When, therefore, they came together here, I, making no delay, the next day, sitting on the judgment-seat, ordered the man to be brought;

but certain questions concerning their peculiar religion they had against him, and concerning a certain Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

having known me from the beginning, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

which also I did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints also did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the high priests; and, when they were being put to death, I have given a vote against them;

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

but I declared both to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem, and through all the region of Judea, and to the gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

and, having withdrawn, they were talking one to another, saying, "This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds."

And, when it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion, Julius by name, of the Augustan band.

And, when the south wind was blowing gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, lifting anchor, they were coasting nearer to Crete.

which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, lowering the sail, so they were borne along.

And, we being violently tempest-tossed, the next day they were making an overthrow of the cargo;

and, on the third day, with their own hands, they cast out the rigging of the ship.

and, sounding, they found twenty fathoms; and, going a little further, and again sounding, they found fifteen fathoms.

And, fearing lest perhaps we might wreck against rocky places, having cast four anchors out of the stern, they were praying that day would come.

And, when the sailors were seeking to escape out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, by pretext, as though they were about to cast anchors out of the prow,

And, all having become of good cheer, they themselves also partook of food.

And, having been satisfied with food, they were lightening the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

And, when it was day, they were not recognizing the land; but they were observing a certain bay, having a beach, into which they purposed, if they might be able, to thrust the ship.

And, casting off the anchors, they let them go into the sea; at the same time loosing the bands of the rudders, and hoisting the fore-sail to the breeze, they were holding their course towards the beach.

But, falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the prow, sticking fast, remained immovable, but the stern was being broken to pieces by the violence of the waves.

And the barbarians were extending to us no ordinary kindness; for, having kindled a fire, they took us all in, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said among themselves, "Assuredly this man is a murderer, whom, though safely escaping from the sea, justice permitted not to live."

but they were expecting that he would surely become swollen, or suddenly fall down dead; but, after looking a great while, and observing nothing unusual happening to him, changing their minds, they said that he was a god.

who also honored us with many honors; and, when we were setting sail, they placed on board the things suited to our needs.

And it came to pass, after three days, that he called together those who were chief men of the Jews; and, when they came together, he said to them, "Brethren, having done nothing contrary to the people, or to our ancestral customs, I was delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans;

But they said to him, "We neither received letters from Judaea concerning you, nor did any one of the brethren, coming, report or speak any evil concerning you.

And, disagreeing among themselves, they were departing, when Paul uttered one declaration, "Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah, the prophet, to your fathers,

for the heart of this people was made gross; and with their ears they heard heavily; and their eyes they closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I should heal them.'

Be it known, therefore, to you, that to the gentiles was this salvation of God sent: they also will hear."

For His invisible things, since the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being perceived by the things that are made, even His everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

because, having known God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor did they give thanks; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

And, as they did not approve the holding of God in their knowledge, God delivered them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not becoming;

Much every way: first, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

What, then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we before charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

they have all turned aside, they together became unprofitable; there is none that does good, there is not so much as one;

their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips;

and the ways of peace have they not known;

(as it has been written, "A father of many nations have I made you"), before God Whom he believed, Who maketh alive the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were;

But it is not as though the word of God has failed: for they are not all Israel, who are of Israel;

neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children; but, "In Isaac shall your seed be called."

And it shall be that in the place where it was said, 'Ye are not My people,' there shall they be called sons of the living God."

Wherefore? because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the Stone of stumbling;

Brethren, the desire, indeed, of my heart, and my supplication to God in their behalf, is that they may be saved.

For I testify for them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge;

for, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God;

How, then, shall they call on Him in Whom they believed not? and how shall they believe on Him of Whom they heard not? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

and how shall they preach, unless they are sent forth? As it has been written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of good things!"

But they did not all obey the glad tidings. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who believed our report?"

But I say, did they not hear? Yes, verily, "Their sound went out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the inhabited earth."

"Lord, they have killed Thy prophets, they have digged down Thy altars; and I am left alone, and they are seeking my soul."

as it has been written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day."

let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always."

I Say, then, did they stumble, that they might fall? It could not be! But by their trespass salvation has come to the gentiles to provoke them to rivalry.

Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, but you have been standing by faith. Do not cherish lofty thoughts; but fear.

And they also, if they continue not in unbelief, shall be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.

As touching the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake; but as touching the election, they are beloved for the Father's sake;

even so did these now disobey, that by the mercy shown to you they also may obtain mercy.

For, on this account, ye pay tribute also; for they are God's ministers, attending continually to this very thing.

Indeed, they were well pleased, and their debtors they are; for, if the gentiles were partakers of their spiritual things, they ought also to minister to them in carnal things.

For those who are such are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and, through their kind words and flattering speeches, they beguile the hearts of the simple.

which no one of the rulers of this age has known; for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory;

But a natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

And again, "The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain."

Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them, if they remain even as I am.

But, if they have not continency let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified in the brother; else your children are unclean; but as it is they are holy.

But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened; that henceforth both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not;

And every one who strives in the games exercises self restraint in all things; they, indeed, therefore, to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking of the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was the Christ.

But in the most of them God took no pleasure; for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Now these things became types for us, that we might not covet evil things, as they also coveted.

Now these things were happening to them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, unto whom the ends of the ages have come.

Nay, but I say that the things which the gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I do not wish you to become partakers with the demons.

even as I also, in all things, please all men: not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.

And, if they were all one member, where were the body?

But now they are many members, but one body.

Love never fails; but whether there be prophecies, they will be done away; whether there be tongues, they will cease; whether there be knowledge, it will be done away.

Even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, if they give no distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?

In the law it has been written, "With other tongues, and with lips of others, I will speak to this people; and not even thus will they listen to Me," saith the Lord.

If, therefore, the whole assembly comes together, and all are speaking with tongues, and there come in those who are unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are mad?

And, if they wish to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is a shame for a wife to speak in an assembly.

If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to you, that they are the Lord's commandment;

But by God's grace I am what I am; and His grace which was bestowed upon me did not prove vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Whether, therefore, it be I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

Else what will those do who are immersed for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are they even immersed for them?

But some one will say, "How are the dead raised? and with what kind of body do they come?"

and, if it be meet for me also to go, they shall go with me.

Now I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first-fruit of Achaia, and that they appointed themselves for ministry to the saints),

For, they refreshed my spirit and yours; therefore, recognize those who are such.

For the love of Christ is constraining us; having judged this, that One died for all; consequently, they all died:

Wherefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, they have become new.

And what agreement has a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God, as God said, "I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."

For, according to their power, I bear witness, and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord;

and they did this not as we hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God;

Whether any one inquires about Titus, he is my partner, and my fellow-worker in your behalf; or our brethren, they are the messengers of the assemblies, the glory of Christ.

I thought it necessary, therefore, to exhort the brethren, that they should go before to you, and make up beforehand your previously promised bounty, that this may be ready as a matter of bounty and not as of covetousness.

they also, with supplication for you, longing after you on account of the exceeding grace of God upon you.

For we are not bold to judge ourselves among, or to compare ourselves with, some of those who commend themselves; but they measuring themselves among themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.