My manner of life, then, from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem, all Jews know:

and they know, if they are willing to testify, that from the first, according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived a Pharisee.

And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to the fathers,

King Agrippa, believest thou the Prophets? I know that thou believest.

And much time having been spent, and the voyage being now dangerous, because the Fast had already gone by, Paul advised them,

And as neither sun nor stars had appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, thenceforward all hope that we should be saved was taken away.

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

And when it was day, they did not know the land; but they observed a certain creek having a beach, into which they determined, if possible, to run the ship.

And the barbarians showed us no little kindness; for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the rain which had come on, and because of the cold.

And when the barbarians saw the animal hanging from his hand, they said to one another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom though he hath escaped the sea, Justice hath not permitted to live.

He, however, shaking off the animal into the fire suffered no harm.

But they were looking for his becoming swollen, or suddenly falling down dead. But after looking a great while, and seeing no harm come to him they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

But we think it proper to hear from thee what thou thinkest; for with regard to this sect, we know that it is everywhere spoken against.

Because though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful to him; but became perverse in their reasonings, and their senseless minds were darkened;

But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practise such things.

For there is no respect of persons with God.

for when the gentiles, who have no law, do by nature what is required by the Law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves;

What then? Are we better than others? By no means! For we have already brought a charge both against Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one;

and the way of peace they know not.

There is no fear of God before their eyes."

Now we know that whatever the Law saith, it saith to those who are under the Law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become subject to condemnation before God.

Because by works of the Law no flesh shall be accepted as righteous: for by the Law is the knowledge of sin.

But now, apart from the Law, the righteousness which is of God, to which the Law and the Prophets bear testimony,

even the righteousness which is of God through faith in Jesus Christ, hath been made manifest to all and for all believers. For there is no distinction.

Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay; but by the law of faith.

For if Abraham was accepted as righteous through works, he hath ground of boasting. But he hath no ground of boasting before God.

Now to him that performeth works, the reward is not accounted a matter of grace, but of debt;

For if they that are of the Law are heirs, then faith becometh a vain thing, and the promise is made of no effect.

For the Law is the cause of wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.

Now hardly for a righteous man will one die; perhaps, however, for a benefactor one might even dare to die.

Much more then, being now accepted as righteous through his blood, we shall be saved through him from the [coming] wrath.

and not this only, but also having joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

(for all the time before the Law sin was in the world; but sin is not set to ones account when there is no law.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin;

since we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dieth no more; death hath dominion over him no longer.

Know ye not, that whomever ye choose to obey as a master, his bondmen ye are, whether of sin whose fruit is death, or of obedience whose fruit is righteousness?

I speak in a way common among men on account of the weakness of your flesh. For as ye once yielded your members as slaves to impurity and to iniquity, in order to commit iniquity, so now yield your members as bondmen to righteousness in order to become holy.

What fruit then had ye at that time from those things of which ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

But now having been delivered from the slavery of sin, and having become the bondservants of God, ye have holiness as the fruit, and everlasting life as the end.

Know ye not, brethren, (for I am speaking to those who are acquainted with the Law,) that the Law hath dominion over a man only as long as he liveth?

So then, if while her husband is living she connect herself with another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband die, she is no longer bound by that law, so that she will not be an adulteress, though she connect herself with another man.

But now we are delivered from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, that we might serve in the new life of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the letter.

For we know that the Law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, a slave sold to sin.

For I know not what I do. For I do not what I would, but I do what I hate.

Now, however, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is, in my flesh, any good thing; for to desire is present with me, but not to perform that which is good.

But if I do what I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

There is then now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

For I esteem the sufferings of the present time as of no account, when compared with the glory which is about to be revealed to us.

For we know that the whole creation is together groaning and suffering the pains of labor, up to this time;

In like manner the Spirit also helpeth our weakness; for we know not what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedeth with groans which cannot be expressed in words.

We know moreover that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us.

Nay but, O man, who art thou that makest answer to God? Shall the thing that is wrought say to the workman, Why hast thou made me thus?

But what saith it? "The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart;" that is, the word concerning faith, which we preach;

For there is no difference between Jew and Greek; for one and the same is Lord over all, rich to all that call upon him.

But I say, Hath not Israel had knowledge? First, Moses saith, "I will move you to jealousy by that which is no nation, I will excite you to indignation by a foolish people."

God hath not cast off his people, which he foreknew. Do ye not know what the Scripture saith in the passage concerning Elijah? how he pleadeth to God against Israel:

But what saith the answer of God to him? "I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

And if it is by grace, it is no longer on account of works; otherwise grace ceaseth to be grace; but if it is of works, there is then no grace; otherwise work ceaseth to be work. How is it then?

For in respect to his gifts and his calling, there is no change of purpose with God.

For as ye in times past were disobedient to God, but have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,

so they too have now become disobedient, that they also may obtain mercy through the mercy shown to you.

Render to no one evil for evil; have regard to what is honorable in the sight of all men.

Let every one submit to the authorities that are over him; for there is no authority which is not from God: and the authorities which exist have been ordained by God.

Owe no one anything but brotherly love; for he that loveth others hath fulfilled the Law.

Love worketh no ill to ones neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the Law.

And this, since we know the time, that it is already high time for us to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we became believers.

For none of us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself.

For it is written, "As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall give praise to God."

Let us then no longer judge one another; but let this rather be your judgment, not to put a stumblingblock, or an occasion to fall, in a brothers way.

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him that accounteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

For if on account of food thy brother is made to mourn, thou art no longer walking according to love. Do not with thy food destroy him for whom Christ died.

but, as it is written: "They, to whom no tidings concerning him came, shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand."

But now having no more opportunity in these regions, and having had for many years a great desire to come to you,

But now I am going to Jerusalem on a service of relief to the saints.

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

Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which for eternal ages was unrevealed,

but is now made manifest, and through the writings of the prophets, by the command of the everlasting God, is made known to all the nations to bring them to obedience to the faith,

so that ye come behind in no gift, while waiting for the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

But I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same judgment.

that no one may say that ye were baptized into my name.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel; not with wisdom of speech, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by its wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe;

that no flesh might glory before God.

For I determined not to know anything while with you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

For who among men knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of the man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no one but the Spirit of God.

But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that have been given to us by the grace of God;

But the unspiritual man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot know them; because they are spiritually discerned.

But he that is spiritual judgeth of all things, yet he himself is judged by no one.

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it. Nor indeed are ye able even now;

For other foundation can no one lay than that which is laid, which is Christ Jesus.

Know ye not, that ye are Gods temple, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Let no one deceive himself; if any one thinketh himself wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

So then let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by a human tribunal; nay, I do not even judge myself;

And these things, brethren, I have transferred in a figure to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us ye may learn not to go beyond what is written, that no one of you may pride himself in one against another.

Even to this very hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace,

being slandered, we exhort; we have become as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.