And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased! I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

Some fell on rocky places, where they did not have much soil, and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of soil.

But other seed fell on good soil and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

But the one who received seed on the good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

But the wise replied, 'No, there may not be enough for both us and you; go rather to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.'

Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with me."

Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

But other seed fell on good soil and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced thirtyfold, sixty, and a hundred."

But these are the ones sown on good soil, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit thirtyfold, sixty, and a hundred."

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing; go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.'

And he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; stay here, and watch."

"My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

(and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."

But others fell on good soil, sprang up, and yielded a crop a hundredfold." When he had said this he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

But the ones that fell on the good soil are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.

And he answered, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind'; and 'your neighbor as yourself.'"

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."'

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?'

Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves purses that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

When Jesus heard it, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

But those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.'"

He said to them, "But now, let him who has a purse take it, and likewise a bag; and let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one.

And he said to them, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal."

"Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, for this purpose I came to this hour.

because you will not abandon my soul to hades, nor let your Holy One see decay.

And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to that prophet will be destroyed from among the people.'

Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common.

Then they cast him out of the city and began to stone him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

But Saul began ravaging the church, and, entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

Saul got up from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

And the Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying,

So Ananias departed and entered the house. And after laying his hands on him said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ.

but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night, to kill him;

So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul;

And this they did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter's side and woke him up, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission, taking along with them John, who was also called Mark.

Now in the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him

Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

but on taking leave of them he said, "I will return to you if God wills," and he set sail from Ephesus.

There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting in the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep. And as Paul talked on and on, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there; for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

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.

And having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.

And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'

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

And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan cohort named Julius.

And embarking in a ship from Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.

When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss.

and he said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'

They waited, expecting him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but after they had waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

They honored us in many ways; and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed.

After three months we set sail in a ship which had wintered in the island, an Alexandrian ship, with the Twin Brothers as figurehead.

And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be reckoned to them.

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not according to knowledge.

Never be lacking in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.

If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

he has put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

For behold what this very thing, godly sorrow, has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what readiness to see justice done! At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered the wrong, but in order that your zeal for us might be revealed to you in the sight of God.

for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the Macedonians, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year; and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.

Nevertheless, God's firm foundation stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who names the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger,

let him know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against your soul.

(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),

The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

Beloved, I pray that you may be in good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!"

And out came a horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that men should slay one another; and to him was given a great sword.

When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come." And I looked, and behold, a black horse; and its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.

When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained;