And the brethren, when they heard of us, came from there as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.

After three days Paul called together the local leaders of the Jews; and when they had gathered, he said to them, "Brethren, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there was no ground for putting me to death.

But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesarnot that I had any charge to bring against my own nation.

When they had appointed a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in great numbers. And he explained the matter to them from morning till evening, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.

When they disagreed among themselves, they began to leave, after Paul had made one final statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

Do you think, O man, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do the same yourself, you will escape the judgment of God?

But by your hardness and your impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

When Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

on that day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.

Certainly not! Let God be true, though every man a liar. As it is written: "That you may be justified in your words and prevail when you are judged."

And he did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.

When we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

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

(For sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted when there is no law.

When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

So I find it to be a law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

And not only so, but also when Rebecca had conceived children by one man, our father Isaac,

and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."

And do this, knowing the hour, that now it is full time for you to wake from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through, and to be helped by you on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

When therefore I have completed this, and have delivered to them this fruit, I shall go on by way of you to Spain.

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

When I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men?

and we toil, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.

In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,

When any one of you has a grievance against a brother, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints?

Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised.

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it trouble youbut if you can gain your freedom, do so.

For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman; likewise he who was free when called is Christ's slave.

Thus, sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

Therefore when you meet together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat,

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,

and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me."

But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.

You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to mute idols, however you may have been moved.

but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

What is the outcome then, brethren? When you come together, each one has a hymn, or a teaching, or a revelation, or a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all rule and all authority and power.

"For God has put all things in subjection under his feet." But when it says, "All things are put in subjection under him," it is plain that he is excepted who put all things under him.

When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then will come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

On the first day of every week, each one of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come.

And when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

As for our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to come to you with the other brethren, but it was not at all his will to come now. He will come when he has opportunity.

When I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or do I make my plans in a fleshly manner so that in the same breath I say, "Yes, Yes" and "No, No"?

And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I had confidence in all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all.

Now when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and when a door was opened for me in the Lord,

But their minds were hardened; for to this day, when they read the old covenant, the same veil remains unlifted, because only in Christ is it removed.

Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts.

so that when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turnconflicts on the outside and fears within.

I, Paul, myself urge you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold to you when I am away!

I beg you that when I am present I may not have to be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

Let such people realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present.

For we do not dare to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.

And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

That is why, for Christ's sake, I am content in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you what I wish you to be, and you may not find me what you wish me to be; I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.

I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will have to mourn over many of those who sinned before and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and lewdness which they have practiced.

I warned those who sinned in the past and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present the second time, that if I come again I will not spare them

For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. What we pray for is your perfection.

I write these things while I am absent, in order that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority which the Lord gave me for building you up, and not for tearing you down.

But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother's womb and called me through his grace, was pleased

but on the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised

and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to draw back and separate himself, fearing the party of the circumcision.

But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of them all, "If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?

To give a human example, brethren: even though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it.

So also, when we were children, we were in slavery under the elemental things of the world.

But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.

But it is always good to seek a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you.

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

When you read this, you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

Therefore it says, "When he ascended on high, he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men."

But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.

I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news of you.

Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may have less anxiety.

You yourselves also know, Philippians, that in the first preaching of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you only;

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

When you were dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our sins,

When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

In these you once walked, when you lived in them.

When this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you read the letter from Laodicea.

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.

Therefore when we could endure it no longer, we thought it best to be left behind at Athens alone,

For indeed when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; and so it came to pass, as you know.

For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.