Now when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We want to hear you again on this subject."

And he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

Now some were shouting one thing, some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and most of the people did not know why they had come together.

As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting because of today's events. In that case we would not be able to account for this commotion, since there is no reason for it."

And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting in the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep. And as Paul talked on and on, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,

For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night and day to admonish each one with tears.

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each one of them.

"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.

And those who were with me saw the light, but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

And Paul said, "I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'"

But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am on trial."

They did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues, or in the city.

except this one thing which I shouted out while standing among them, 'With respect to the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today.'"

When therefore they came together here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.

When the accusers stood up, they did not charge him of such crimes as I had expected,

but they simply had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive.

"I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am to make my defense today against all the accusations of the Jews,

Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?

And that is just what I did in Jerusalem; I not only shut up many of the saints in prison, by authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

that the Christ must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles."

When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Salmone.

As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have been in suspense and without food, having taken nothing.

When day came, they could not recognize the land, but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could.

They waited, expecting him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but after they had waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

And since they did not see fit to retain the knowledge of God, God gave them over to a base mind, to do what ought not to be done.

What if some did not have faith? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?

(as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls things that do not exist as though they did.

And he did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.

He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

but for us also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

For we know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.

So you also, consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.

Likewise, my brethren, you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit to God.

But sin, finding opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetous desire. For apart from the law sin lies dead.

Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But it was sin, working death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful beyond measure.

For what the law could not do, in that it was weakened through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin: he condemned sin in the flesh,

But if Christ is in you, although your body is dead because of sin, your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit who dwells in you.

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."

He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also give us all things with him?

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who is also interceding for us.

What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith;

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,

For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Again I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; by a foolish nation I will make you angry."

But Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me."

What then? Israel did not obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.

For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

For even Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."

For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed

(Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.)

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospelnot with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

When I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

For who regards you as different? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

and those who mourn, as though they were not mourning; and those who rejoice, as though they were not rejoicing; and those who buy, as though they did not possess;

and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it. For the form of this world is passing away.

If others share this right of support from you, do not we all the more? Nevertheless, we did not make use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.

Now these things are examples for us, not to desire evil things as they did.

We must not indulge in immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents.

Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?

Now if Christ is preached that he has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised;

More than that, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.

For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised.

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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

Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are people baptized for them?

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?"

So is it with the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised imperishable;

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

When I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or do I make my plans in a fleshly manner so that in the same breath I say, "Yes, Yes" and "No, No"?

But I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I had confidence in all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.

I still had no rest in my mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took my leave of them and went on to Macedonia.

For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret itfor I see that my letter hurt you, though only for a little while

So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your zeal for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.

And they did not do as we expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach to you; we were the first to come even as far as you with the gospel of Christ.

Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge?

For in what respect were you inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

But be that as it may, I did not burden you myself. Yet, crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!

Did I take advantage of you through any of those whom I sent to you?

I urged Titus to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not act in the same spirit and walk in the same steps?