And there is not only danger that this branch of our business will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana will be despised, and her magnificence destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship.

And hearing this they became full of wrath, and kept crying out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians!

For we are in danger of being called to answer concerning this days riot, there being no ground on which we shall be able to give an account of this concourse.

Wherefore I testify to you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men;

For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

And this man had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied.

and coming to us, he took off Pauls girdle, and bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit: So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and will deliver him into the hands of the gentiles.

But when we heard this, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go to Jerusalem.

Do this therefore that we advise thee. We have four men who have a vow on them.

crying out, Men of Israel, help! This is the man that teacheth every one everywhere against the people, and the Law, and this place; and besides he even brought Greeks into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, hut brought up in this city, taught at the feet of Gamaliel in the strictness of the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as ye all are this day.

And I persecuted this way [of belief] even to death, binding and putting into prisons both men and women,

And they listened to him as far as this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth! for it was not fit that he should live.

When the centurion heard this, he went and told the chief captain, saying, What art thou about to do? For this man is a Roman.

The chief captain answered, For a great sum I obtained this citizenship. And Paul said, But I was born a Roman.

And Paul looking earnestly upon the council, said: Brethren! I have ordered my life in all good conscience before God to this day.

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

And there arose a great clamor; and scribes of the party of the Pharisees arose, and contended, saying, We find nothing amiss in this man; but if a spirit hath spoken to him or an angel

And there were more than forty who took this oath together.

Then Paul called one of the centurions to him, and said, Take this young man to the chief captain; for he hath something to tell him.

So he took him and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me to him, and asked me to bring this young man to thee, as he hath something to say to thee.

And he wrote a letter after this manner:

This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them; but I came upon them with the soldiery, and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

And when he had been called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy much peace, and that improvements are in every way and everywhere taking place in this nation through thy foresight,

For we have found this man to be a pest, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes;

Then Paul, after the governor had beckoned to him to speak, answered, Since I know that thou hast been for many years a judge for this nation, I answer for myself cheerfully;

But this I acknowledge to thee, that according to the way [of belief] which they call a sect, so do I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and by the Prophets;

On this ground do I also myself strive to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men.

except in relation to this one expression, which I uttered aloud while standing among them: Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am tried before you this day.

But Felix, having an accurate knowledge of the matters relating to this way [of belief], put them off, and said, When Lysias the chief captain cometh down, I will thoroughly examine your case.

Let those therefore, said he, who have authority among you, go down with me and accuse this man, if he is guilty of anything.

And Festus said: King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us! Ye see this man about whom the whole multitude of the Jews applied to me both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he ought no longer to live.

I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence this day before thee concerning all things of which I am accused by the Jews;

And as I was going to Damascus on this business, with authority and a commission from the chief priests,

But arise and stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared to thee for this purpose, to prepare thee as a minister and a witness both of the things which thou sawest, and of those on account of which I will appear to thee;

Having, however, obtained help from God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing except those things which the Prophets and Moses said were to come to pass;

For the king knoweth about these things well; to whom also I speak boldly; for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him: for this was not done in a corner.

And Paul said, I would to God, that with little effort or with great, not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, might be made such as I am, except these bonds.

and going aside they talked with each other, saying, This man is doing nothing deserving death, or bonds.

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.

saying, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the lading and the ship, but also of our lives.

And after there had been much abstinence from food, Paul stood up in the midst of them and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me, and not have put to sea from Crete, nod thus brought upon yourselves this injury and loss.

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

And while the day was coming on, Paul exhorted them all to take food; saying, This is the fourteenth day that ye have waited, and continued fasting, having taken nothing.

Wherefore I exhort you to take food; for this is for your safety; for there shall not a hair be lost from the head of one of you.

and the rest, some on boards, and others on something from the ship. And in this way it came to pass, that they all escaped safe to land.

And when the barbarians saw the animal hanging from his hand, they said to one another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom though he hath escaped the sea, Justice hath not permitted to live.

And when this was done, the others also who had diseases in the island came, and were healed;

For this reason therefore I have called for you, to see you and speak to you; for it is on account of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.

But we think it proper to hear from thee what thou thinkest; for with regard to this sect, we know that it is everywhere spoken against.

saying, "Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see and not perceive.

For the heart of this people hath become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn from their ways, and I should heal them."

Be it therefore known to you, that to the gentiles this salvation of God hath been sent; they, moreover, will hear.

For this cause God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women indulged in unnatural lust,

Doth this blessedness belong to the circumcised alone, or to the uncircumcised also? For we are saying that Abrahams faith was accounted as righteousness.

through whom also we have had admission into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory which God will confer.

and not this only, but also having joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

We then by this baptism into his death were buried with him; that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin;

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?

For we know that the whole creation is together groaning and suffering the pains of labor, up to this time;

For the word of promise is this: "At this time I will come, and Sarah shall have a son."

For the Scripture saith to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show forth my power in thee, and that my name might be made known in all the earth."

In the same way then at this present time also there is a remnant, according to the election of grace.

as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that were not to see, and ears that were not to hear, unto this day."

For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness hath to some extent come upon Israel, until the fullness of the gentiles shall have come in.

And this will be my covenant with them, when I shall have taken away their sins."

and be not conformed to the fashion of this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that ye may learn by experience what is the will of God, what is good, and wellpleasing, and perfect.

For the same reason pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God, attending continually to this very business.

For these, "Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet," and every other commandment, are summed up in this precept, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

And this, since we know the time, that it is already high time for us to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we became believers.

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

Let us then no longer judge one another; but let this rather be your judgment, not to put a stumblingblock, or an occasion to fall, in a brothers way.

for he who in this matter serveth Christ is wellpleasing to God, and approved by men.

and that the gentiles glorified God for his mercy, as it is written, "For this cause I will give praise to thee among the gentiles, and sing to thy name."

but always earnestly desirous to preach it in this manner,not where Christ had been named, that I might not build on anothers foundation,

When therefore I have completed this business, and secured to them this fruit, I shall set out to pass through you to Spain.

I Tertius, who wrote this letter, salute you in the Lord.

What I mean is this, that each of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

Where is the wise man? Where the scribe? Where the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

But we do speak wisdom among the perfect; not, however, the wisdom of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought;

which none of the rulers of this world comprehended; for had they comprehended it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

But if any one build upon this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble,

Let no one deceive himself; if any one thinketh himself wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written: "He that taketh the wise in their craftiness;"

for though I am conscious to myself of nothing wrong, yet not by this am I cleared of blame; but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

Even to this very hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace,

For this end I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved child, and faithful in the Lord, who will put you in mind of my ways in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every church.

And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, so that he that committed this deed might be separated from among you.

For I, for my part, though absent in the body, yet present in the spirit have already determined, as if I were present with you, respecting him who thus wrought this deed,

certainly not meaning the fornicators of this world, or the covetous and extortioners, or idolaters; for to do this ye must go out of the world.

But this is what I wrote you, not to keep company with any one called a brother, if he be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one not even to eat.

Know ye not, that we shall pass judgment upon angels? How much more, concerning affairs of this life?

If then ye have any causes relating to this life, set them to judge who are of no repute in the church.

But I say this by way of permission, not command.

I would that all men were as I myself; but every one hath his own gift from God, one man this, and another that.

But let every one continue to walk in the lot which the Lord appointed him, in the condition in which God called him. And this direction I give in all the churches.

But this I say, brethren, the time that remaineth is short; that both they that have wives may be as though they had none;

and they that use this world as not abusing it; for the outward condition of this world is passing away;

And this I say for your own profit; not to cast a noose over you, but with a view to what is becoming, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.