What is it therefore? At all events a multitude will come together, for they will hear that you have come.

taking them, be purified with them, and be at expense for them, so that they may shave their heads. And all may know that what they have been told about you is nothing, but you yourself also walk orderly and keep the Law.

Then taking the men on the next day, being purified with them, Paul went into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of the purification, until an offering should be offered for each of them.

(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city before, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him!

And as Paul was about to be led into the fortress, he said to the chiliarch, Is it lawful for me to say a thing to you? And he said, Do you know Greek?

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

For you shall be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.

And I saw Him say to me, Hurry and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.

And He said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the nations.

And they listened to him until this word, and then they lifted up their voice, saying, Take such a one from the earth! For it is not fitting that he should live.

the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying for him to be examined by scourging, so that he might know why they cried out so against him.

And as they stretched him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?

And hearing, coming near the centurion reported to the chiliarch, saying, Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman.

Then Paul said to him, God shall strike you, whitened wall! For do you sit judging me according to the Law, and against law command me to be stricken?

Then Paul said, I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest; for it is written, "You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people."

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.

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

And calling one of the centurions, Paul said, Bring this young man to the chiliarch, for he has a certain thing to tell him.

But do not yield to them, for there are more than forty men of them lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. And now they are ready, looking for a promise from you.

And being minded to know the charge for which they accused him, I brought him down to their sanhedrin;

For we have found this man pestilent, and moving rebellion among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

unless it may be for this one voice that I cried out standing among them, that concerning a resurrection of the dead I am being judged by you today.

Then after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the Judgment to come, Felix trembled and answered, Go for this time, but taking time later, I will call for you.

He also hoped that silver would be given him by Paul, that he might free him. Therefore he also frequently sent for him and talked with him.

asking a favor against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, making a plot to kill him on way.

For if I am an offender or have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is nothing of which these accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.

To them I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man to destruction before he being accused may have the accusers face to face, and have had freedom to answer for himself concerning the accusation.

For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not to signify the charges against him.

And Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then stretching out his hand, Paul made a defense:

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made to our fathers by God,

to which promise our twelve tribes hope to attain, serving God fervently night and day. For the sake of this hope, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

And all of us falling to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew dialect, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

But rise and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of what you saw, and in what I shall appear to you;

For the king understands about these things, to whom I speak, even being bold of speech. For I am persuaded that not any of these things are hidden from him, nothing. For the doing of this was not in a corner.

And Paul said, I would pray to God, both in a little and in much, that not only you, but also all hearing me today to become as I also am, except for these bonds.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there will be no casting away of life among you, only of the ship.

For tonight an angel of God stood beside me, whose I am and whom I serve,

Therefore, men, be of good cheer, for I believe God, that it will be so, according to the way it was told me.

Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your deliverance. For not a hair of your head shall perish.

And the foreigners showed us not the common kindness. For they kindled a fire and welcomed all of us, because of the rain coming on, and because of the cold.

For this cause, then, I called for you, to see and to speak with you. For I have this chain around me for the hope of Israel.

But we think it right to hear from you what you think. For truly as concerning this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.

For the heart of this people was fattened, and they have heard with their ears dully; and they closed their eyes; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."

by whom we have received grace and apostleship, to obedience to the faith among all nations, for His name;

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

For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to you for the establishing of you.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

because the thing which may be known of God is clearly revealed within them, for God revealed it to them.

For the unseen things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being realized by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, for them to be without excuse.

For they changed the truth of God into a lie, and they worshiped and served the created thing more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

For this cause, God gave them up to dishonorable affections. For even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature.

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another; males with males working out shamefulness, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was fitting for their error.

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, everyone who judges; for in that in which you judge another, you condemn yourself, for you who judge do the same things.

But according to your hardness and your impenitent heart, do you treasure up wrath for yourself in a day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

indeed to those who with patience in good work are seeking for glory, and honor, and incorruptibility, everlasting life.

For there is no respect of faces with God.

For as many as sinned without Law will also perish without Law. And as many as have sinned within Law shall be judged through Law.

For it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified.

For when the nations, who do not have the Law, do by nature the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law unto themselves;

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, who have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the Law.

For the name of God is blasphemed among the nations because of you, as it is written.

For circumcision truly profits if you keep the Law, but if you are a transgressor of the Law, circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

If then the uncircumcision keeps the ordinances of the Law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that outwardly in flesh;

For what? If some did not believe, will not their unbelief nullify the faith of God?

Let it not be! For then how shall God judge the world?

For if in my lie the truth has more abounded to His glory why am I still judged as a sinner?

What then? Do we excel? No, in no way; for we have before charged both Jews and Greeks all with being under sin,

because by the works of the Law none of all flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law is the knowledge of sin.

even the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ, toward all and upon all those who believe. For there is no difference,

for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,

for the display of His righteousness at this time, for Him to be just and, forgiving the one being of the faith of Jesus.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has a boast; but not before God.

For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."

But to him not working, but believing on Him justifying the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Is this blessedness then on the circumcision only, or on the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

And he received a sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith while still uncircumcised; so that he might be the father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for righteousness to be imputed to them also;

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

For if they of the Law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise is made of no effect;

because the Law works out wrath, for where no law is, there is no transgression.

Therefore it is of faith so that it might be according to grace; for the promise to be made sure to all the seed, not only to that which is of the Law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

For he who beyond hope believed on hope for him to become the father of many nations (according to that which was spoken, "So your seed shall be").

And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

Now it was not written for him alone that it was imputed to him,

but for us also to whom it is to be imputed, to the ones believing on Him who has raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

who was delivered because of our offenses and was raised for our justification.

For we yet being without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

For one will with difficulty die for a righteous one, yet perhaps one would even dare to die for a good one.

But God commends His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.

For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

but the free gift shall not be also like the offense. For if by the offense of the one many died, much more the grace of God, and the gift in grace; which is of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.

And the free gift shall not be as by one having sinned; (for indeed the judgment was of one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offenses to justification.

For if by one man's offense death reigned by one, much more they who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by One, Jesus Christ.)

For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous.