And he says, I am Jewish man, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, having been brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the accuracy of patristic law, being a zealot of God, as you all are this day;

who after this way persecuted unto death, binding and committing to prison both men and women;

And they continued to hear him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Take away such a one from the earth: for it is not appropriate for him to live.

And the centurion hearing, having come to the chiliarch, announced to him, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

And the chiliarch responded, With a great sum obtained I this citizenship. And Paul said, But I was indeed born (a Roman citizen).

And Paul, looking the sanhedrim in the face, said, Men, brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God unto this day.

And he speaking this, there was a dissension of the Pharisees and Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.

And there was a great clamor: and certain ones of the scribes on the part of the Pharisees, rising up, continued to strive, saying, We find nothing evil in this man: but has a spirit or an angel spoken to him?

And there were more than forty having made this plot:

And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Lead this young man to the chiliarch: for he has something to tell him.

Then indeed taking him, he led him to the chiliarch, and says, Paul the prisoner, having called me, requested me to lead this young man to you, having something to tell you.

Writing a letter having this form:

This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be put to death by them, having interposed with my army, I took out of their hands, having learned that he is a Roman:

Receiving great peace through thee, and prosperity accruing to this nation through thy wisdom, we receive with all gratitude, both always, and everywhere, O most noble Felix.

For having found this man pestilential, and stirring up seditions to all the Jews who are throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

And Paul responded, the governor beckoning to him to speak; Knowing you to be a judge to this nation from many years, I cheerfully apologize as to the things concerning myself:

But I confess this to you, that according to the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of our fathers, believing all things which have been written in the law and in the prophets:

In this I also exercise, to always have a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

except concerning this one voice, which I cried out standing in their midst, that concerning the resurrection of the dead I am judged before you this day.

And he reasoning concerning righteousness and temperance and the coming judgment, Felix, being alarmed, responded, Go thy way for this time; and having received an opportunity, I will call for thee:

Then they, having come together to this place, making no delay, immediately sitting on the judgment-seat, I commanded that the man should be led forth;

And Festus says, O king Agrippa, and all ye men present with us, you see this man, concerning whom the whole multitude of the Jews is besieging me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that it does not behoove him to live any longer.

O king Agrippa, I consider myself happy, being about this day to make my defence before thee concerning all those things of which I am accused by the Jews:

But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for unto this have I appeared unto thee, to make thee a minister and a martyr both of those things which thou hast seen, and of which I will appear unto thee;

Then having received help from God, I have stood unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said were about to come to pass:

For the king, to whom I also speak boldly, knows concerning these things: for I am persuaded that nothing of these things is hidden; for this has not been done in a corner.

And Paul said, I would to God, that both in little and in much, not only you, but also all of those hearing me this day, were such as I am, except these bonds.

and having gone away, they were talking to one another, saying, that This man is doing nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

But Agrippa said to Festus, This man was able to have been released, if he had not appealed to Caesar.

saying to them, Men, I perceive that this voyage is going to be with peril and much loss, not only with the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.

And there being much fasting, Paul standing in their midst, said, O men, truly it behooved you obeying me, not to depart from Crete, and incur this injury and loss.

For the angel of God, whose I am, and whom indeed I serve, stood by me this night,

But until the day was about to come, Paul exhorted all to take food, saying, Already this day you remain in a state of solicitude, the fourteenth day, receiving nothing.

Therefore I exhort you to take food: for this is for your safety: for not a hair of your head shall perish.

But when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said to one another, Surely this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved from the sea, justice did not permit to live.

And this taking place, the rest also, on the island having diseases, continued to come to him, and be healed;

Then for this cause I have called you, to see you, and talk to you: for on account of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

But we desire to hear from you what you think: for indeed concerning this sect, it is known to us that it is everywhere spoken against.

Go to this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and may not understand; and seeing you shall see, and may not perceive:

for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard with their ears heavily, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I shall heal them.

Therefore let it be known unto you, that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear.

but this is the consolation among you through faith in one another, both of you and me.

On account of this God gave them up to the lusts of dishonor: for indeed their women changed the natural use to that which is against nature:

But do you consider this, O man, judging those doing such things, and doing the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?

Then does this blessedness come on the circumcision, or on the uncircumcision? for we say That faith was imputed to Abraham for righteousness.

through whom we also have access by faith unto this grace in which we stand, and let us rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

knowing this, that our old man is crucified along with him, in order that the body of sin may be destroyed, that we may no longer serve sin;

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

For this is the word of the promise, About this time I will come, and there shall be a son to Sarah.

For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very thing have I raised you up, that I may show forth my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.

For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the law, that the man having done this shall live in it.

Thus then there is even at this time a remnant left according to the election of grace:

as has been written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day.

I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to this mystery, in order that you may not he wise with yourselves, that blindness in part has happened unto Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles may come in;

And this is the covenant with me unto them, that I may take away their sins.

and he not fashioned after this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink: for doing this you will heap coals of fire upon his head.

For on account of this also pay tribute; for they are the ministers of God, attending to this very thing.

For, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not murder, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not covet, and if there is any other commandment, it is fulfilled in this word, in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself with divine love.

And recognizing this time, that it is already the hour we should wake out of sleep: for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

For unto this Christ died, and lives, in order that He may be Lord of the dead and of the living.

Then let us no longer judge one another: but rather judge this, not to place before a brother an offence for a stumblingblock.

For in this the one serving Christ is acceptable to God, and approved unto men.

Then having completed and sealed this fruit unto them, I will sail away for Spain by you;

And I say this, that each one says, I indeed am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

Where is the wise man? where is the scribe? where is the investigator of this age? has not God rendered the wisdom of the world foolishness?

But we speak wisdom among the perfect: not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nought:

which no one of the princes of this age knew; for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Let no one deceive himself. If any one seems to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it has been written. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

For I know nothing against myself; but in this I am not justified; and the Lord is the one judging me.

until this hour we both hunger and thirst, and suffer for insufficient clothing, and are buffeted; and we tramp,

For this same thing I sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ Jesus, as I teach everywhere in every church.

And have you been inflated, and have not rather mourned, that the one having done this work may be taken from your midst?

For indeed I, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged the one having thus done this, as being present,

not at all with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous and the extortioners, or with the idolators; since you ought therefore to come out of the world.

Do you not know that we shall judge angels, not indeed matters of this life?

Then if indeed you have judgments appertaining to this life, do you sit those down who are little esteemed in the church?

I speak this to your shame. Is there not one wise man among you who shall be able to judge between his brother?

Meats for the stomach, and the stomach for meats: but God will destroy both this and them. The body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

But I speak this according to knowledge, not according to commandment.

But I consider this to be good on account of the present distress, that it is good for a man so to be.

But I say this, brethren; that the time is at hand, that moreover indeed those having wives may be as those not having;

and those using the world, as those not using it thoroughly: for the fashion of this world is passing away.

I speak this for the profit of you yourselves; not that I may cast a burden upon you, but for that which is pleasing and acceptable to the Lord without perturbation.

But whosoever stands firm in his heart, having no necessity, and has the right according to his own will, and has determined this in his heart, to keep his virgin, will do well.

See lest this liberty of yours may become a stumblingblock to the weak.

My defence to those calling me in question is this.

If others partake of your bounty, shall not we the more? But we have not used this privilege, but we bear all things, in order that we may not give a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward: but if unwillingly, I have been intrusted with a dispensation.

But if any one may say to you; This is offered to an idol, eat not, on account of him who gave the information, and his conscience.

And proclaiming this, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

For have you not houses in which to eat and to drink? or do you cast contempt on the church of God, and shame those not having? What do I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

For I received this from the Lord, which I have also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the night in which he was betrayed, took bread,

and having given thanks, broke it, and said; This is my body, which is for you: do this in remembrance of me.

Likewise also the cup, after supper, saying; This cup is the new covenant in my blood: do this, as often as you may drink it, in remembrance of me.

For as often as you may eat this bread, and drink the cup, you do proclaim the death of the Lord, until he may come.

It has been written in the law; I will speak to this people with other tongues and with the lips of others; and thus they will not hearken unto me, says the Lord.

Then he was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once, of whom the more remain unto this day, but some have fallen asleep.

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.