these men are not drunk, as you imagine. Why, it is only nine in the morning!

and all the prophets who have spoken since Samuel and his successors have also announced these days.

"What are we to do with these men?" they said. "It is plain to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem that a miracle has admittedly been worked by them. That we cannot deny.

So now, O Lord, consider the threats of these men, and grant that thy servants may be perfectly fearless in speaking thy word,

With these orders they went into the temple about dawn and proceeded to teach. Meantime the high priest and his allies met, called the Sanhedrin together and the council of seniors belonging to the sons of Israel, and then sent to prison for the men.

To these facts we bear witness, with the holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him."

Then he said, "Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.

So I advise you to-day to leave these men to themselves. Let them alone. If this project or enterprise springs from men, it will collapse;

During these days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists began to complain against the Hebrews, on the ground that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

these men they presented to the apostles, who, after prayer, laid their hands upon them.

Then he knelt down and cried aloud, "Lord, let not this sin stand against them!" With these words he slept the sleep of death.

So Ananias went off and entered the house, laying his hands on him with these words, "Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord, by Jesus who appeared to you on the road, to let you regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit."

"Can anyone refuse water for the baptism of these people ??people who have received the holy Spirit just as we ourselves have?"

The Spirit told me to have no hesitation in accompanying them; these six brothers went with me as well, and we entered the man's house.

During these days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch,

For these are the Lord's orders to us: I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the end of the earth."

The holy Spirit and we have decided not to impose any extra burden on you, apart from these essential requirements:

She followed Paul and the rest of us, shrieking, "These men are servants of the Most High God, they proclaim to you the way of salvation!"

Bringing them before the praetors they declared, "These fellows are Jews who are making an agitation in our town;

When day broke, the praetors sent the lictors with the message, "Release these men."

but as they failed to find Paul and Silas they haled Jason and some of the brothers before the politarchs, yelling, "These upsetters of the whole world have come here too!

But as these are merely questions of words and persons and your own Law, you can attend to them for yourselves. I decline to adjudicate upon matters like that."

After these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to travel through Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. "After I get there," he said, "I must also visit Rome."

Instead of that, you have brought these men here who are guilty neither of sacrilege nor of blasphemy against our goddess.

With these words he dismissed the assembly.

you know yourselves how these hands of mine provided everything for my own needs and for my companions.

With these words he knelt down and prayed beside them all.

We found out the local disciples and stayed there for seven days. These disciples told Paul by the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem;

After these days we packed up and started for Jerusalem,

associate yourself with them, purify yourself with them, pay their expenses so that they may be free to have their heads shaved, and then everybody will understand there is nothing in these stories about you, but that, on the contrary, you are guided by obedience to the Law.

Examine him for yourself and you will be able to find out about all these charges of ours against him."

and it was in presenting these that I was found within the temple. I was ceremonially pure, I was not mixed up in any mob or riot; no, the trouble was caused by some Jews from Asia,

Failing them, let these men yonder tell what fault they found with my appearance before the Sanhedrin! ??21 unless it was with the single sentence I uttered, when I stood and said, 'It is for the resurrection of the dead that I am on my trial to-day before you.'"

As Festus wanted to ingratiate himself with the Jews, he asked Paul, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there by me upon these charges?"

As I felt at a loss about the method of inquiry into such topics, I asked if he would go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

"Long or short," said Paul, "I would to God that not only you but all my hearers to-day could be what I am ??barring these chains!"

when Paul said to the officer and the soldiers, "You cannot be saved unless these men stay by the ship."

With these words he took a loaf and after thanking God, in presence of them all, broke it and began to eat.

And these words counted to him have not been written for him alone

do not pride yourself at the expense of these branches. Remember, in your pride, the stem supports you, not you the stem.

You must not commit adultery, you must not kill, you must not steal, you must not covet ??these and any other command are summed up in a single word, You must love your neighbour as yourself.

he who serves Christ on these lines, is acceptable to God and esteemed by men.

Peace, then, and the building up of each other, these are what we must aim at.

But now, as I have no further scope for work in these parts, and as for a number of years I have had a longing to visit you

Such was their decision; and yet this is a debt they owe to these people, for if the Gentiles have shared their spiritual blessings, they owe them a debt of aid in material blessings.

Thus you lack no spiritual endowment during these days of waiting till our Lord Jesus Christ is revealed;

Brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ I beg of you all to drop these party-cries. There must be no cliques among you; you must regain your common temper and attitude.

The unspiritual man rejects these truths of the Spirit of God; to him they are 'sheer folly,' he cannot understand them. And the reason is, that they must be read with the spiritual eye.

I will come to you before long, if the Lord wills, and then I will find out from these puffed up creatures not what their talk but what their power amounts to.

For married people these are my instructions (and they are the Lord's, not mine). A wife is not to separate from her husband ??11 if she has separated, she must either remain single or be reconciled to him ??and a husband must not put away his wife.

Well, what I think is this: that, considering the imminent distress in these days, it would be an excellent plan for you to remain just as you are.

Only, I have not availed myself of any of these rights, and I am not writing in order to secure any such provision for myself. I would die sooner than let anyone deprive me of this, my source of pride.

But all these effects are produced by one and the same Spirit, apportioning them severally to each individual as he pleases.

Thus 'faith and hope and love last on, these three,' but the greatest of all is love.

As these great promises are ours, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates either flesh or spirit; let us be fully consecrated by reverence for God].

Titus is my colleague, he shares my work for you, and these brothers of mine are apostles of the church, a credit to Christ.

At the same time I am sending these brothers just in case my pride in you should prove an empty boast in this particular instance; I want you to be "all ready," as I have been telling them that you would be,

That is why I have thought it necessary to ask these brothers to go on in advance and get your promised contribution ready in good time. I want it to be forthcoming as a generous gift, not as money wrung out of you.

I hold I am not one whit inferior to these precious 'apostles'!

Now this is playing the fool! But you forced me to it, instead of coming forward yourselves and vouching for me. That was what I deserved; for, 'nobody' as I am, I am not one whit inferior to these precious 'apostles.'

Besides, the so-called 'authorities' (it makes no difference to me what their status used to be ??God pays no regard to the externals of men), these 'authorities' had no additions to make to my gospel.

Besides, Scripture anticipated God's justification of the Gentiles by faith when it announced the gospel beforehand to Abraham in these terms: All nations shall be blessed in thee.

And because no one is justified on the score of the Law before God (plainly, the just shall live by faith, ??12 and the Law is not based on faith: no, he who performs these things shall live by them),

These men make much of you ??yes, but for dishonest ends; they want to debar you from us, so that you may make much of them.

These men who are keen upon you getting circumcised are just men who want to make a grand display in the flesh ??it is simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Let no one deceive you with specious arguments; these are the vices that bring down God's anger on the sons of disobedience.

make the very most of your time, for these are evil days.

Well then, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. I am repeating this word 'rejoice' in my letter, but that does not tire me and it is the safe course for you. ??2 Beware of these dogs, these wicked workmen, the incision-party!

Destruction is their fate, the belly is their god, they glory in their shame, these men of earthly mind!

And you, my true comrade, lend a hand to these women, I beg of you; they have fought at my side in the active service of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.

He cancelled the regulations that stood against us ??all these obligations he set aside when he nailed them to the cross,

"Hands off this!" "Taste not that!" "Touch not this!" ??22 referring to things that perish by being used? These rules are determined by human precepts and tenets;

and so does Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only comrades in the work of God's realm, belonging to the circumcised, who have been any comfort to me.

to prevent anyone being disturbed by these troubles. (Troubles are our lot, you know that well;

not to gratify sensual passion like the Gentiles in their ignorance of God ??6 no one is to defraud or overreach his brother in this matter, for the Lord avenges all these sins, as we told you already in our solemn protest against them.

Now then, encourage one another with these words.

I transmit these instructions to you, Timotheus my son, in accordance with what the prophets said who first directed me to you; fight the good fight on these lines,

Shut your mind against these profane, drivelling myths; train for the religious life.

Give these orders and teach these lessons.

Attend to these duties, let them absorb you, so that all men may note your progress.

In the presence of God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels, I adjure you to be unprejudiced in carrying out these orders; be absolutely impartial.

For these guides of theirs are hostile to the Truth, just as Jannes and Jambres were hostile to Moses; they are depraved in mind and useless for all purposes of faith.

However, they will get no further, for their aberration will be detected by everyone, as was the case with these magicians.

But avoid foolish controversy, and let genealogies and dissensions and strife over the Law alone, for these are fruitless and futile.

but in these days at the end he has spoken to us by a Son ??a Son whom he appointed heir of the universe, as it was by him that he created the world.

so that by these two solid facts (the Promise and the Oath), where it is impossible for God to be false, we refugees might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us,

Now, while the copies of the heavenly things had to be cleansed with sacrifices like these, the heavenly things themselves required nobler sacrifices.

He begins by saying, thou hast no desire for, thou takest no delight in, sacrifices and offerings and holocausts and sin-offerings (and these are what are offered in terms of the Law);

Now where these are remitted, an offering for sin exists no longer.

(These all died in faith without obtaining the promises; they only saw them far away and hailed them, owning they were 'strangers and exiles upon earth.'

Do not forget beneficence and charity, either; these are the kind of sacrifices that are acceptable to God.

Where do conflicts, where do wrangles come from, in your midst? Is it not from these passions of yours that war among your members?

see that you have a clean conscience, so that, for all their slander of you, these libellers of your good Christian behaviour may be ashamed.

By the hand of Silvanus, a faithful brother (in my opinion), I have written you these few lines of encouragement, to testify that this is what the true grace of God means. Stand in that grace.

For as these qualities exist and increase with you, they render you active and fruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;

whereas he who has not these by him is blind, shortsighted, oblivious that he has been cleansed from his erstwhile sins.

So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip;

whereas even angels, superior in might and power, lay no scoffing charge against these before the Lord.

These people are waterless fountains and mists driven by a squall, for whom the nether gloom of darkness is reserved.

Despite it all, these visionaries pollute their flesh, scorn the Powers celestial, and scoff at the angelic Glories.