We looked up the local disciples and remained there seven days; and these disciples kept telling Paul, through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem.

As soon as we heard these words, both we and those who were standing near entreated Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

From him you will be able, by examining Paul yourself, to learn the truth of all these charges we are bringing against him."

The Jews also joined in the charge, maintaining that these were the facts.

"and having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there is to be a resurrection both of the just and the unjust.

"Or let these men themselves say what fault they found, when I appeared before the Sanhedrin!

But Festus, wishing to ingratiate himself with the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there by me upon these charges?"

I was perplexed how to investigate such questions, and asked Paul whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.

"I am speaking words of sober truth. For the King, to whom I am speaking freely, knows of these matters. I am persuaded that not one of these things has escaped his notice; for these things were not done in a corner.

"Long or short," answered Paul, "my prayer to God is that not only you but all who are my hearers this day might become such as I am, save for these chains."

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these men remain on the ship, you cannot be saved."

These loaded us with many honors and, when at last we set sail, they put on board such things as we needed.

Now these words were not written simply for his sake, but for us as well.

and being set free from sin, you became the slaves of righteousness??19 I speak in these homely figures because of the weakness of your fleshly nature??ust as you once surrendered your faculties into slavery to impurity and to all lawlessness, so now you must surrender your faculties into slavery to righteousness, unto deeds of holiness.

What shall we say then, to these things? If God be for us, Who can be against us?

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors Through Him who loved us.

For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a mere wild olive tree, and have been grafted, contrary to nature, into a fruitful olive tree, how much more shall these, the natural branches, be regrafted into their own olive tree?

Carry out these injunctions because you know the crisis that we are in, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.

Those who are slaving for Christ devotedly in these ways, are well pleasing to God and highly commended by man.

But now, since I have no more any "opening" in these parts, and since I have longed for many years to come to you

Of these high themes we speak in words not taught by human philosophy, but by the Spirit; interpreting spiritual things to spiritual men.

Now these things, brothers, I have applied in a figure to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that in us you might learn not to go beyond what is written; that none of you be puffed up for the one, against the other.

But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord, and then I shall learn not the talk of these boasters, but their power.

But for my part, I have never availed myself of any of these rights. I do not say this to bring it about in my own case. I would rather die than let any one make void this boast of mine.

I am become weak to the weak, to win the weak. I am become all these things to all men that, by any and by all means, I may save some.

Now these things were happening to them typically, but were written down for our admonition who stand at the meeting of the ages.

Faith, Hope, Love endure??hese three; but the greatest of these is Love.

to these latter an odor of death to death, to the former, of life to life. For such service as this, who is sufficient?

As these promises are ours, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and of spirit, and perfect our holiness in the fear of God.

So show to the churches an evidence of your love, and a justification to these brothers of my boasting about you.

So I have thought that I must ask these brothers to visit you beforehand, and get your promised contribution ready in advance. I want it to be given of your bounty, not extorted from your covetousness.

Look these facts in the face. If any man is fully persuaded as regards himself that he belongs to Christ, let him consider again with himself, that just as he is Christ's, so also am I.

I am become a fool??ou have forced me to; for you yourselves ought to have been my vindicators. In no respect am I inferior to these superapostolic apostles, even though I am nothing.

and the Law has nothing to do with faith, but declares, The man that has done these things shall live therein.

These men are courting your favor to no good purpose. They want to isolate you, so that you will be courting their favor.

Now all this is an allegory, for these women are the two covenants; one from Mount Sinai, which is Hagar bearing children into bondage

envy, drunkenness, revellings, and things like these. I tell you beforehand, as I have already told you, that those who practise such sins shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

These being past feeling have given themselves over to sensuality, in order to practise every form of impurity with greedy zest.

Let no man deceive you with empty arguments, for it is these vices that bring down the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience;

but all these things, when exposed, are by the light made manifest, and what is made manifest is light.

It is but just that I should be thus mindful of you all, because I have you in my heart, and because in these fetters of mine and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel you are all my fellow partners in the privilege.

Throughout the whole Praetorian guard and among all the others it has become plain that these chains of mine are for the sake of Christ;

These latter out of their love, because they know that I am set here for the defense of the gospel;

For I know that these things will turn out to my salvation through your prayers and a rich supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

Beware of "these dogs," these mischievous workers, beware of the concision!

yes, and I beg you also, my true yokefellow, to help them; for these women shared my toil in the furtherance of the gospel, together with Clement, and the rest of my fellow workers whose names are in the book of life.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if virtue is anything, if honor is anything, be always thinking about these.

These were a shadow of things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.

For these precepts, although they have a show of wisdom with their self-imposed devotions and fastings and bodily austerities, are of no real value against the indulgence of the carnal appetites.

These things are ever bringing down the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience,

These are my only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, belonging to the circumcision, who have been any comfort to me.

I, Paul, add this farewell in my own handwriting. Do not forget these chains of mine. Grace be with you.

So that no one should be shaken by these troubles??or you know well that we are appointed to troubles.

That no man overreach or take advantage of his brother in such matters, because "the Lord takes vengeance" in all these things, as also I repeatedly forewarned you and testified to you.

So comfort one another with these words.

This charge then, I am laying upon you, Timothy, my son, according to the predictions formerly made concerning you. Fight the good fight in the spirit of these predictions,

speaking lies in hypocrisy. These are men whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron,

As you lay all these things before the brothers, you will be a noble minister of Christ Jesus, nourishing yourself in the precepts of the faith and that noble teaching which you have followed.

Ever reject these profane and old womanish myths; and continually train yourself for the contest of godliness.

Keep preaching and teaching these things.

Let these things be your care, give yourself wholly to them, so that your progress may be manifest to all.

Give heed to yourself and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.

but if any widow has children or grandchildren, let these learn to show their piety first toward their own household, and to make some return to their parents, for that is pleasing in God's sight.

Keep admonishing them regarding these things, so that they may be irreproachable.

I charge you solemnly in the presence of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ and of the elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice against any man, and do nothing out of partiality.

he is puffed up with conceit and knows nothing, but is doting about disputations and a strife of words. These give rise to envy, quarrels, railings, evil suspicions,

But you, O servant of God, flee from these things, and run after integrity, piety, faith, love, stedfastness, gentleness.

Of the gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher; and that is the reason I am now undergoing these sufferings.

Always call these truths to men's mind; adjuring them in the presence of God to avoid controversy. It is a useless thing, and subverts those who listen to it.

If then a man keeps himself clear of these latter, he will be a vessel for honor, consecrated, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also do these men withstand the truth; being corrupt in mind and worthless in all that concerns the faith.

But avoid foolish questionings and genealogies and dissensions and wranglings about the law; for these are unprofitable and empty.

I beseech you for my son, Onesimus, whom I have begotten in these chains.

has at the end of these days spoken to us in a Son whom he appointed heir of all things; through whom also he made the universe.

Now those of the sons of Levi who are appointed to the priesthood, are authorized by the Law to take tithes of the people, that is, of their brothers, and that too, although these are descended from Abraham.

"For this is the covenant which I will covenant with the house of Israel, After these days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their minds, And upon their hearts will I write them; And I will be their God, And they shall be my people;

while above it, overshadowing the mercy-seat, were the cherubim of glory. But I must not speak about these in detail.

While, then, it was necessary that the copies of the heavenly things should be cleansed by such sacrifices, the heavenly things themselves required nobler sacrifices than these.

But on the other hand, in these sacrifices sins are called to memory, year after year.

But when these have been remitted, there is no more any offering for sin.

These all died in faith, not having yet received the promises; nay, but they saw them from afar, and hailed them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Yet, though these all had witness borne to them by their faith, they received not the promise;

It is for discipline that you are enduring these sufferings. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

But now you are glorying in these insolent boastings of yours; all such glorying is evil.

Your gold and silver are rusted. and their rust will be for a testimony against you, and it will eat your flesh. For you have been storing up fire in these last days!

These are in order that the test of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable and yet is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor, at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

See that you have a clear conscience, so that, although they speak of you as evil-doers, these libelers of your good Christian lives may be ashamed.

By these he has granted his promises to us, precious and splendid; so that through them you may become partners of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

For if these virtues are yours in abounding measure, they render you not idle nor unfruitful, until you come into the full knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For the man who lacks these virtues is blind, short-sighted, forgetful of his cleansing from his old sins.

So I will do my best to enable you, even after my departure, continually to call these things to mind.

But there were false prophets, too, among the people, just as among you also there will be false teachers. These will secretly bring in destructive sects, denying even the Master who bought them, and bringing swift ruin upon themselves.

But these men, like irrational creatures, mere animals, born to be taken and destroyed, continually rail about matters of which they know nothing. In their corruption they will surely be destroyed,

suffering wrong as the wage of wrong which they have done. These are men who count it pleasure to carouse in open daylight; they are spots and blemishes reveling in their deceit, even while they are feasting with you.

And so, beloved, since you are looking for these things, continually give diligence that you may be found in peace, unspotted and blameless in his sight.

It is the same in all his letters when he speaks of these things. There are indeed some things in his letters hard to understand, which the ignorant and the shifty wrest, as also they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Do you therefore, beloved, because you know these things beforehand, be on your guard lest you be led astray by the error of the wicked, and so fall from your own stedfastness.

I have written these words to you so that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.

Yet in just the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, while they set at naught dominion and scoff at dignities.

Yet these men blaspheme about matters of which they know nothing, while they use such things as they do understand by instinct (like the animals who have no reason) for their own destruction.