The apostles and the elders came together to consider this matter.

it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek,

And when they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit o Jesus did not allow them;

A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and begging him, and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."

and on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had come together.

When she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us.

She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment.

and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were unfastened.

And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go in peace."

But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without trial, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now cast us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out."

So they came and apologized to them, and they took them out and asked them to leave the city.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

Now those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.

And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He went to see them,

When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

They came to Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the scriptures.

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

Many also of those who believed now came, confessing and disclosing their practices.

And a number of those who practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Now some were shouting one thing, some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and most of the people did not know why they had come together.

When he had gone through those parts and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece.

But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days came to them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.

And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene.

Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos; and the day after that we came to Miletus.

And when they came to him, he said to them: "You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day that I set foot in Asia,

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews;

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

When we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo.

On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entering the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we stayed with him.

As we were staying there for some days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.

While they were trying to kill him, a report came up to the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

Then the commander came up and arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.

When he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;

But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

came to me, and standing near said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' And at that very time I looked up at him.

So the commander came and said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" And he said, "Yes."

This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.

When these had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.

After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders, with an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor.

Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings.

But some days later Felix came with Drusilla, his wife who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you."

And when Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

When therefore they came together here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.

So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high ranking officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

We sailed along it with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.

When a gentle south wind came up, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore.

But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to sense that they were approaching land.

When day came, they could not recognize the land, but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could.

But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.

When this had happened, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

From there we sailed around and arrived at Rhegium, and a day later a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli.

There we found some brethren, and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome.

And the brethren, when they heard of us, came from there as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.

They said to him, "We have not received letters from Judea concerning you, and none of the brethren who have come here has reported or spoken anything bad about you.

When they had appointed a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in great numbers. And he explained the matter to them from morning till evening, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.

And he stayed there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him,

asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last find the way to come to you.

I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have some harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

Why not say as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say "Let us do evil that good may come"? Their condemnation is just.

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

Law came in, that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,

So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? Certainly not! But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.

I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

But now, since I no longer have any place for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you,

They were pleased to do it, and indeed they are in debt to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.

And I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

so that by God's will I may come to you with joy, and together with you be refreshed.

When I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out, not the words of these arrogant people, but their power.

What do you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

Do not deprive one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written down for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

But in the following instructions, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.

But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

What is the outcome then, brethren? When you come together, each one has a hymn, or a teaching, or a revelation, or a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

For since by a man came death, by a man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?"

You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then will come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

On the first day of every week, each one of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come.

But I will come to you after I go through Macedonia, for I am going through Macedonia;

As for our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to come to you with the other brethren, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity.

If anyone does not love the Lordlet him be accursed. Come, O Lord!

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life.