After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to welcome Festus.

So they came here with me, and the next day without any delay I sat down in the judge's seat and ordered the man to be brought in.

Sailing past it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and began praying for daylight to come.

When day came, they didn't recognize the land, but they could see a bay with a beach on which they planned to run the ship ashore, if possible.

Then we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. A day later, a south wind began to blow, and on the second day we came to Puteoli.

The brothers there heard about us and came as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and felt encouraged.

When we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.

So they set a day to meet with Paul and came out in large numbers to see him where he was staying.

For two whole years Paul lived in his own rented place and welcomed everyone who came to him.

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now), so that I might reap a harvest among you, just as I have among the rest of the gentiles.

No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, brought about by the Spirit, not by a written law. That person's praise will come from God, not from people.

Now does this blessedness come to the circumcised alone, or also to the uncircumcised? For we say, "Abraham's faith was credited to him as righteousness."

For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the Law, but through the righteousness produced by faith.

Nevertheless, death ruled from the time of Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the same way Adam did when he disobeyed. He is a foreshadowing of the one who would come.

Nor can the free gift be compared to what came through the man who sinned. For the sentence that followed one man's offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift brought justification, even after many offenses.

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

And so I ask, "They have not stumbled so as to fall, have they?" Of course not! On the contrary, because of their stumbling, salvation has come to the gentiles to make the Jews jealous.

For I want to let you know about this secret, brothers, so that you will not claim to be wiser than you are: Stubbornness has come to part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles comes to faith.

In this way, all Israel will be saved, as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.

But now, having no further opportunities in these regions, I want to come to you, as I've desired to do for many years.

Now that I am on my way to Spain, I hope to see you when I come your way and, after I have enjoyed your company for a while, to be sent on by you.

And I know that when I come to you I will come with the full blessing of the Messiah.

and that if it's God's will, I may come to you with joy and be refreshed together with you.

When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come and tell you about God's secret with rhetorical language or wisdom.

It was in weakness, fear, and great trembling that I came to you.

Who is Apollos, anyhow? Or who is Paul? They're merely servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave to each of us his task.

But I will come to you soon if it's the Lord's will. Then I'll discover not only what these arrogant people are saying but also what power they have,

Which do you prefer? Should I come to you with a stick, or with love and a gentle spirit?

I say this to make you feel ashamed. Has it come to this, that there is not one person among you who is wise enough to settle disagreements between brothers?

Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom everything came into being and for whom we live. And there is only one Lord, Jesus the Messiah, through whom everything came into being and through whom we live.

For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;

For as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But everything comes from God.

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather it may not bring judgment on you. And when I come I will give instructions concerning the other matters.

Indeed, brothers, if I come to you speaking in foreign languages, what good will I be to you unless I speak to you in some revelation, knowledge, prophecy, or teaching?

Now if the whole church gathers in the same place and everyone is speaking in foreign languages, when uneducated people or unbelievers come in, they will say that you are out of your mind, won't they?

For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man.

Then the end will come, when after he has done away with every ruler and every authority and power, the Messiah hands over the kingdom to God the Father.

Come back to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! For some of you I say this to your shame don't fully know God.

But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come back?"

You fool! The seed you plant does not come to life unless it dies,

The spiritual does not come first, but the physical does, and then comes the spiritual.

The first man came from the dust of the earth; the second man came from heaven.

Therefore, no one should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me, because I am expecting him along with the brothers.

I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus came here, because what was lacking they have supplied through you.

Because I was confident, I planned to come to you first so you might receive a double blessing.

I planned to leave you in order to go to Macedonia, and then come back to you from Macedonia, and let you send me on to Judea.

This is the very reason I wrote you, so that when I did come I might not be made sad by those who should have made me happy. For I had confidence that all of you would share the joy that I have.

By ourselves we are not qualified to claim that anything comes from us. Rather, our credentials come from God,

Now if the ministry of death that was inscribed in letters of stone came with such glory that the people of Israel could not gaze on Moses' face (because the glory was fading away from it),

For if that which fades away came through glory, how much more does that which is permanent have glory?

For even when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest. We suffered in a number of ways. Outwardly there were conflicts, inwardly there were fears.

Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find out that you are not ready, we would be humiliated to say nothing of you in this undertaking.

I beg you that when I come I will not need to be courageous by daring to oppose some people who think that we are living according to the flesh.

For it is not as though we were overstepping our limits when we came to you. We were the first to reach you with the gospel of the Messiah.

When I was with you and needed something, I did not bother any of you, because our brothers who came from Macedonia supplied everything I needed. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

I am afraid that I may come and somehow find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.

I am afraid that when I come my God may again humble me before you and that I may have to grieve over many who formerly lived in sin and have not repented of their impurity, sexual immorality, and promiscuity that they once practiced.

I have already warned those who sinned previously and all the rest. Although I am absent now, I am warning them as I did on my second visit: If I come back, I will not spare you,

For this reason I am writing this while I am away from you: When I come I do not want to be severe in using the authority the Lord gave me to build you up and not to tear you down.

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me. Instead, I went away to Arabia and then came back to Damascus.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly wrong.

Until some men arrived from James, he was in the habit of eating with the gentiles, but after those men came, he withdrew from the gentiles and would not associate with them any longer, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

This happened in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the gentiles through the Messiah Jesus, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

This is what I mean: The Law that came 430 years later did not cancel the covenant that God ratified previously. The promise was never nullified.

Why, then, was the Law added? Because of transgressions, until the descendant came about whom the promise pertained. It was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.

So is the Law in conflict with the promises of God? Of course not! For if a law had been given that could give us life, then certainly righteousness would come through the Law.

Now before faith came about, we were held in custody and confined under the Law in preparation for the faith that was to be revealed.

And so the Law was our guardian until the Messiah came, so that we might be justified by faith.

But now that faith has come about, we are no longer under a guardian.

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent his Son, born by a woman, born under the Law,

Such influence does not come from the one who calls you.

He is far above every ruler, authority, power, dominion, and every name that can be named, not only in the present age, but also in the one to come.

For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God

He came and proclaimed peace for you who were far away and for you who were near.

However, that is not the way you came to know the Messiah.

Pray also for me, so that, when I begin to speak, the right words will come to me. Then I will boldly make known the secret of the gospel,

The only thing that matters is that you continue to live as good citizens in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Messiah. Then, whether I come to see you or whether I stay away, I may hear all about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, struggling with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

Indeed, I am confident in the Lord that I will come to visit you soon.

because he came close to death for the work of the Messiah by risking his life to complete what remained unfinished in your service to me.

that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and spreading all over the world, so it has been doing among you from the day you heard it and came to know the grace of God in truth.

Because they are united in love, I pray that their hearts may be encouraged by all the riches that come from a complete understanding of the full knowledge of the Messiah, who is the mystery of God.

These are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to the Messiah.

for the gospel we brought did not come to you in words only, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction. Indeed, you know what kind of people we proved to be while we were with you, acting on your behalf.

and to wait for his Son whom he raised from the dead to come back from heaven. This Jesus is the one who rescues us from the coming wrath.

As you know, we did not come with flattering words or with a scheme to make money. God is our witness!

That is why we wanted to come to you. Certainly I, Paul, wanted to come time and again, but Satan blocked our way.

With a shout of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of God's trumpet, the Lord himself will come down from heaven, and the dead who belong to the Messiah will rise first.

for you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

When people say, "There is peace and security," destruction will strike them as suddenly as labor pains come to a pregnant woman, and they will not be able to escape.

not to be so quickly upset or alarmed when someone claims that we said, either by some spirit, conversation, or letter that the Day of the Lord has already come.

Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for it will not come unless the rebellion takes place first and the man of sin, who is destined for destruction, is revealed.

This is a trustworthy saying that deserves complete acceptance: To this world Messiah came, sinful people to reclaim.

who wants all people to be saved and to come to know the truth fully.

I hope to come to you soon. However, I'm writing this to you

and gentle when refuting opponents. After all, maybe God will allow them to repent and to come to a full knowledge of the truth,

You must realize, however, that in the last days difficult times will come.

For the time will come when people will not tolerate healthy doctrine, but with itching ears will surround themselves with teachers who cater to their people's own desires.

I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for my departure has come.