And the chief priests and the leaders of the Jews brought a complaint before him against Paul, and besought him,

And having tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the morrow, sitting on the judgmentseat, ordered Paul to be brought.

against whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought a complaint, asking for judgment against him.

When therefore they had come together here, without any delay I sat on the judgmentseat on the day after, and ordered the man to be brought forward.

And his accusers standing around him brought no accusation of such things as I had conjectured,

Accordingly on the morrow Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains and principal men of the city, and at the order of Festus Paul was brought forward.

and as I have nothing certain to write about him to the emperor, I have brought him forward before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, that when the examination hath been made, I may have something to write.

And going on board a ship of Adramyttium, about to sail along the coasts of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

And there the centurion, finding a ship of Alexandria about to sail for Italy, put us on board of it.

And as the harbor was not well situated for wintering, the greater part advised to sail thence also, if by any means they might reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, looking toward the southwest and northwest, and there winter.

And after there had been much abstinence from food, Paul stood up in the midst of them and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me, and not have put to sea from Crete, nod thus brought upon yourselves this injury and loss.

And having thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all, and having broken it, he began to eat.

And on the part of the soldiers there was a plan to kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim out and escape.

slanderers, hated of God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of mischief, disobedient to parents,

What then? Are we better than others? By no means! For we have already brought a charge both against Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

For the creation was brought into subjection to vanity not of its own will, but by reason of him who put it into subjection,

in hope that even the creation itself will be set free from the bondage of corruption and brought into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

For which cause also, for the most part, I have been hindered from coming to you.

And these things, brethren, I have transferred in a figure to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us ye may learn not to go beyond what is written, that no one of you may pride himself in one against another.

For I, for my part, though absent in the body, yet present in the spirit have already determined, as if I were present with you, respecting him who thus wrought this deed,

So then let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye show forth the Lords death, till he come.

So that whoever eateth the bread or drinketh the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty with respect to the body and the blood of the Lord.

But let a man examine himself, and thus let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup;

while our seemly parts have no need. But God so put the body together, as to give special honor to that part which lacked,

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part will be done away.

For now we see in a mirror, obscurely; but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall fully know even as I also am fully known.

After that, he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some have fallen asleep.

Fool! that which thou sowest is not brought to life unless it die;

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then will be brought to pass that which is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus; for what was lacking on your part, they supplied;

as also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your glorying, as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

And what concord hath Christ with Beliar? Or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?

But God, that comforteth those who are brought low, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

For I know your readiness of mind, of which I boast in behalf of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was prepared a year ago; and your zeal stirred up the greater part of them.

Now, he that ministereth seed to the sower, and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

and that because of the false brethren stealthily brought in, who crept in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring into bondage;

but now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who formerly were afar off, have been brought nigh by the blood of Christ.

And he came and brought the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off, and of peace to those that were near;

that ye may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,

from whom the whole body, well put together and compacted by means of every supplying joint, is, according to the working of each part in its proportion, building itself up in love.

and that the great part of the brethren, made confident in the Lord by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

because he was near to death on account of the work, hazarding his life to supply what was wanting on your part in the ministration to me.

who also brought to our knowledge your love in the Spirit.

But when Timothy just now came to us from you, and brought us good tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you;

neither did we eat any mans bread for nought, but were working with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you.

Now such we charge and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

not a new convert, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the Devil;

well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

he is puffed up with pride, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, from which cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

For we brought nothing into the world; and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and incorruption to light through the gospel,

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without

And again, when he hath brought in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith: "And let all the angels of God pay him homage."

Since then it still remaineth for some to enter into it, and they to whom the glad tidings of it were first brought did not enter in because of disobedience,

to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth part of all, who by interpretation is first King of righteousness, and then also was King of Salem, which is, King of peace,

For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the highpriest are burned without the camp.

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of an everlasting covenant, even our Lord Jesus,

but he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble."

and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they were ministering the things, which have now been announced to you by them that have brought the glad tidings to you by the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope undoubtingly for the grace that is to be brought to you at the manifestation of Jesus Christ;

In like manner, ye younger men, submit yourselves to the elder; and all of you be clothed with humility toward each other; for "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble."

and spared not the old world, but saved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

but these, as brute beasts, by nature born to be taken and destroyed, railing at things which they understand not, shall even perish in their own corruption,

promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by the same is he also brought into bondage.

because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

For he that biddeth him good speed taketh part in his evil deeds.

But these rail at the things which they know not; but what things they understand naturally, as brute beasts, in these they corrupt themselves.

And I saw, and lo! a pale horse, and the name of him that sat on him was Death; and the underworld was following with him; and there was given to them power over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

And the first sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth; and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

and the third part of the sea became blood; and the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

And the third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters.

And the name of the star is called Wormwood; and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, so that the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night in like manner.

And the four angels were loosed, who were in readiness for the hour, and day, and month, and year, to slay the third part of men.

By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and the smoke, and the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain seven thousand men; and the rest became afraid, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

and his tail dragged the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon standeth before the woman who was about to bring forth, that when she hath brought forth he may devour her child.

And she brought forth a manchild, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.

And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who brought forth the manchild.

And he cried with a strong voice, saying: Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird;

and the light of a lamp shall shine no more in thee, and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard in thee no more; for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; on these the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

And they went up upon the breadth of the earth, and encompassed the camp of the saints, and the beloved city; and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them.

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

But the cowardly, and unbelieving, and the polluted with abominations, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven vials filled with the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither; I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

And the city lieth foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

I Jesus sent my angel to testify these things to you for the churches. I am the shoot and the offspring of David, the bright morningstar.

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him that heareth say, Come! And let him that thirsteth come! Whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

and if any one shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written of in this book.