Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would this idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrong or of vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you;

And when Paul wanted to go into the assembly, the disciples would not let him.

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

grieving especially over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were accompanying him to the ship.

And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, remarking, “The will of the Lord be done!”

And as a great dissension was developing, the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them and ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

“When I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, also instructing his accusers to bring charges against him before you.”

At the same time too, he was hoping that money would be given him by Paul; therefore he also used to send for him quite often and converse with him.

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he *said, “you shall hear him.”

that the Christ was to suffer, and that by reason of His resurrection from the dead He would be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

And Paul said, “I would wish to God, that whether in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these chains.”

When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan cohort named Julius.

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape;

Some were being persuaded by the things spoken, but others would not believe.

For the heart of this people has become dull,
And with their ears they scarcely hear,
And they have closed their eyes;
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart and return,
And I would heal them.”’

Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.

for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

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

For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die.

The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

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

knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.

For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,

And just as Isaiah foretold,
“Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left to us a posterity,
We would have become like Sodom, and would have resembled Gomorrah.”

And thus I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build on another man’s foundation;

so that no one would say you were baptized in my name.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void.

so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.

the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

You have become arrogant and have not mourned instead, so that the one who had done this deed would be removed from your midst.

I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world.

But I have used none of these things. And I am not writing these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than have any man make my boast an empty one.

Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved.

But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.

If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?

If they were all one member, where would the body be?

Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edifying.

indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again.

This is the very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away.

So we urged Titus that as he had previously made a beginning, so he would also complete in you this gracious work as well.

So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren that they would go on ahead to you and arrange beforehand your previously promised bountiful gift, so that the same would be ready as a bountiful gift and not affected by covetousness.

for I do not wish to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness; but indeed you are bearing with me.

What I am saying, I am not saying as the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.

For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.

But we did not yield in subjection to them for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.

The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”

in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made.

Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law.

Where then is that sense of blessing you had? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.

I wish that those who are troubling you would even mutilate themselves.

But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love

to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,

that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.

For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a father would his own children,

so that you would walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

so that no one would be disturbed by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we have been destined for this.

For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.

But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief;

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;

not because we do not have the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would follow our example.

Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you,

so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.

For perhaps he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever,

If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me.

And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient?

For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.

so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law;

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second.

nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own.

Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins?

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.

And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.