"I deem myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am about this day to make my defense before you, concerning all things of which I am being accused by Jews;

But arise, and stand upon your feet; for I appeared to you for this end, to appoint you a minister and a witness both of the things in which you saw Me, and of the things in which I will appear to you;

Having, therefore, obtained help from God, I have stood to this day, testifying both to small and great, saying nothing, except those things which both the prophets and Moses said would come to pass;

For the king knows well concerning these things, to whom also I speak boldly; for I am persuaded that no one of these things is hidden from him; for this has not been done in a corner.

And Paul said, "I could pray God, that, both in a small degree and in a great degree, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, may become such as I am, except these chains!"

and, having withdrawn, they were talking one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."

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

And, after long abstinence from food, then Paul, standing up in the midst of them, said, "Ye ought, indeed, O men, hearkening to me, not to have set sail from Crete, and to have incurred this violence and loss.

For there stood by me this night an angel of the God Whose I am, and Whom I serve,

wherefore, I beseech you to partake of food; for this makes the beginning of your deliverance; for a hair from the head of no one of you shall perish."

And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said among themselves, "Assuredly this man is a murderer, whom, though safely escaping from the sea, justice permitted not to live."

And, when this happened, the others also, who had diseases in the island, were coming to him, and being healed;

For this cause, therefore, I called for you, to see and to speak with you: for, on account of the hope of Israel, I am encompassed with this chain."

But we deem it proper to hear from you what you think: for, indeed, concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against."

saying, 'Go your way to this people, and say, With hearing ye shall hear, but in no wise understand; and, looking, ye shall look, and in no wise see;

for the heart of this people was made gross; and with their ears they heard heavily; and their eyes they closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I should heal them.'

Be it known, therefore, to you, that to the gentiles was this salvation of God sent: they also will hear."

For this cause, God gave them up to vile passions; for both their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature;

And do you reckon this, O man, who judge those who practice such things, and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?

Does this happiness, therefore, come upon the circumcision, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say, "Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness."

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

through Whom also we have had access by faith into this grace in which we have been standing; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be brought to nought, that we should no more be in bondage to sin;

For what I accomplish, I know not; for not what I wish, this do I practice; but what I hate, this I do.

But, if what I wish not, this I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

For the good that I wish, I do not; but the evil which I wish not, this I practice.

But, if what I wish not, this I do, it is no more I that perform it, but the sin that is dwelling in me.

Wretched man that I am! who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

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

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose did I raise you up, that I might show forth My power in you, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth."

Even so, then, at this present time also, a remnant, according to an election of grace, has been reserved.

What, then? What Israel is seeking for, this he did not obtain; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened;

as it has been written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day."

For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery (lest ye be wise in your own conceits), that a hardening, in part, has befallen Israel, until the fulness of the gentiles come in;

and this is the covenant from Me to them, when I shall take away their sins."

and he not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

But, if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for, in doing this, you will heap coals of fire upon his head.

For, on this account, ye pay tribute also; for they are God's ministers, attending continually to this very thing.

For this, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not kill," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet;" and, if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

And this, knowing the season, that it is time already for you to be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when ye believed.

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

Let us not, therefore, judge one another any more; but judge ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block, or an occasion of falling, in a brother's way.

and that the gentiles might glorify God for His mercy; as it has been written, "For this cause, I will confess to Thee among the gentiles; and to Thy name will I sing praise."

After having completed this, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by you into Spain;

Now I mean this: that each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul;" and "I of Apollos;" and "I of Cephas:" and "I of Christ!"

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

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

which no one of the rulers of this age has known; for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise 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 has been written, "He Who taketh the wise in their craftiness."

Even until this present hour, we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;

For this cause, I sent to you Timothy, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who will bring to your remembrance my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

And ye have become puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he who did this deed might be taken away from you.

For I, verily, being absent in the body, but present in the Spirit, have already, as if present, judged him who so wrought this;

not at all meaning, with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or idolaters; since ye ought, in that event, to go out of the world;

Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, then, things pertaining to this life?

If, then, ye have tribunals pertaining to this life, do ye set those to judge who are set at nought in the assembly?

Foods are for the stomach, and the stomach for foods; but God will bring to nought both this and these. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body;

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

And I wish all men to be even as myself. Each one, however, has his own gift from God; one, indeed, after this manner, and another, after that.

I think, therefore, that this is good on account of the impending distress; namely, that it is good for a man to be thus.

But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened; that henceforth both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

and those who use the world, as not using it to the full; for the fashion of this world is passing away.

And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast restraint upon you, but for that which is seemly, and compatible with constant devotion to the Lord without distraction.

But he who has been standing steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has authority respecting his own will, and has determined this in his own heart, that he will keep his own virgin daughter, will do well.

But this knowledge is not in all; but some, by familiarity with the idol even until now, eat it as an idol-sacrifice; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

But take heed, lest this liberty of yours become a stumbling-block to the weak.

My defense to those examining me is this.

If others partake of this authority over you, do not we still more? But we used not this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.

For, if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but, if unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.

But, if anyone says to you, "This is the remains of an idol-sacrifice." eat it not, for his sake that showed it, and because of conscience:

for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head because of the angels.

But, in giving this charge, I praise you not; because, not for the better, but for the worse, do ye come together.

What! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the assembly of God, and put to shame those who have them not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I praise you not.

and, having given thanks, He broke it, and said, "This is My body which is for you; this do in remembrance of Me."

In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying "This cup is the New Covenant in My blood; this do, as often as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me:"

for, as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death, till He come.

For this cause, many among you are weak and sick, and not a few sleep.

In the law it has been written, "With other tongues, and with lips of others, I will speak to this people; and not even thus will they listen to Me," saith the Lord.

If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable!

And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

And, when this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality, then will come to pass the saying that has been written, "Death was swallowed up in victory."

For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

And in this confidence I was purposing before to come to you, that ye might have a second favor;

When, therefore, I was purposing this, did I manifest fickleness or the things which I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the "Yea, yea," and the "Nay, nay?"

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

And I wrote this very thing, that I might not, when I came, have sorrow from those of whom I ought to have joy; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

For even that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, on account of the surpassing glory;

But their minds were unimpressible; for until this day upon the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted; which in Christ is done away.

But, until this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies upon their heart.

Therefore, having this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not;

in whom the god of this world blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, Who is the image of God, should not shine upon them.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness may be of God, and not from ourselves;

For verily, in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from Heaven;

Now He Who wrought us for this very thing is God, Who gave to us the earnest of the Spirit.

For the love of Christ is constraining us; having judged this, that One died for all; consequently, they all died:

For, behold this very thing??hat ye were made sorry after a godly manner??hat diligence it wrought in you; yea, what defense of yourselves; yea, what indignation; yea, what fear; yea what earnest desire; yea, what zeal; yea, what avenging! In everything ye proved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

For this cause, we have been consoled; but, in our consolation, we rejoice the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.