When Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began the prosecution. "Your Excellency Felix," he said, "since through your efforts we enjoy perfect peace, and through your foresight this nation is securing needed reforms,

The governor made a sign to Paul to speak, and he answered, "As I know that for many years you have acted as judge for this nation, I cheerfully undertake my defense,

He ordered the officer to keep Paul in custody, but to allow him some freedom, and not to prevent his friends from looking after him.

Some days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and sent for Paul and heard what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus.

At the same time he hoped to get money from Paul, and for that reason he used to send for him very often and talk with him.

But when two whole years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and as he wanted to gratify the Jews, Felix left Paul in prison.

and the high priests and Jewish leaders presented their charges against Paul,

and begged him as a favor to order Paul to come to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him on the way.

Festus answered that Paul was being kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon.

After staying only eight or ten days there, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day took his place in the judge's chair, and ordered Paul brought in.

Paul said in his own defense, "I have committed no offense against the Jewish Law or the Temple or the emperor."

Then Festus, wishing to gratify the Jews, said to Paul, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there before me on these charges?"

But Paul said, "I am standing before the emperor's court, where I ought to be tried. I have done the Jews no wrong, as you can easily see.

and as they stayed there several days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king. "There is a man here," he said, "who was left in prison by Felix,

Their differences with him were about their own religion and about a certain Jesus who had died but who Paul said was alive.

But Paul appealed to have his case reserved for his Majesty's decision, and I have ordered him kept in custody until I can send him to the emperor."

So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and went into the audience-room attended by officers and the leading citizens of the town, and at the command of Festus Paul was brought in.

Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You are at liberty to speak in your own defense." So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense.

As he said this in his defense, Festus called out, "You are raving, Paul! Your great learning is driving you mad!"

"I am not raving, your Excellency Festus," said Paul, "I am telling the sober truth.

"You are in a hurry to persuade me and make a Christian of me!" Agrippa said to Paul.

"In a hurry or not," said Paul, "I would to God that not only you, but all who hear me today, might be what I am??xcept for these chains!"

When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were turned over to an officer of the Imperial regiment, named Julius.

The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius kindly allowed Paul to go and see his friends and be taken care of.

As a great deal of time had now passed, and navigation had become dangerous, for the autumn fast was already over, Paul began to warn them.

But the officer was more influenced by the pilot and the captain than by what Paul had to say,

Then, when they had gone a long time without food, Paul got up among them, and said, "Gentlemen, you ought to have listened to me and not to have sailed from Crete and incurred this disaster and loss.

and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before the emperor, and see! God has given you the lives of all the people who are on the ship with you.'

but Paul said to the officers and the soldiers, "You cannot be saved unless these men stay on board."

Until daybreak Paul kept urging them all to take something to eat. "For fourteen days," he said, "you have been constantly on the watch, without taking anything to eat.

but the officer wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from doing this, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

Paul gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, when a viper crawled out of them because of the heat and fastened on his hand.

Publius' father happened to be sick in bed with fever and dysentery, and Paul went to see him and after praying laid his hands on him and cured him.

The brothers there had had news of our coming, and came as far as Appius' Forum and Three Taverns to meet us, and when Paul saw them he thanked God and was greatly encouraged.

When we reached Rome, Paul was given permission to live by himself, with a soldier to guard him.

As they could not agree among themselves, they started to leave, when Paul added one last word. "The holy Spirit put it finely," he said, "when it said to your forefathers through the prophet Isaiah,

Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to declare God's good news,

Paul, by the will of God called as an apostle of Jesus Christ, and our brother Sosthenes,

What I mean is this, that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul," another, "And I, of Apollos," another, "And I, of Cephas," and another, "And I, of Christ!"

Christ has been divided up! But was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

For when one man says, "I am a follower of Paul," and another, "I am a follower of Apollos," are you not simply human?

What is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Just servants through whom you came to have faith, as the Lord gave each of us opportunity.

So no one should boast about men. For it all belongs to you??22 Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present, the future??ll of it belongs to you.

This farewell I, Paul, add in my own hand.

Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is at Corinth, and all God's people all over Greece;

I appeal to you personally, by the gentleness and forbearance of Christ??he Paul who is so humble when face to face with you, but so bold in dealing with you when he is far away!

Paul, an apostle not from men nor sent by any man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead??2 and all the brothers who are here with me, to the churches of Galatia;

Why, I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ can do nothing for you.

Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus, to God's people who are steadfast in Christ Jesus;

This is why I, Paul, whom Jesus the Christ has made a prisoner for the sake of you heathen??2 if at least you have heard how I dealt with the mercy of God that was given me for you,

Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the devoted adherents of Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the superintendents and assistants;

Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Timothy,

through dying in his human body) in holiness, and free from reproach or blame, into God's presence??23 if at least you continue firm and steadfast in the exercise of faith, and never shift from the hope held out in the good news to which you listened, which has been preached all over the world, and for which I, Paul, became a worker.

This farewell is in my own hand, from Paul. Remember that I am in prison. God bless you.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the Thessalonian church in union with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; God bless you and give you peace.

For we resolved to come to see you??, Paul, did so again and again??ut Satan held us back.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the Thessalonian church in union with God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;

This greeting is in my own hand, Paul's; it is the mark in every letter of mine. This is the way I write.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by order of God our Savior and of Jesus Christ our hope,

Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus in fulfilment of the promise of that life which is found in union with Christ Jesus,

Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to arouse faith in those whom God has chosen, and the comprehension of religious truth,

Paul, a prisoner for Jesus Christ, and brother Timothy, to our dear fellow-worker Philemon,

I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it??ot to mention the fact that you owe me your very self besides.

Look upon our Lord's patience as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul, with the wisdom that God gave him, wrote you to do,