And after certain day, Felix with Drusilla his wife, being a Jewess, coming, sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith which is towards Christ Jesus.

And he being present, the Jews having come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him charges many and heavy, which they were not able to prove.

If therefore I indeed am guilty of unrighteousness, and have done anything worthy of death, I do not ask not to die: but if nothing of these things of which they accuse me is true, no man is able to gratify them (by my death): I appeal unto Caesar.

concerning whom his accusers standing by, brought no evil charge of those things which I supposed:

And Agrippa said to Festus, I myself also would wish to hear the man. He says, To-morrow you shall hear him.

Concerning whom I have nothing definite to write to my lord; therefore I have led him to you, and especially to thee, O king Agrippa, in order that, there being an investigation, I may have something which I shall write;

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:

And now for the hope of the promise which is from God to our fathers, I stand being judged:

unto which our twelve tribes constantly worshiping night and day, hope to attain: concerning which hope I am accused by the Jews, O king.

which I did also in Jerusalem, and shut up many of the saints in prison; and having received authority from the chief priests, and they being slain, I gave my vote against them;

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;

and having sailed through the sea which is opposite Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down into Myra of Lycia.

and, with difficulty passing by it, we came into a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city Lasea.

which lifting up they used helps, under-girding the ship; and fearing lest they might fall into Syrtis, lowering the gear, they were thus carried along.

Therefore cheer up, O men: for I believe God, that it shall be according to the manner which He has spoken to me.

And when it was day, they did not recognize the land: but discovered a certain gulf having a shore, into which they determined, if possible, to thrust out the ship.

and the Jews speaking against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not having anything for which to accuse my nation.

which He proclaimed beforehand through His prophets in the holy scriptures,

But I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that frequently I purposed to come to you, and was hindered hitherto, in order that I may have some fruit among you, as well as also among other Gentiles.

because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God has revealed it to them:

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are seen, being known by the things which are made, even His eternal power and divinity; so that they are without excuse:

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:

likewise also the men, having left the natural use of the woman, burned in their desire towards one another; men with men working out disgrace, and receiving the reward of their error among themselves which it behooved.

And as they did not approve to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are inappropriate;

and know his will, and approve the things which are excellent, being taught by the law;

and that which is uncircumcision by nature, perfecting the law, will judge you, who through the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law.

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is outwardly in the flesh.

being freely justified by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus:

whom God sent forth an expiation through faith in his blood, unto the manifestation of His righteousness through the remission of the sins which are passed,

And he received the sign of circumcision, and the seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had in uncircumcision: that he should be the father of all who believed, through uncircumcision; and righteousness should be imputed to them;

and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

as it has been written, That I have constituted thee the father of many nations, before God whom he believed, who quickens the dead, and calls things which are not as really existing:

who against hope confided in hope, that he should be the father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be:

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.

But thanks be unto God, that whereas ye were servants of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart the type of teaching into which ye were delivered:

What fruit then had you at that time in those things in which you are now ashamed? for the end of these things is death.

For when we were in carnality, the emotions of sins, which were through the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

But now we have been made free from the law, being dead in that in which we were held; so that we serve in the newness of the spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

and I died; and the commandment, which was unto life, the same was unto death.

Then did that which is good become death to me? it could not be so: but sin, that it may appear sin, through the good was working out death to me, in order that sin may be exceedingly sinful through the commandment.

For that which I do, I know not: for I do that which I do not will; but I do that which I hate.

But if I do that which I do not will, I consent to the law that it is beautiful;

For I know that in me, that is, in my carnal mind, there dwells no good thing. For to will is present with me, but to do that which is beautiful is not:

for the good which I will I do not; but the evil which I do not will, that I do.

If I do that which I do not will, it is no longer I that do it, but sin dwelling in me.

Then I find a law, that, to me wishing to do that which is beautiful, that the 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.

For there was an impotency of the law, in which it was weak through depravity, God having sent his own Son in the likeness of the sin of depravity and for sin, condemned sin in depravity:

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but you received the Spirit of adoption, in which we cry; Father, Father.

For I reckon that the sufferings of these present times are not worthy to be compared to the glory which is about to be revealed in us.

For we are saved by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for why does any one indeed hope for that which he sees?

But if we hope for that which we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

and in order that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he before prepared unto glory?

and it shall come to pass, in the place in which it was said to them, You are not my people, there they shall be called the sons of the living God:

Then what shall we say? That the Gentiles, not pursuing righteousness, received righteousness, and the righteousness which is from faith:

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

But what says it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach.

But I say, Whether does not Israel know? Moses first says, I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, and with a nation void of understanding I will anger you.

What then? Israel did not attain that which he was seeking, but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:

For if you, having been cut off the olive tree which is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into the good olive tree: how much more shall these, who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

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;

For I speak, through the grace which has been given unto me, for every one who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, as God has imparted to each one the measure of faith.

Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except that which is from God; and the existing authorities have been ordained of God.

For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Whether do you not wish to fear the authority? do the good, and you shall have praise from it:

it is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything by which your brother stumbles.

The faith which you have, have it with yourself before God. Happy is the one not judging himself in that which he approves:

but if he may eat doubting, he has been condemned, because it is not of faith; but every thing which is not of faith is sin.

Let each of us please his neighbor in that which is good, unto edification;

But I have written unto you more boldly in part, as reminding you, on account of the grace which has been given unto me from God,

for I will not dare to speak anything save those things which Christ has wrought through me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles, in word and deed,

For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain contribution to the poor who are in Jerusalem.

I commend unto you our sister Phoebe, being a minister of the church which is in Cenchrea,

But I exhort you, brethren, to mark those who cause divisions and stumblings, contrary to the teaching which you have learned, and depart from them.

For your obedience has come abroad unto all men: therefore I rejoice over you, and wish you to be wise in that which is good, and uncompromising towards that which is evil.

and God has chosen the base-born of the world, and those of no reputation, the things which are not, that He may set at nought the things which are,

but we speak the wisdom of God having been hidden in a mystery, which God predestinated before the ages unto our glory:

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.

But, as has been written, the things which eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and has not entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.

For who of men knows the things of man, except the spirit of the man which is in him? so indeed no one knows the things of God, except the Spirit of God.

But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God; in order that we may know the things which have been graciously given unto us from God.

Which things indeed we speak, not in the teachable words of human wisdom, but in the teachable words of the Spirit, expounding spiritual things to spiritual people.

According to the grace of God which was given unto me, I as a wise architect, laid the foundation; and another builds on it. Let each one take heed how he builds.

For other foundation no one is able to lay beside the one which is laid, who is Jesus Christ.

And if the work of any one which he builds, abides, he will receive a reward:

If any one destroys the temple of God, him will God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which ye are.

For who judges you? and what have you which you did not receive. But if indeed you received it, why do you boast, as not having received it?

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.

What do you wish? must I come unto you with the rod, or in divine love and the spirit of meekness?

Fornication is truly heard of among you, and such fornication which is not among the heathens, that one should have the wife of his father.

Which one of you having a matter dares to go to law with another before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

Fly from fornication. Every sin which a man may commit is outside of his body; the one committing fornication sins against his own body.

But concerning those things about which you wrote to me: That it is good for a man not to receive a wife:

Let the husband give to the wife that which is due, and likewise the wife also to the husband.

But I wish that all men were even as myself; but each one has his own gift from God, some one, and some another.

Let each one abide in the same calling in which he is called.

Let each one remain with the Lord, in the same calling in which he was called, brethren.

I wish you to be free from solicitude. The unmarried man cares for the things of the Lord, in order that he may please the Lord:

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.

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;