And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spoke to me.

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

And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive your sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.

And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.

And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send you far from here unto the Gentiles.

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, are you a Roman? He said, Yes.

Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite you, you whitewashed wall: for do you sit to judge me after the law, and command me to be smitten contrary to the law?

And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as you have testified of me in Jerusalem, so must you bear witness also at Rome.

So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and asked me to bring this young man unto you, who has something to say unto you.

Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is it that you have to tell me?

So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See that you tell no man that you have showed these things to me.

And provide them mounts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.

And when it was told me that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent immediately to you, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before you what they had against him. Farewell.

Commanding his accusers to come unto you: by examining of whom you yourself may take knowledge of all these things, of which we accuse him.

Because you may understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

Neither can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

But this I confess unto you, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.

Then certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.

Who ought to have been here before you, and object, if they had anything against me.

Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

Let them therefore, said he, who among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

But Festus, willing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul, and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

For if I be an offender, or have committed anything worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things of which these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have petitioned me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before you, O king Agrippa, that, after examination, I might have somewhat to write.

For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not to specify the crimes laid against him.

Especially because I know you to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: therefore I beseech you to hear me patiently.

My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among my own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;

Who knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most strict sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them who journeyed with me.

And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick against the goads.

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith that is in me.

For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost you persuade me to be a Christian.

And Paul said, I would to God, that not only you, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, you should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

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

Therefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.

But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had anything to accuse my nation of.

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

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end you may be established;

That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has showed it unto them.

In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

For if the truth of God has more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

And not rather, (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.

Now we know that whatsoever things the law says, it says to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that you should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all manner of covetousness. For without the law sin was dead.

For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.

Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

Now if I do that which I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.

I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

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

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, so that we may be also glorified together.

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

For the scripture says unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

You will say then unto me, Why does he yet find fault? For who has resisted his will?

Nay but, O man, who are you that replies against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus?

As he says also in Hosea, I will call them my people, who were not my people; and her beloved, who was not beloved.

And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, You are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.

Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

But Isaiah is very bold, and says, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

But to Israel he says, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and contrary people.

Lord, they have killed your prophets, and dug down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow down their back always.

For I speak to you Gentiles, since I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office:

If by any means I may provoke to envy them who are my flesh, and might save some of them.

For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

And be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.

For one believes that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eats herbs.

For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things with which one may edify another.

For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached you fell on me.

That you may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some way, as reminding you, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

I have therefore that of which I may boast through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not worked by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

Whenever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way there by you, if first I am somewhat refreshed with your company.

Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;