And Paul, after looking intently at the council, said, Men, brothers, I have been a citizen in all good conscience to God until this day.

Then Paul said to him, God is going to smite thee, a whitewashed wall. Thou even sit judging me according to the law, and violating law, thou command me to be struck?

And those who stood by said, Thou revile God's high priest?

And Paul said, I had not known, brothers, that he is high priest, for it is written, Thou shall not speak ill of a ruler of thy people.

And when he said this, there developed a conflict of the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the group was divided.

And the following night the Lord, having stood by him, said, Cheer up, Paul, for as thou have testified these things about me at Jerusalem, so thou must testify also at Rome.

who, having come near to the chief priests and the elders, said, We have put ourselves under a curse, a curse to taste of nothing until we would kill Paul.

And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this young man to the chief captain, for he has something to inform him.

And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee that to tomorrow thou would bring Paul down to the council, as though going to inquire something more accurately about him.

And having summoned a certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen at the third hour of the night.

he said, I will hear thee when thine accusers also will arrive. And he commanded him to be kept in the Praetorium of Herod.

Now Felix, having heard these things, having known more precisely the things about the Way, he deferred them, having said, When Lysias the chief captain comes down, I will determine the things toward you.

And after remaining among them more than ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the morrow having sat on the judgment seat, he commanded Paul to be brought.

But Festus, wanting to lay down a favor to the Jews, having answered Paul, said, Are thou willing, after going up to Jerusalem, to be judged there about these things before me?

But Paul said, I am standing at the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be judged. I did nothing wrong Jewish, as thou also very well know.

When therefore they assembled here, not having made one delay, next in order, having sat on the judgment seat, I commanded the man to be brought.

And Agrippa said to Festus, I also want to hear the man myself. And tomorrow, he says, thou will hear him.

And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul, having stretched forth his hand, made a defense.

And I said, Who are thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecute.

Having therefore experienced the help from God, I stand to this day solemnly declaring both to small and great, saying nothing apart from what both the prophets and Moses said was going to happen,

And while he made a defense by these things, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, thou are mad. Much scholarship is driving thee into madness.

And Agrippa said to Paul, By a little thou persuade me to become a Christian.

And Paul said, I ever pray to God, both by little and by much, not only thee, but also all who hear me this day, to become such kind as I also am, apart from these bonds.

And when he spoke these things, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man could have been released, if he had not appealed Caesar.

And being long without food, then Paul, who stood in the midst of them, said, Ye truly ought, O men, to have complied with me, not to launch from Crete, and gain this damage and loss.

Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Unless these men remain in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

And having said these things, and having taken bread, he expressed thanks to God in the presence of all. And having broke in pieces, he began to eat.

And when the foreigners saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, though saved from the sea, Justice did not allow to live.

And after three months we set out in a ship that wintered at the island, an Alexandrian with The Twin Brothers emblem.

where, having found brothers, we were invited to stay with them seven days. And so we went toward Rome.

And it came to pass after three days, for Paul to call together those who were the principle men of the Jews. And when they came together, he said to them, Men, brothers, I, having done nothing against the people, or the paternal c

And they said to him, We neither received letters from Judea about thee, nor did any of the brothers who came report or speak anything bad about thee.

And when he said these things, the Jews departed, having much disputing among themselves.

concerning his Son who was made from the seed of David according to flesh.

whom God set forth an expiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, for proof of his justice, because of the passing over of the sins that have formerly occurred

For the promise to Abraham or to his seed, for him to be heir of the world, was not through law, but through a righteousness of faith.

Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all

Who, against hope, believed in hope, in order for him to become father of many nations according to that which was spoken, So thy seed will be.

And having been set free from sin, ye were made servile to righteousness

nor, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children, rather, In Isaac a seed will be called for thee.

That is, the children of the flesh, these are not children of God, instead, the children of the promise are reckoned for seed.

it was said to her, The older will serve the younger.

And it will be in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there they will be called, sons of the living God.

And just as Isaiah has foretold, Unless Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we would have become as Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.

I say therefore, did God thrust away his people? May it not happen! For I also am an Israelite from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

rendering to no man evil for evil, premeditating things right in the sight of all men.

But why do thou criticize thy brother? Or also why do thou disdain thy brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

Indeed therefore whenever ye have mundane legal disputes, men who are disdained by the church, these ye seat to judge.

Neither become ye idolaters as some of them, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.

If any of those unbelievers invites you, and ye want to go, eat everything being set before you, inquiring of nothing because of the conscience.

and having expressed thanks, he broke in pieces, and said, Take ye, eat, this is my body broken for you. This do ye for my memorial.

And if any man is hungry, let him eat at home so that ye may not come together for condemnation. And the rest I will set in order as soon as I come.

Upon the first day of the week let each of you set something aside near himself, storing up whatever he may prosper, so that when I come no collections may be made then.

And it may be that I will remain with you, or I will even spend winter, so that ye may set me on my way wherever I go.

For if I make you sad, who then is he who makes me glad except he who is made sad by me?

For we are not as other men, huckstering the word of God, but as from purity. But we speak in Christ as from God in the sight of God.

Because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who shone in our hearts for an enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the presence of Jesus Christ.

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of the Christ, so that each man may receive back about the things that he did through the body, whether good or bad.

And what mutual agreement has a temple of God with idols? For ye are a temple of the living God, just as God said, I will dwell in them, and will walk among them. And I will be their God, and they will be a people to me.

I speak not for condemnation, for I have said before that ye are in our hearts to die together and to live together.

And so then although I wrote to you, it was not because of the man who did wrong, nor because of the man who was wronged, but in order to reveal to you your eagerness for us in the sight of God.

providing things right, not only in the sight of Lord, but also in the sight of men.

But I sent the brothers so that our boast about you would not be empty in this regard. So that, as I said, ye may be prepared,

And he who supplies seed to the man who sows, and bread for eating, may he supply and multiply your seed, and may he increase the fruits of your righteousness,

Are they Hebrews? I too. Are they Israelites? I too. Are they a seed of Abraham? I too.

And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made fully perfect in weakness. More gladly therefore I will boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of the Christ may reside in me.

Again, do ye think that we are making defense to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edification.

As we have said before, I now also say again, if any man preaches a good-news to you contrary to what ye received, let him be accursed.

But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly toward the truth of the good-news, I said to Peter before all, If thou being a Jew, live as a Gentile and not as a Jew, why do thou compel the Gentiles to live as Jews?

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, And to the seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, who is Christ.

Why then the law? It was added on account of transgressions, until the seed would come to whom it was promised, which was arranged through heavenly agents in the hand of a mediator.

And if ye are Christ's, then ye are Abraham's seed and heirs according to promise.

But some from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the good-news.

for no man to be disturbed by these afflictions. For ye yourselves know that we are set for this.

who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or an object of worship, so as for him to sit in the temple of God, as God, displaying himself that he is God.

This command I set before thee, child Timothy, according to the prophecies leading the way for thee, so that by them thou might war the good warfare.

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to be devoted to their own house, and to give back recompense to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Those who sin, rebuke in the sight of all, so that the others may also have fear.

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life for which thou are called, and confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

I command thee in the sight of God, who makes all live, and of Christ Jesus, who testified to Pontius Pilate the good confession,

Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good-news,

Remind them of these things, solemnly testifying in the sight of the Lord, not to brawl verbally, to nothing useful, to the ruin of those who hear.

I left thee behind in Crete on account of this: That thou should set in order the things lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded thee,

A certain man of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies.

Who, being the radiance of his glory, and the exact image of his essence, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made purification of our sins through himself, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in the

But to which of the heavenly agents has he ever said, Sit thou by my right hand until I place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet?

For he certainly did not embrace heavenly agents, but he embraced the seed of Abraham.

Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, They are always led astray in their heart, and they did not know my ways.

while it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.

For those who believe enter into that rest, just as he said, So I swore in my wrath, They will not enter into my rest, although the works occurred from the foundation of the world.

again he appoints a certain day, Today, saying in David after so long a time (as it is said), Today if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.

So also Christ did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but it was he who said to him, Thou are my Son, today I have begotten thee.

Then I said, Lo, I come (in the volume of a book it is written about me) to do thy will, O God,

Then he said, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He takes away the first, so that he may establish the second.

But this man, having offered one sacrifice on behalf of sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,

For we know him who said, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord. And again, Lord will judge his people.

By faith even Sarah herself received power for conception of seed, and she gave birth beyond the time of age, because she considered him faithful who promised.