And going ahead onto the ship, we sailed to Assos, there intending to take in Paul; for so he had appointed, intending himself to go on foot.

And we sailed from there and came the next day across from Chios. And the next day we arrived at Samos, and we stayed at Trogyllium. And the next day we came to Miletus.

serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and many tears and temptations happening to me through the plots of the Jews;

And now, behold, I am going bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall happen to me there,

Therefore watch and remember that for the time of three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.

And there was much weeping of all, and falling on the neck of Paul, they ardently kissed him,

And it happened when it was time to sail, we having been torn away from them, running direct we came to Cos; and on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

And sighting Cyprus, and leaving it on the left, we sailed into Syria, and came down to Tyre. For the ship was to unload its cargo there.

And finding disciples, we stayed there seven days; who said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

And giving parting greetings to one another, we went up into the ship; and they returned to their own things.

And there were four virgin daughters to this one, who prophesied.

And hearing, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe, and they are all zealous of the Law.

And they are informed concerning you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the nations to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, nor to walk after the customs.

taking them, be purified with them, and be at expense for them, so that they may shave their heads. And all may know that what they have been told about you is nothing, but you yourself also walk orderly and keep the Law.

And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise and go into Damascus. And there it shall be told you all things which are appointed for you to do.

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, testified to by all the Jews who lived there,

And they listened to him until this word, and then they lifted up their voice, saying, Take such a one from the earth! For it is not fitting that he should live.

And as they shouted and tore their garments, and threw dust into the air,

On the next day, he desiring to know with certainty why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrin to appear. And bringing Paul down, he set him among them.

And when he had said this, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the multitude was divided.

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.

And there arose a great cry. And the scribes who were on the Pharisees' side arose and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

But do not yield to them, for there are more than forty men of them lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. And now they are ready, looking for a promise from you.

And being minded to know the charge for which they accused him, I brought him down to their sanhedrin;

whom I found be accused of questions of their law, and having no charge worthy of death or of bonds.

And I have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

Then entering the province, after three days Festus went from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

Then he said, those having power among you may go down with me. If there is a thing amiss in this man, let them accuse him.

But Festus, wanting to please the Jews, answered Paul and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem and be judged there before me about these things?

For if I am an offender or have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is nothing of which these accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.

And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause to the king, saying, A certain man has been left in bonds by Felix,

but they had certain questions about their own demon-worship, and about a certain Jesus dying, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

And because I was perplexed about this question, I asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and be judged there about these matters.

in order to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, so that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.

And setting sail from there, we sailed close to Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy, and he put us on it.

And the port not being fit to winter in, the most of them advised to set sail from there, if by any means they might be able to get to Phoenix to winter; which is a port of Crete, looking toward the southwest and northwest.

And a south wind blowing softly, thinking to have obtained their purpose, lifting anchor, they sailed along close beside Crete.

And on the third day we threw out the ship's tackle with our hands.

But there being much fasting, then standing up in their midst, Paul said, O men, being obedient to me you ought not to have set sail from Crete, and to have come by this harm and loss.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there will be no casting away of life among you, only of the ship.

But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, kept them from their purpose and commanded those who could swim, to throw themselves overboard, to go out on the land.

But they expected him to be about to become inflamed, or to fall down dead suddenly, But over much time expecting and seeing nothing amiss happening to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

In the quarters about that place were lands to the chief of the island, whose name was Publius. Welcoming us, he lodged us courteously three days.

And after three months we sailed in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, an Alexandrian with an ensign, The Twin Brothers.

And landing at Syracuse, we stayed three days.

Going around from there we arrived at Rhegium. And after one day a south wind coming on, we came to Puteoli on the second,

And the brothers from there hearing of us, they came to meet us as far as the market-place of Appius, and Three Taverns. Seeing them, thanking God, Paul took courage.

And after three days it happened that Paul called together those being chief of the Jews. And they coming together, he said to them, Men, brothers, I did nothing against the people or customs of our fathers. I was delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans

who, examining me, were of a mind to let me go because there was no cause of death in me.

And disagreeing with one another, they were let go, Paul saying one word: Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

For the heart of this people was fattened, and they have heard with their ears dully; and they closed their eyes; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."

(which He had promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures),

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

Because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were thankful. But they became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves.

For this cause, God gave them up to dishonorable affections. For even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature.

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another; males with males working out shamefulness, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was fitting for their error.

And even as they did not think fit to have God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do the things not right,

For there is no respect of faces with God.

For as many as sinned without Law will also perish without Law. And as many as have sinned within Law shall be judged through Law.

who show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and the thoughts between one another accusing or even excusing one another,

You who boast in Law, do you dishonor God through breaking the Law?

And the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the Law, shall it not judge you, who through letter and circumcision become transgressors of the Law?

For what? If some did not believe, will not their unbelief nullify the faith of God?

And not rather, (as we are wrongly accused, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do bad things that good may come? Their condemnation is just.

as it is written: "There is none righteous, no not one;

there is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God."

"They are all gone out of the way, they have together become unprofitable, there is none that does good, no, not one."

"Their throat is an open grave, with their tongues they have used deceit, the poison of asps is under their lips;

"their feet are swift to shed blood;

destruction and misery are in their way,

"There is no fear of God before their eyes."

because by the works of the Law none of all flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law is the knowledge of sin.

even the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ, toward all and upon all those who believe. For there is no difference,

being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness through the passing by of the sins that had taken place before, in the forbearance of God;

Then where is the boasting? It is excluded. Through what law? Of works? No, but through the law of faith.

since it is one God who will justify circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

Do we then make the Law void through faith? Let it not be! But we establish the Law.

And he received a sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith while still uncircumcised; so that he might be the father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for righteousness to be imputed to them also;

For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

because the Law works out wrath, for where no law is, there is no transgression.

He did not stagger at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God,

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Through Him we also have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice on the hope of the glory of God.

And hope does not make us ashamed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit given to us.

Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

And not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation.

Therefore, even as through one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed on all men inasmuch as all sinned:

for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

so that as sin has reigned to death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

Likewise count yourselves also to be truly dead to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sin worked in our members through the law to bring forth fruit to death.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Let it not be said! But I did not know sin except through the law. For also I did not know lust except the law said, You shall not lust.

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then with the mind I myself serve the Law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh;