I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs upon the earth below, yes, blood and fire and smoky mist.

As long as it was unsold, was it not yours, and when it was sold, was not the money at your disposal? How could you have the heart to do such a thing! You did not lie to men but to God!"

Peter said to her, "Tell me, did you sell the land for such and such a sum?" She answered, "Yes, that is it."

Peter said to her, "How could both of you agree in such a way to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door; they will carry you out, too."

so that they kept bringing out into the streets their sick ones and putting them on little couches or pallets, that at least the shadow of Peter, as he went by, might fall on some of them.

Even from the towns around Jerusalem crowds continued coming in to bring their sick ones and those troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.

So Simon himself came to believe too, and after he was baptized he continued to be devoted to Philip, and he was always thrilled at seeing such great signs and wonder-works continuously performed.

For I am going to show him how great are the sufferings he must endure for my name's sake."

and saw the sky opened, and something like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the earth by the four corners,

This took place three times; then all at once the thing was taken up into the sky.

"I was praying in the town of Joppa, and while I was praying I fell in a trance and had a vision. I saw something like a great sheet coming down out of the sky, lowered by the four comers; and it came right down to me.

This took place three times; then all at once the whole thing was drawn back into the sky.

At Iconium too they went to the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks came to believe.

But some members of the Pharisaic party, who had become believers, arose and said that such converts must be circumcised and told to keep the law of Moses.

So that the rest of mankind may earnestly seek the Lord, Yes, all the heathen who are called by my name, says the Lord,

who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul, however, did not consider such a man fit to take along with them, the man who deserted them in Pamphylia and did not go on with them to the work.

Because he had such strict orders, he put them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

God also continued to do such wonder-works through Paul

as an instrument that the people carried off to the sick, towels or aprons used by him, and at their touch they were cured of their diseases, and the evil spirits went out of them.

In a way of just such power as this the Lord's message kept on spreading and prevailing.

Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? Why, I am ready not only to be bound at Jerusalem but to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

They listened to him until he said this, and then all at once they shouted, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He is certainly not fit to live!"

the colonel ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks, and told them to examine him by flogging, in order that he might find out why they were crying out against him in such a way.

For the Sadducees hold that there is no resurrection, and no such thing as an angel or spirit, but the Pharisees believe in all of them.

I was at a loss how to investigate such matters and so asked Paul if he would go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters.

but I began to preach first to the people of Damascus and Jerusalem, and all over Judea, and then to the heathen, to repent and turn to God, and to live lives consistent with such repentance.

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

Because this cure was performed, the rest of the sick people on the island kept coming to him and by degrees were cured.

Although they know full well God's sentence that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only practice them but even applaud others who do them.

Now we know that God's judgment justly falls on those who practice such sins as these.

And you, who pose as a judge of those who practice such sins and yet continue doing the same yourself, do you for once suppose that you are going to escape the judgment of God?

It was not for his sake alone that it was written, "It was credited to him";

for if you live by such a standard, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you put a stop to the doings of your lower nature, you will live.

For nature did not of its own accord give up to failure; it was for the sake of Him who let it thus be given up, in the hope

For we were saved in such a hope.

As the Scripture says: "For your sake we are being put to death the livelong day; we are treated like sheep to be slaughtered."

for I could wish myself accursed, even cut off from Christ, for the sake of my brothers, my natural kinsmen.

Therefore, you must obey them, not only for the sake of escaping punishment, but also for conscience' sake;

Stop undoing the work of God just for the sake of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything when it makes another stumble.

May God, who gives men patient endurance and encouragement, grant you such harmony with one another, in accordance with the standard which Christ Jesus sets,

Now I beg you, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit inspires, to wrestle with me in prayers to God on my behalf,

For such men are really not serving our Lord Christ but their own base appetites, and by their fair and flattering talk they are deceiving the hearts of unsuspecting people.

Now I beg you all, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to be harmonious in what you say and not to have factions among you, but to be perfectly harmonious in your minds and judgments.

For we have become a spectacle to the universe, to angels as well as men. For Christ's sake we are held as fools, while you through union with Christ are men of wisdom. We are weak; you are strong. You are held in honor; we in dishonor.

to turn such a man as this over to Satan for the destruction of his lower nature, in order that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.

Your ground for boasting about such a case is not good. Are you not aware that a little yeast will change the whole lump of dough?

Now what I really meant was for you to stop associating with any so-called brother, if he is sexually immoral, a greedy grasper, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler -- with such a person you must even stop eating.

Do you not know that God's people are to judge the world? And if the world is to be judged before you, are you unfit to try such petty cases?

But if the unbelieving consort actually leaves, let the separation stand. In such cases the Christian husband or wife is not morally bound; God has called us to live in peace.

Were you called while a slave? Stop letting that annoy you. Yet, if you can win your freedom, take advantage of such an opportunity.

But it is not in all of you that such knowledge is found. Some, because of their past habits with idols, even down to the present moment, still eat such food as was really sacrificed to an idol, and so their consciences, because they are overscrupulous, are contaminated.

Now if in such a way you sin against your brothers and wound their overscrupulous consciences, you are actually sinning against Christ.

And I do it all for the sake of the good news, so as to share with others in its blessings.

Do you not know that in a race the runners all run, but only one can get the prize? You must run in such a way that you can get the prize.

As a rule eat anything that is sold in the meat market without raising any question about it for conscience' sake,

If some unbelieving heathen invites you to his house, and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question for conscience' sake.

But if someone says to you, "This meat has been offered as a heathen sacrifice," make it your rule not to eat it, for the sake of the man who warned you and for conscience' sake;

and man was not created for woman's sake, but woman was for man's sake.

This is why many of you are sick and feeble, and a considerable number are falling asleep.

to another, through union with the same Spirit, faith; to another, by one and the same Spirit, power to cure the sick;

And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as prophets, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then people with power to cure the sick, helpers, managers, ecstatic speakers.

Not all are people with power to cure the sick, are they? Not all are ecstatic speakers, are they? Not all can explain ecstatic speaking, can they?

If I should have the gift of prophecy, And know all secret truths, and knowledge in its every form, and have such perfect faith that I could move mountains, but have no love, I am nothing.

Now if we preach that Christ has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you are saying that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?

For just as all men die by virtue of their descent from Adam, so all such as are in union with Christ will be made to live again.

Why too do we ourselves run such risks every hour?

Yes, they have cheered my spirit, and yours too. You must deeply appreciate such men.

The man that you forgive I too forgive. For if I have forgiven him anything, it is what I have forgiven him in the very presence of Christ for your sake,

Now who is qualified for such a task? I am, for I am not a peddler of God's message, like the most of them, but like a man of sincerity, like a man that is sent from God and living in His presence, in union with Christ I speak His message.

Such is the confidence I have through Christ in the presence of God.

For if the service connected with condemnation had such splendor, the service resulting in right standing with God will surely far surpass it in splendor.

So, as I have such a hope, I speak with the greatest boldness,

For I am not proclaiming myself but Christ Jesus as Lord, and myself a slave of yours for Jesus' sake.

For all the time I continue to live I am being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that in my mortal lower nature the life of Jesus may be clearly shown.

So, since we have such promises as these, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles our bodies and spirits, and in reverence to God carry on our consecration to completeness.

I do not mean this for your condemnation, because, as I have said before, you have such a place in my heart that I would live with you or die with you.

I am glad of it now, not because you had such sorrow, but because your sorrow led you to repentance, for you took your sorrow in accordance with the will of God, so that you should not suffer any loss at all from me.

So, although I did write to you, it was not for the offender's sake, nor for the offended party's sake, but in the sight of God for the sake of having your enthusiasm for me made perfectly clear to you. This is why I am so comforted.

to keep me -- not to mention you -- from being humiliated for having such confidence in you, if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready.

Such people should consider this: When I arrive for action I shall do exactly what I said I would in my letters when far away.

For such men are sham apostles, dishonest workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

Are they ministers of Christ? So am I. I am talking like a man that has gone crazy -- as such I am superior! -- serving Him with labors greater by far, with far more imprisonments, with floggings vastly worse, and often at the point of death.

On behalf of this man with such an experience I will boast, but on behalf of myself personally I will boast only about my weaknesses.

So I most happily boast about my weaknesses, so that the strength of Christ may overshadow me. That is why I take such pleasure in weaknesses, insults, distresses, persecution, and difficulties, which I endure for Christ's sake, for it is when I am consciously weak that I am really strong.

they did not try it even for the sake of the false brothers who had been smuggled in, who stole in to spy out the freedom we enjoy in Christ Jesus, so as to make us slaves again.

Such persuasion never came from Him who called you.

As for me, myself, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In such a case the hindrance done by the cross has presumably ceased!

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I now warn you, as I have done before, that those who practice such things shall not be heirs of the kingdom of God.

gentleness, self-control. There is no law against such things.

This is why I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of the heathen --

So I beg you not to lose heart over the sorrows that I am suffering for your sake, for they bring you honor.

So I, a prisoner for the Lord's sake, entreat you to live lives worthy of the call you have received,

for the sake of which I am an envoy in prison: so that, when I tell it, I may speak as courageously as I ought.

Never in the slightest degree be frightened by your opponents, for such fearlessness will be strong evidence to them of their impending destruction, but to you a sure sign, and that from God, of your salvation.

For it has been graciously granted to you for Christ's sake, not only to trust in Him but also to suffer for Him,

For I have no one else with a heart like his who would take such genuine interest in you,

for he has been longing to see you and has been homesick because you have heard that he was sick.

For he was so sick that he was on the point of dying, but God took pity on him, and not only on him but on me too, to keep me from having one sorrow after another.

because he came near dying for the sake of the Lord's work and risked his life to make up for your lack of opportunity to minister to me.