And a voice a second time was heard from heaven, Whatsoever things God has cleansed, consider thou not unconsecrated.

Since then God gave unto them the equal gift, as also unto us, believing on the Lord Jesus Christ; who was I, to be able to resist God?

And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number having believed, turned to the Lord.

And the word was heard in the ears of the church in Jerusalem concerning them: and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and faith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.

And they determined that each one of them should send to the ministry to the brethren dwelling in Judea, as each one of the disciples was prosperous;

Then indeed Peter was kept in prison: but prayer to God in his behalf was incessantly made by the church.

But when Herod was about to lead him forth, and Peter was sleeping that night between two soldiers, and bound with two chains; and the guards were keeping guard before the door.

And having come out, he was following; and did not know that it is true which was done by the angel; but he was thinking that he saw a vision.

And they said to her, You are gone mad; but she persisted that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

And it being day, there was no small commotion among the soldiers, as to where Peter then was.

And he was very angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians: and they unanimously came to him, and having persuaded Blastus who was over the chamber of the king, they continued to seek peace; because their country is supported by the kings.

And having gone through the whole island to Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician, a Jewish false prophet, to whom was the name of Bar-Jesus:

who was with Sergius Paulus, the proconsul, an intelligent man. He, having called Barnabas and Saul, sought to hear the word of God;

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness; and going about he was seeking people to lead him by the hand.

Men, brethren, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you fearing God, unto us the word of this salvation was sent.

And we preach unto you the promise, which was made to the fathers,

And Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly, said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you: since you have rejected it, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life, behold we now turn to the Gentiles.

and the word of the Lord was carried throughout all the country.

And the multitude of the city was divided: and some indeed were with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

And when there was a conspiracy of both Gentiles and Jews along with their leaders, to insult and stone them,

And there was a certain man sitting there in Lystra, impotent in his feet, being lame from the womb of his mother, who never did walk about.

and they were calling Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, since he was the leader of the speech.

But the Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the multitudes, stoned Paul, dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was dead;

But there was a paroxysm, so that they parted from one another, and Barnabas, taking Mark, sailed away into Cyprus.

And he arrived into Derbe and Lystra. And, behold, a certain disciple was there, by name Timothy, the son of a faithful Jewish woman, and a Greek father,

who was of good report by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.

Paul wished him to go out with him; and having taken him circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places: for they all knew his father that he was a Greek.

And a vision was seen by Paul during the night: Some Macedonian man was standing and entreating him and saying, Having come over into Macedonia, help us.

And a certain woman Lydia by name, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshiping God, was hearing us: whose heart the Lord opened to give attention to the words spoken by Paul.

And her masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, arresting Paul and Silas, dragged them into the forum to the rulers,

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bonds of all were loosed.

And the jailer, being awakened, and seeing the doors of the prison open, seizing a sword, was about to kill himself, thinking that his prisoners had escaped.

And having traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came into Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

but when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea, they came thither also, agitating and stirring up the rabbles.

But Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, seeing the city devoted to idolatry.

And certain ones of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers interviewed him, and some continued to say, What would this babbler wish to say? and others said, He seems to be the propagator of strange divinities: because he was preaching the gospel of Jesus, and the resurrection.

For going through, and seeing your devotions, I also found an altar on which it was superscribed, To THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore I now preach unto you Him whom you are ignorantly worshiping.

But certain men, having adhered to him, believed; among whom was also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman Damarias by name, and others along with them.

And when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was straitened with the word, witnessing to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

And all taking Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, beat him before the tribunal; and nothing of these things was a care to Gallio.

And he was instructed in the way of the Lord, and zealous in spirit, was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John;

And it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul having come through the upper regions came down into Ephesus: and found certain disciples,

And God was working great miracles through the hands of Paul;

And the man in whom was the evil spirit, leaping on them, domineering over both of them, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified;

And at that time there was no small commotion concerning the way.

For a certain Demetrius by name, a silversmith, making silver shrines of Diana, was bringing no small gain to the mechanics,

And the city was filled with commotion: and they rushed of one accord into the theatre, seizing Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians, the companions of Paul.

Then indeed they continued to cry out some one thing, and some another: for the church was confused; and the most of them did not know on account of what they had come together.

But recognizing that he is a Jew, there was one voice from all crying out about two hours, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

and having remained three months, a plot rising against him from the Jews, when about to sail for Syria, he was of a mind to return through Macedonia.

Paul speaking more prolixly, there was a certain young man, Eutychus by name, sitting in the window, being borne down with deep sleep, completely relaxed by sleep, fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.

For Paul decided to sail by Ephesus, in order that it might not be necessary for him to spend the time in Asia: for he was hastening, if it might be possible for him to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

And when they came to him, he said to them, You know, that from the first day from which I came unto Asia, how I was with you all the time,

And the weeping of all was great, and falling on the neck of Paul, they continued to kiss him copiously,

And hearing that he was speaking to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept silent the more.

as the high priest also, and all the eldership, witnessed me: from whom having also received letters from the brethren in Damascus, I was on my way, being about to lead them also hither into Jerusalem bound, that they might be punished.

And it came to pass, while I was journeying, and nigh unto Damascus, a great light, about midday, suddenly shone from heaven around me;

And now why tarriest thou? arising, be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on His name.

And it happened unto me, having returned into Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I was in an ecstasy;

And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and binding those believing on thee throughout the synagogue;

and when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of those killing him.

And the chiliarch responded, With a great sum obtained I this citizenship. And Paul said, But I was indeed born (a Roman citizen).

Then immediately those about to scourge him departed from him: and the chiliarch also feared, knowing that he was a Roman, and that he had bound him.

And he speaking this, there was a dissension of the Pharisees and Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.

And there was a great clamor: and certain ones of the scribes on the part of the Pharisees, rising up, continued to strive, saying, We find nothing evil in this man: but has a spirit or an angel spoken to him?

Or let them tell what injustice they found, while I was standing before the sanhedrim,

Then indeed Festus responded, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and himself was about to go away quickly:

but they had certain questions against him concerning their own religion, and about a certain Jesus, who is dead, whom Paul was saying that He is alive.

Then on the following day, Agrippa and Bernice having come with great pomp, and entering into the auditorium, along with the chiliarchs, and chief men of the city, and, Festus commanding, Paul was led forth.

and throughout all the synagogues, frequently punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceeding mad against them, I was persecuting them even also unto foreign cities.

Therefore, O king, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:

but first to those in Damascus, and also in Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles, I was preaching that they should repent and turn to God, doing things worthy of repentance.

But Agrippa said to Festus, This man was able to have been released, if he had not appealed to Caesar.

And when it was determined that we should sail away into Italy, they committed both Paul and certain other prisoners to the centurion, Julius by name, of the band of Augustus.

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

and neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and there being no small tempest on us, finally all hope of saving us was taken away.

And when it was the fourteenth night, we being borne along in the Adriatic Sea, about the middle of the night the sailors surmised that some country was coming to them.

But until the day was about to come, Paul exhorted all to take food, saying, Already this day you remain in a state of solicitude, the fourteenth day, receiving nothing.

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 having fallen into a place where two seas met, they broke the ship, and indeed the prow, sticking fast, remained motionless, but the stern was torn off by the violence (of the wind).

And the counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest some one, having outswum them, might escape:

and they were looking for him to be about to swell up and suddenly fall down dead. But having looked a long time, and seeing nothing out of place come to him, changing their minds, they said that he was a god.

And it came to pass, that the father of Publius was lying prostrate with fevers and dysentery: to whom Paul having come in, and prayed, laying hands on him, healed him.

And when we came into Rome, it was permitted to Paul to remain to himself with the soldier guarding him.

And it came to pass, after three days, he called together those who were first of the Jews; and they having assembled, he said to them, I, men, brethren, having done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, was committed a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans;

who judging me, were counseling to release me, because there was nothing worthy of death in me:

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

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, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were they thankful; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.

For what does the scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness.

Then does this blessedness come on the circumcision, or on the uncircumcision? for we say That faith was imputed to Abraham for righteousness.

Then how was it imputed? to him, being in circumcision or uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

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

but he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was filled up with dynamite through faith, having given glory to God;

Therefore it was indeed imputed unto him for righteousness.

And it was not written on account of him alone, that it was imputed to him;

who was delivered on account of our transgressions, and raised for our justification.

(for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed, there being no law;