And he said to them, With what then were you baptized? And they said, With John's baptism.

And hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus:

And all the men were about twelve.

But when some were hardened and believed not, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples from them, and reasoned day by day in the school of one Tyrannus.

so that napkins and aprons were brought from him to the sick, and their diseases left them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

And there were some seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.

And when these things were accomplished, Paul was disposed by the Spirit, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there I must see Rome.

And hearing this they were full of wrath, and cried, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians!

and some of the rulers of Asia also, who were friendly to him, sending to him, besought him not to expose himself in the theatre.

and there were many lamps in the upper room where we were assembled.

And they brought away the child alive, and were not a little comforted.

And he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

And on the following day Paul went with us to James, and all the elders were present.

AND when the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia seeing him in the temple excited all the multitude, and laid hands on him,

And all the city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him without the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.

And while they were seeking to kill him, a report went up to the chiliarch of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in commotion;

Are you not the Egyptian who before these days excited a sedition, and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men who were murderers?

as the chief priest also bears me witness, and all the eldership, from whom also receiving letters to the brothers I went to Damascus, to bring those who were there bound to Jerusalem to be punished.

And those that were with me saw the light, but they heard not the voice of him that spoke to me.

And Paul knowing that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried in the Sanhedrim, Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee and the son of Pharisees; for the hope and resurrection of the dead am I under trial.

And having said this, there was a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the multitude were divided.

And there were more than forty who took this oath,

Now, therefore, speak to the chiliarch, with the Sanhedrim, to bring him down to you tomorrow, as if you were about to investigate his case more accurately, and we, before he comes nigh, are ready to kill him.

The soldiers therefore took Paul as they were commanded and brought him by night to Antipatris,

which I also did at Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were killed I gave my vote against them.

And Paul said, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

Proceeding thence we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary,

And the harbor being inconvenient to winter in, the greater part advised to depart thence, and, if they were able, to come to Phenice to winter, a harbor of Crete, which opens to the South and Southwest.

and the ship being caught and not being able to bear up against the wind, we gave up, and were borne along.

and taking it out they used helps, under-girding the ship; and fearing lest they should fall on the shoal, letting down the mast they were driven in that condition.

And on the fourteenth night, when we were borne along in the Adriatic, at about midnight the sailors suspected that some land was approaching them.

And the sailors seeking to escape from the ship, and letting down the boat into the sea, with the pretence that they were about to put out anchors from the fore part of the ship,

and all the souls in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six.

and the rest, some on boards, and some on parts of the ship; and in this way all were brought safely to land.

And when they were saved, they learned that the island was called Melita.

Near that place were the lands of the first man in the island, whose name was Poplius, who received and entertained us kindly three days.

And this being done, the rest also who had sicknesses in the island came and were cured,

where finding brothers we were invited to remain with them seven days; and thus we came to Rome.

And some believed the things which were spoken, and others believed not;

and disagreeing among themselves they were dismissed by Paul, saying one word; Well did the Holy Spirit speak by Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

because having known God they glorified him not as God neither were thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their ignorant mind was darkened.

Saying that they were wise they became foolish,

Much in every way. For first, indeed, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

For when we were yet weak, in due time Christ died for the wicked;

but God commends his love to us, that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us;

For if when enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more having become reconciled we shall be saved in his life.

for as through the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the one shall the many be constituted righteous.

Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death?

But thanks be to God that you were servants of sin, but obeyed from the heart the form of teaching in which you were instructed,

For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful affections operated through the law in our members to bear fruit to death;

but now we are released from the law by which we were held having died, that we should serve [God] in newness of spirit, not in the old age of a writing.

as he says also in Hosea, I will call them that were not my people, my people, and her that was not beloved, beloved,

For what reason? Because they are not of faith, but as it were of works of the law; for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,

What then? What Israel seeks, this it did not obtain, but the election obtained; and the rest were hardened,??8 as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear??o this day.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became a partaker of the root and excellence of the olive,

You will say then, The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.

Well; they were broken off by unbelief, and you stand by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear;

For those things which were written before were written for our instruction, that through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures we may have hope.

Salute Andronicus and Junius, my relatives and my fellow-captives, who are distinguished among the apostles, and who were before me in Christ.

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

and my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the spirit and power,

I have fed you milk, not solid food; for you were not yet able; but you are not able even now;

And such were some of you; but you are washed, you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

For I wish that all men were even as I am; but each one has his gift from God, and one is of one kind and another of another.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; else were your children impure, but now are they holy.

were you called being a servant, care not for it; but if you can be free, use it rather.

For I wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

and all were baptized to Moses by the cloud and by the sea,

but with many of them God was not pleased; for they were destroyed in the wilderness.

Neither be idolaters, as some of them were, as it is written; The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

Neither let us try Christ, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents.

Neither do you complain as some of them complained and were destroyed by the destroyer.

You know that when you were gentiles, you followed dumb idols as you were led.

But if all were one member, where would be the body?

For we wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, of our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were exceedingly oppressed beyond our power, so that we despaired even of life;

but their minds were blinded. For to this day in reading the old covenant the same vail remains, not taken away because it is taken away in Christ;

For the love of Christ constrains us, judging this, that if one died for all then were all dead;

For when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were distressed on every hand; without were conflicts, within fears;

now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you grieved to a change of mind; for you were grieved in a godly manner, to suffer injury from us in nothing.

On this account we were comforted. And in addition to our comfort, we rejoiced more abundantly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all;

But I sent the brothers, that our boasting of you may not be in vain in this respect, as I said you were prepared,

What I say, I do not say according to the Lord, but as it were in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

I speak of reproach as if we were weak; wherein any one is bold, I speak foolishly, I am bold also.

The signs of an apostle were performed among you with all patience, in miracles, and prodigies, and mighty works.

For what is there in which you were inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.

neither did I go to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went to Arabia and returned again to Damascus.

But from those of distinction, whatever they were it makes no difference to me,??od is partial to no man,??or those of distinction added nothing to me,

but on the contrary seeing that I was intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, as Peter was of the circumcision,??8 for he that operated in Peter for the apostleship of the circumcision, operated also in me for the gentiles,??9 and knowing the grace given me, James and Cephas and John, who were manifest pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcision;

The promises were spoken to Abraham and his offspring. He said not, And to offsprings, as of many, but as of one, And to your offspring, which is Christ.

But before the faith came, we were kept shut up under the law for the faith to be revealed.

So also we, when we were children, were in servitude under the rudiments of the world;

I would that they were cut off that disturb you.

in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also you having believed were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, performing the wishes of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as others;

but God who is rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,??5 even when we were dead in sins he made us alive with Christ,??y grace are you saved,

Wherefore, remember that you were formerly gentiles by birth, called uncircumcision by that called circumcision made in the flesh by the hand,

that at that time you were without Christ, alienated from the polity of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world;

but now, in Christ Jesus you who were formerly far off have been made nigh by the blood of Christ.

And he came and preached the good news of peace to you who were far off, and peace to those nigh,