They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

Peter said to them, “You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner. But God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.

Then I also heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat!’

But a voice answered from heaven a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call common.’

He reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.

And they started to call Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the main speaker.

When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack against Paul and brought him to the judge’s bench.

As Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of a crime or of moral evil, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you Jews.

Then they all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judge’s bench. But none of these things concerned Gallio.

As they were trying to kill him, word went up to the commander of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in chaos.

for the mass of people followed, yelling, “Take him away!”

So now you, along with the Sanhedrin, make a request to the commander that he bring him down to you as if you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly. However, before he gets near, we are ready to kill him.”

Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.”

But I confess this to you: I worship my fathers’ God according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing all the things that are written in the Law and in the Prophets.

Now as he spoke about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and replied, “Leave for now, but when I find time I’ll call for you.”

asking him to do them a favor against Paul, that he might summon him to Jerusalem. They were preparing an ambush along the road to kill him.

After some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and paid a courtesy call on Festus.

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple complex and were trying to kill me.

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.

Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rest in the law, boast in God,

Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?

As He also says in Hosea:

I will call Not My People, My People,
and she who is Unloved, Beloved.

for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on Him.

But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him? And how can they hear without a preacher?

To God’s church at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord—both their Lord and ours.

For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by members of Chloe’s household, that there is rivalry among you.

I call on God as a witness, on my life, that it was to spare you that I did not come to Corinth.

Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.

fulfill my joy by thinking the same way, having the same love, sharing the same feelings, focusing on one goal.

My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.

Now the goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.

We know that the law is not meant for a righteous person, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

For the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers,

Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.

because you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars.

I will kill her children with the plague. Then all the churches will know that I am the One who examines minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

And I looked, and there was a pale green horse. The horseman on it was named Death, and Hades was following after him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.

They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it strikes a man.

So the four angels who were prepared for the hour, day, month, and year were released to kill a third of the human race.

When they finish their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, conquer them, and kill them.