprisonment."

As much time had been lost, and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast had already gone by, Paul advised them,

When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss.

Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live any longer in it?

For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will to do what is good, but I cannot do it.

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so;

What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?"

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

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!"

But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have; for "Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world."

The night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

For no other foundation can any one lay than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no man among you wise enough to decide between his brethren,

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it trouble youbut if you can gain your freedom, do so.

Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.

If I give all I have to the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged;

Now if Christ is preached that he has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

For we write you nothing but what you can read and understand; and I hope you will understand fully,

as you have understood us in part, that you can be proud of us just as we can be of you, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

in order that Satan might gain no advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast of work already done in another man's territory.

When you read this, you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

For of this you can be sure, that no immoral, impure, or covetous personsuch a man is an idolaterhas any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

in addition to all this, taking up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

But whatever was gain to me, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

More than that, I count everything to be loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we have no need to say anything.

For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you in return for all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God,

(If a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?).

Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, and not fond of sordid gain;

For those who have served well as deacons gain for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a means of gain.

But godliness with contentment is itself great gain.

who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

who have gone astray from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and upset the faith of some.

for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

For the overseer must be blameless as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not fond of sordid gain,

They must be silenced, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching things they ought not to teach for the sake of sordid gain.

so they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,

and not to steal, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in everything they will adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.

He can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is beset with weakness.

For since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices which are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near.

And every priest stands daily at his service, offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

By faith Abel offered God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his gifts. And through faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

And if they had been thinking of that country from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,

This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, in order that what cannot be shaken may remain.

So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"

What good is it, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has no works? Can such faith save him?

But no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.

shepherd the flock of God that is under your care, serving as overseersnot under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;

Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

For many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for the sake of gain they have rushed headlong into the Balaam's error, and perished in Korah's rebellion.

I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word, and have not denied my name.

Then one of the elders said to me, "Weep not; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals."

for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?"

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshipping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

Men worshipped the dragon, because he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshipped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who can make war against him?"

so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.

As she glorified herself and played the wanton, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, 'A queen I sit, and I am not a widow, mourning I will never see.'

The fruit you longed for has gone from you, and all your riches and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.