Now [when] day came, there was not a little commotion among the soldiers [as to] what then had become of Peter.

Then, [after they] had fasted and prayed and placed [their] hands on them, they sent [them] away.

Then [when] the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, [because he] was astounded at the teaching about the Lord.

And then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, [for] forty years.

Then it seemed best to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to send men chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas--Judas who was called Barsabbas and Silas, men [who were] leaders among the brothers--

And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come then,[let us] return [and] visit the brothers in every town in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, [to see] how they are [doing]."

Now these were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. {They} accepted the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day [to see] if these [things] were so.

So then the brothers sent Paul away at once to go to the sea, and both Silas and Timothy remained there.

(Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who stayed there used to spend [their] time in nothing else than telling something or listening to something new.)

And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into the baptism of John."

If then Demetrius and the craftsmen [who are] with him have a complaint against anyone, the court days are observed and there are proconsuls--let them bring charges against one another!

So he went up and broke bread, and [when he] had eaten and talked for a long [time], until dawn, then he departed.

I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Then Paul replied, "What are you doing weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus!"

What then {is to be done}? Doubtless they will all hear that you have come!

Then Paul took along the men on the next day, [and] [after he] had purified himself together with them, he entered into the temple [courts], announcing the completion of the days of purification until {the time} the offering would be presented on behalf of each one of them.

Then the military tribune came up [and] arrested him and ordered [him] to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what it was that he had done.

Then you are not the Egyptian who before these days raised a revolt and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?"

Then immediately those who were about to examine him kept away from him, and the military tribune also was afraid [when he] realized that he was a Roman citizen and that {he had tied him up}.

Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, [you] whitewashed wall! And are you sitting [there] judging me according to the law, and acting contrary to the law do you order me to be struck?"

Now there were more [than] forty who had made this conspiracy,

You therefore do not be persuaded by them, because more [than] forty men of {their number} are lying in wait [for] him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have done away with him. And now they are ready, waiting for {you to agree}."

You can ascertain that {it has not been more than} twelve days {since} I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

other than concerning this one declaration that I shouted [while] standing there before them: 'I am being judged before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead!'"

Then Festus replied [that] Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and [he] himself was about to go [there] in a short time.

And [after he] had stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea. On the next day he sat down on the judgment seat [and] gave orders [for] Paul to be brought.

If then I am doing wrong and have done anything deserving death, I am not trying to avoid dying. But if there is nothing [true] of [the things] which these [people] are accusing me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!"

Then Festus, [after] discussing [this] with [his] council, replied, "You have appealed to Caesar--to Caesar you will go!"

So Agrippa said to Paul, "It is permitted for you to speak for yourself." Then Paul extended [his] hand [and] began to defend himself:

In the middle of the day along the road, O king, I saw a light from heaven, more than the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who were traveling with me.

But the centurion was convinced even more by the shipmaster and the shipowner than by what was said by Paul.

Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it fall away.

and [then] the rest, [some] of whom [floated] on planks and [some] of whom on anything [that was] from the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to the land.

And [after we] were brought safely through, then we found out that the island was called Malta.

who exchanged the truth of God with a lie, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed for eternity. Amen.

What then? Do we have an advantage? Not at all. For we have already charged both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,

What then shall we say [that] Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has found?

How then was it credited? [While he] was {circumcised} or {uncircumcised}? Not {while circumcised} but {while uncircumcised}!

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!

Therefore what sort of fruit did you have then, about which you are now ashamed? For the end of those [things] [is] death.

So then, my brothers, you also were brought to death with respect to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

What then shall we say? [Is] the law sin? May it never be! But I would not have known sin except through the law, for I would not have known covetousness if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

So then, the law [is] holy, and the commandment [is] holy and righteous and good.

Thanks [be] to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself with my mind am enslaved to the law of God, but with my flesh [I am enslaved] to the law of sin.

So then, brothers, we are obligated not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

What then shall we say about these [things]? If God [is] for us, who [can be] against us?

Who [is] the one who condemns? Christ [is] the one who died, and more than that, who was raised, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

What then shall we say? [There is] no injustice with God, [is there]? May it never be!

Therefore you will say to me, "Why then does he still find fault? For who has resisted his will?

What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness--even the righteousness [that is] by faith.

How then will they call upon [him] in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe [in him] about whom they have not heard? And how will they hear about [him] without one who preaches [to them]?

What then? What Israel was searching for, this it did not obtain. But the elect obtained [it], and the rest were hardened,

I say then, they did not stumble so that they fell, [did they]? May it never be! But by their trespass, salvation [has come] to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them [to jealousy].

Then you will say, "Branches were broken off in order that I could be grafted in."

See, then, the kindness and severity of God: severity upon those who have fallen, but upon you the kindness of God--if you continue in his kindness, for otherwise you also will be cut off.

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone who is among you not to think more highly of yourself than what one ought to think, but to think {sensibly}, as God has apportioned a measure of faith to each one.

So then, the one who resists authority resists the ordinance [which is] from God, and those who resist will receive condemnation on themselves.

And [do] this [because you] know the time, that [it is] already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation [is] nearer now than when we believed.

So then, let us pursue {what promotes peace} and {what edifies one another}.

For the foolishness of God is wiser than human [wisdom], and the weakness of God [is] stronger than human [strength].

So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who is causing [it] to grow.

For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

So then, let no one boast in people. For all [things] are yours,

Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord should come, who will both enlighten the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the counsels of hearts, and then praise will come to each one from God.

So then, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old leaven or with the leaven of wickedness and sinfulness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

By no means [did I mean] the sexually immoral people of this world or the greedy people and swindlers or idolaters, since then you would have to depart out of the world.

Do not defraud one another, except perhaps by agreement, for a time, in order that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and [then] you should be {together} again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self control.

But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn [with sexual desire].

So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, and the one who does not marry [her] will do better.

But I have not made use of any of these [rights]. And I am not writing these [things] in order that it may be thus with me. For [it would be] better to me rather to die than [for] anyone to deprive me of my reason for boasting.

What then is my reward? That [when I] proclaim the gospel, I may offer the gospel free of charge, in order not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

Or are we attempting to provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than he [is, are we]?

So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

So then, my brothers, [when you] come together in order to eat [the Lord's supper], wait for one another.

and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

For now we see through a mirror {indirectly}, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know completely, just as I have also been completely known.

Now I want you all to speak with tongues, but even more that you may prophesy. The one who prophesies [is] greater than the one who speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, in order that the church may receive edification.

I give thanks to God [that] I speak with tongues more than all of you,

but in the church I prefer to speak five words with my mind, in order that I may instruct other [people], than ten thousand words in a tongue.

So then, tongues are for a sign not to those who believe, but to unbelievers, but prophecy [is] not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.

So then, my brothers, desire to prophesy, and do not prevent speaking with tongues.

and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve,

then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, the majority of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep.

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.

But if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching [is] in vain, and your faith [is] in vain.

And also we are found [to be] false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if after all, then, the dead are not raised.

But each in his own group: Christ the first fruits, then those [who are] Christ's at his coming,

then the end, when he hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.

But whenever all [things] are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected all [things] to him, in order that God may be all in all.

But the spiritual [is] not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.

But whenever this perishable [body] puts on incorruptibility and this mortal [body] puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: "Death is swallowed up in victory.

So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, [because you] know that your labor is not [in] vain in the Lord.

Therefore, [when I] was wanting [to do] this, perhaps then was I making use of vacillation? Or was I deciding what I was deciding according to the flesh, in order that with me my "yes" may be "yes" and my "no" [may be] "no" [at the same time]?

For if I [cause] you sorrow, then who will make me glad except the one who is caused to be sad by me?

So then, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow this person should be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

So then, death is at work in us, but life in you.

So then, from now on we know no one {from a human point of view}, if indeed we have known Christ {from a human point of view}, but now we know [him this way] no longer.

and not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and [then] to us, by the will of God.

For if I want to boast, I will not be foolish, because I will be telling the truth, but I am refraining, so that no one can credit to me more than what he sees [in] me or hears anything from me,