Romans 15 Cross References - ACV

¹ Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves. ² Let each of us please his neighbor for what is good toward edification. ³ For Christ also did not please himself, but as it is written, The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell upon me. ⁴ For as many things as were written previously were written for our learning, so that through perseverance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. ⁵ Now may the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to think the same way among each other, in accord with Christ Jesus, ⁶ so that unanimously, with one mouth, ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁷ Therefore receive ye each other, just as Christ also received you for the glory of God. ⁸ And I say, Christ Jesus became a helper of men of circumcision, for the sake of God's truth (in order to confirm the promises of the fathers), ⁹ and the Gentiles, for the sake of mercy, to glorify God, as it is written, Because of this I will give thanks to thee among Gentiles, and will sing to thy name. ¹⁰ And again he says, Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people. ¹¹ And again, Praise ye the Lord all nations, and let all the peoples praise him. ¹² And again, Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who arises to reign over Gentiles. In him Gentiles will hope. ¹³ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for ye to abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁴ And I also myself am persuaded about you, my brothers, that ye yourselves are also full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others. ¹⁵ But I wrote more boldly to you, brothers, in part, as reminding you because of the grace that was given to me by God, ¹⁶ for me to be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, serving the good news of God like a priest, so that the offering up of the Gentiles might become acceptable, being sanctified in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷ I have therefore a boast in Christ Jesus in things toward God. ¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak anything of which Christ did not accomplish through me for the obedience of Gentiles, by word and work, ¹⁹ in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of a Spirit of God, so that for me, from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum, to fully preach the good news of Christ. ²⁰ And thus having aspired to proclaim the good news not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build upon a foundation belonging to another man, ²¹ but, as it is written, They will see to whom it was not reported about him, and they will understand who have not heard. ²² Therefore also, I was delayed these many times coming to you. ²³ But now, having no more place in these regions, and having a great desire from many years to come to you, ²⁴ whenever I go to Spain I will come to you. For I hope to see you while passing through, and there to be helped on the way by you, if first I may be partly satisfied from you. ²⁵ But now I am going to Jerusalem serving the sanctified. ²⁶ For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain participation for the poor of the sanctified at Jerusalem. ²⁷ For they were pleased. And they are debtors of them, for if the Gentiles were partakers in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to serve them in the carnal things. ²⁸ Having therefore completed this, and having sealed this fruit for them, I will depart by you to Spain. ²⁹ And I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the good news of the Christ. ³⁰ Now I beseech you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive with me in prayers to God for me. ³¹ So that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may become acceptable to the sanctified, ³² so that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and be rested with you. ³³ And the God of peace is with you all. Truly.

²⁰ And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but became strong in faith, giving glory to God,

¹ But the man who is weak in the faith, do not receive for arguments of opinions.

¹⁰ We are foolish for the sake of Christ, but ye are wise in Christ. We are weak, but ye are strong. Ye are esteemed, but we are disreputable.

²² To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means I might save some.

²² Instead, much more the parts of the body that seem to be more feeble are necessary. ²³ And those things of the body presumed to be without esteem, we place around these more abundant worth. And our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety, ²⁴ whereas our presentable parts have no need. Instead, God united the body together, having given more abundant worth to the part that lacks,

¹⁰ Therefore I am pleased in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in restrictions, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

¹ And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted. ² Bear the burdens of each other, and so fulfill the law of the Christ.

¹⁰ Finally my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

¹⁴ And we encourage you, brothers, admonish the unruly, strengthen the weak-spirited, help the infirmed, be patient toward all.

¹ Thou therefore, my child, be strong in the grace in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴ I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have know him from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome evil.

¹⁹ So then we should pursue the things of peace, and the things of constructiveness for each other.

¹⁹ For although being free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that I might gain the more. ²⁰ And to the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews, to those under law, as under law, so that I might gain those under law, ²¹ to those without law, as without law (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ), so that I might gain men without law. ²² To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means I might save some.

²⁴ Let not one man seek that of himself, but each man that of the other.

³³ just as I also strive to please in all things for all men, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, so that they may be saved.

⁵ It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil,

⁴ Look ye out each man not to things of yourselves, but each man also to the things of others. ⁵ Indeed have this way to think in you, that also was in Christ Jesus,

⁹ Bondmen are to be obedient to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things, not speaking contrary, ¹⁰ not pilfering, but demonstrating all good fidelity, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

⁶ Sacrifice and offering thou did not desire, but a body thou have prepared for me. Whole burnt offering and sacrifice for sin thou did not require. ⁷ Then I said, Lo, I have come. In the volume of a book it is written of me. ⁸ I delight to do thy will, O my God. Yea, thy law is within my heart.

⁹ For the zeal of thy house has eaten me up, and the reproaches of those who reproach thee have fallen upon me.

²⁰ Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.

⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants, how I bear in my bosom all the mighty peoples, ⁵¹ with which thine enemies have reproached, O LORD, with which they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

²⁵ It is enough for the pupil that he becomes like his teacher, and the bondman like his lord. If they have called the house-ruler Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.

³⁹ And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face praying, and saying, My Father, if it be possible, may this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I want, but as thou.

⁴² Having gone again a second time, he prayed, saying, My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to pass from me, except I drink it, may thy will happen.

³⁴ Jesus says to them, My food is that I do the will of him who sent me, and may finish his work.

³⁰ I can from myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge. And my judgment is righteous because I seek not my will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

³⁸ Because I have come down from heaven, not so that I might do my will, but the will of him who sent me.

²⁹ And he who sent me is with me. The Father has not left me alone, because I always do things pleasing to him.

²⁷ Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But because of this I came to this hour. ²⁸ Father, glorify thy name. A voice therefore came out of heaven, saying, I both glorified it, and I will glorify again.

³⁰ I will no longer speak many things with you, for the ruler of the world comes. And he has nothing on me, ³¹ but that the world may know that I love the Father. And as the Father commanded me, thus I do. Arise, let us go from here.

¹⁰ If ye keep my commandments, ye will dwell in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments, and dwell in his love.

²⁴ If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would not have had sin, but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich he became poor for your sakes, so that by that man's poverty ye might become rich.

⁸ And having been found in a form like a man, he lowered himself, having become obedient until death, even of death from a cross.

⁸¹ My soul faints for thy salvation. I hope in thy word. ⁸² My eyes fail for thy word, while I say, When will thou comfort me? ⁸³ For I have become like a wine-skin in the smoke. Yet I do not forget thy statutes.

²³ Now it was not written because of him alone that it was imputed to him, ²⁴ but also because of us to whom it is going to be imputed, to those who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

³ And not only so, but we also take pride in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance, ⁴ and perseverance, character, and character, hope. ⁵ And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that was given to us.

²⁴ For we were saved to hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For what is seen, why also hope for that? ²⁵ But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait through patience.

¹² rejoicing in hope, enduring tribulation, persevering in prayer,

⁹ For it is written in the law of Moses thou shall not muzzle an ox threshing grain. Is God concerned about oxen, ¹⁰ or does he speak altogether for our sake? For our sake, for it was written, He who plows ought to plow with hope, and he who threshes with his hope, with hope to share.

¹¹ Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came.

¹⁶ Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for instruction, for reproof, for correction, for discipline in righteousness, ¹⁷ so that the man of God may be qualified, having been completed for every good work.

¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving. ¹¹ And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end, ¹² so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises. ¹³ For God who promised to Abraham, since he had none greater to swear by, swore by himself, ¹⁴ saying, Surely indeed, blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. ¹⁵ And this way, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. ¹⁶ For men certainly swear by the greater, and of every dispute with them the oath is final for confirmation. ¹⁷ By which God, wanting to demonstrate more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutableness of his resolve, confirmed it by an oath. ¹⁸ So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed. ¹⁹ Which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and that enters into the interior of the veil,

³⁵ Therefore do not throw off your boldness, which has great recompense of reward. ³⁶ For ye have need of perseverance, so that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

⁷ Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receives the early and latter rain. ⁸ Be ye also patient. Establish your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has approached. ⁹ Do not grumble, brothers, against each other, so that ye not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors. ¹⁰ Take an example, my brothers, of evil-suffering and longsuffering, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹ Behold, we regard those who endured, blessed. Ye have heard of the fortitude of Job, and have seen the outcome of the Lord, that he is very compassionate and merciful.

¹³ Therefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope entirely for the grace brought to you at the revealing of Jesus Christ.

²⁰ Knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture comes to pass of a personal interpretation. ²¹ For no prophecy was ever brought by a will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being led by the Holy Spirit.

⁶ And LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, LORD, LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,

¹² Also the hand of God came upon Judah to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the rulers by the word of LORD.

⁵ For thou, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.

³⁹ And I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their sons after them.

¹⁹ And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh,

³² And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. And not even one man said that anything of the things that was possessed by him was his own, but all things were common to them.

¹⁶ thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,

³ For Christ also did not please himself, but as it is written, The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell upon me.

¹³ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for ye to abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁰ Now I beseech you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and there be no divisions among you, but ye may be thoroughly prepared in the same mind and in the same understanding.

³ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all encouragement, ⁴ who encourages us in all our affliction, in order for us to be able to encourage those in every affliction, through the encouragement of which we ourselves are encouraged by God.

⁶ Nevertheless God, who encourages the lowly, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.

¹¹ Finally brothers, farewell. Be thoroughly prepared, be encouraged, think the same way, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

² And walk in love, as also the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a fragrant aroma.

²⁷ Only be citizens worthy of the good news of the Christ, so that, whether having come and having seen you or being absent, I may hear things about you that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the good news.

² fulfill my joy, that ye may think the same way, having the same love, being knit in soul, thinking in oneness,

¹⁶ However in what we have attained, to march by the same standard, to think the same way.

² I exhort Euodias, and I exhort Syntyche, to think the same way in the Lord.

⁸ And finally, all be like-minded, sympathetic, brother-loving, compassionate, friendly,

²⁰ who were disobedient formerly, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah who prepared an ark in which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through water.

⁹ The Lord is not slack about his promise, as some regard slackness, but is patient toward us, not wanting any to perish, but all to go forward to repentance.

¹⁵ And consider the longsuffering of our Lord, salvation, just as also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him,

⁹ For then I will turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of LORD, to serve him with one consent.

⁹ And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, LORD is my God.

²⁹ My Father who has given to me, is greater than all, and not one is able to snatch out of my Father's hand. ³⁰ I and the Father are one.

¹⁷ Jesus says to her, Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brothers, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

²⁴ And those who heard lifted up a voice to God with one accord, and said, Thou Master, the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all things in them.

⁹ and the Gentiles, for the sake of mercy, to glorify God, as it is written, Because of this I will give thanks to thee among Gentiles, and will sing to thy name. ¹⁰ And again he says, Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people. ¹¹ And again, Praise ye the Lord all nations, and let all the peoples praise him.

³ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all encouragement,

³¹ The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed into the ages, knows that I do not lie.

³ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly things in Christ.

³ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who begot us again according to his abundant mercy for a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

⁶ and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly.

⁴⁰ He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

²⁸ Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is befitting, and my burden is light.

³⁷ Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, receives me, and whoever may receive me, does not receive me, but him who sent me.

⁴⁸ and he said to them, Whoever may receive this child in my name receives me, and whoever may receive me receives him who sent me, for he who exists smaller among you all, this man will be great.

² And the Pharisees and the scholars murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.

³⁷ All that the Father gives me will come to me, and he who comes to me I will, no, not cast out.

³⁴ A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other.

² through whom also we have access by faith for this grace in which we stand, and we take pride in hope of the glory of God.

¹ But the man who is weak in the faith, do not receive for arguments of opinions. ² One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables. ³ The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him.

⁹ and the Gentiles, for the sake of mercy, to glorify God, as it is written, Because of this I will give thanks to thee among Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.

⁶ for appreciation of the glory of his grace, by which he blessed us in him who is beloved. ⁷ In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, according to the wealth of his grace, ⁸ which he abounded for us in all wisdom and intelligence.

¹² for us to be for appreciation of his glory, men who have first hoped in the Christ.

¹⁸ having the eyes of your heart enlightened. For you to know what is the hope of his calling, and what is the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the sanctified,

¹⁰ when he comes to be glorified in his sanctified, and to be marveled in that day by all those who believe (because our testimony among you was believed). ¹¹ For which also we pray always about you, so that our God will make you worthy of the calling, and will fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith with power. ¹² So that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

² LORD has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations. ³ He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

¹⁵ Therefore glorify ye LORD in the east, even the name of LORD, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea. ¹⁶ From the outermost part of the earth we have heard songs. Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away. Woe is me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously, yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

²⁰ Thou will perform the truth to Jacob, and the loving kindness to Abraham, which thou have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

²⁴ But having answered, he said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

²⁸ Just as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

⁵⁴ He helped his boy Israel to be reminded of mercy, ⁵⁵ just as he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and his seed into the age. ⁵⁶ And Mary dwelt with her about three months, and returned to her house.

⁷⁰ just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, ⁷¹ salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us, ⁷² to do mercy with our fathers, and his holy covenant to be remembered, ⁷³ the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to give to us,

¹¹ He came to his own, and his own did not accept him.

¹⁶ And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring those also, and they will hear my voice. And there will become one flock, one shepherd.

²⁵ Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made for our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed all the patriarchies of the earth will be blessed. ²⁶ To you first, having raised up his Boy Jesus, God sent him blessing you, in turning away each man from your evils.

⁴⁶ But having spoken boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken first to you, but since ye thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

³ For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the assurance of God ineffective?

²⁶ (in the forbearance of God), for proof of his justice at the present time, for him to be righteous, and who makes the man from Jesus' faith righteous.

¹⁶ Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all

⁴ who are Israelites, of whom is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the divine service, and the promises, ⁵ of whom are the fathers, and from whom (according to flesh) is the Christ, God who is over all is blessed into the ages. Truly.

²³ even that he might make known the wealth of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he previously prepared for glory, ²⁴ namely us whom he called, not only from Jews but also from Gentiles.

²² Behold therefore the goodness and the severity of God. Indeed toward those who fell, severity, but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness, otherwise thou too will be cut off.

³⁰ For as ye once were also disobedient to God, but now have received mercy at the disobedience of these,

¹⁶ for me to be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, serving the good news of God like a priest, so that the offering up of the Gentiles might become acceptable, being sanctified in the Holy Spirit.

¹² Now I say this. That each of you actually say, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.

¹⁹ What therefore do I say, that an idol is anything, or that a sacrifice to an idol is anything?

²⁹ And I say conscience, not the one of himself, but the one of the other man. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?

⁵⁰ Now this I affirm, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit imperishability.

²⁰ For as many as be promises of God, in him is the Yes, and in him the Truly, for glory to God through us.

⁴ But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born from a woman, born under law, ⁵ so that he might redeem those under law, so that we might receive the sonship.

¹² that ye were at that time independent of Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and alien of the covenants of the promise, having no hope and godless in the world.

⁹ But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. ¹⁰ Men formerly not a people, but now are a people of God. Men who had not obtained mercy, but who now have obtained mercy.

⁵⁰ Therefore I will give thanks to thee, O LORD, among gentiles, and will sing praises to thy name.

⁴⁹ Therefore I will give thanks to thee, O LORD, among the Gentiles, and will sing praises to thy name.

⁸ But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, who gave such authority to men.

²⁹ Or is God of Jews only and not also of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles also,

⁴³ Rejoice, O ye Gentiles, with his people. For he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will recompense those who hate him, and will make expiation for his land, for his people.

¹ Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth. ² Sing forth the glory of his name. Make his praise glorious. ³ Say to God, How awesome are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power thine enemies shall submit themselves to thee. ⁴ All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing to thee. They shall sing to thy name. Selah.

³ Let the peoples praise thee, O God. Let all the peoples praise thee. ⁴ O let the nations be glad and sing for joy. For thou will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

³² Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth. O sing praises to the Lord (Selah),

¹ LORD reigns! Let the earth rejoice. Let the multitude of isles be glad.

³ He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. ⁴ Make a joyful noise to LORD, all the earth. Break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises.

⁴ All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O LORD, for they have heard the words of thy mouth. ⁵ Yea, they shall sing of the ways of LORD, for great is the glory of LORD.

¹⁴ These shall lift up their voice. They shall shout. For the majesty of LORD they cry aloud from the sea.

¹⁰ Sing to LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. ¹¹ Let the wilderness and the cities of it lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains. ¹² Let them give glory to LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.

¹ O praise LORD, all ye Gentiles, laud him, all ye peoples.

¹⁰ The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs, and to him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

⁴ He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision. ⁵ Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and vex them in his great displeasure. ⁶ Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. ⁷ I will tell of the decree. LORD said to me, Thou are my Son, this day I have begotten thee. ⁸ Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, and the outermost parts of the earth for thy possession. ⁹ Thou shall break them with a rod of iron, thou shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. ¹⁰ Now therefore be wise, O ye kings. Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. ¹¹ Serve LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. ¹² Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

²⁷ All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to LORD, and all the kinfolk of the nations shall worship before thee. ²⁸ For the kingdom is LORD's, and he is the ruler over the nations.

⁸ He shall also have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. ⁹ Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust. ¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

¹⁷ His name shall endure forever. His name shall be continued as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in him. All nations shall call him blessed.

¹ And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse. And a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.

¹⁰ And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, and he who arises to rule over the Gentiles. In him shall the Gentiles hope, and his resting-place shall be glorious.

¹ Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit upon him, he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. ² He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street. ³ A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench, but he will bring forth justice in truth. ⁴ He will not fail nor be discouraged till he has set justice in the earth. And in his name Gentiles will hope.

⁶ yea, he says, It is too light a thing that thou should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou may be my salvation to the end of the earth.

¹⁹ O LORD, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, to thee the nations shall come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, even vanity and things in which there is no profit.

⁵ Thus says LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from LORD. ⁶ For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited. ⁷ Blessed is the man who trusts in LORD, and whose trust LORD is.

⁴⁴ And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty of it be left to another people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.

¹⁴ And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

¹ But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of LORD's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and peoples shall flow to it. ² And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of LORD from Jerusalem. ³ And he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war any more.

⁴ And he shall stand, and shall feed his flock in the strength of LORD, in the majesty of the name of LORD his God, and they shall abide. For now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.

²¹ And in his name Gentiles will hope.

¹⁹ If we are men who have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men more miserable.

¹² for us to be for appreciation of his glory, men who have first hoped in the Christ. ¹³ In whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth, the good news of your salvation, in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise,

¹² Because of which reason I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to preserve my consignment for that day.

²¹ men who, because of him, believe in God who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, in order for your faith and hope to be in God;

⁵ And one of the elders says to me, Weep not, behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, overcame to open the book and the seven seals of it.

¹⁶ I, Jesus, have sent my agent to testify these things to you for the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.

¹² For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.

⁸ O thou hope of Israel, the Savior of it in the time of trouble, why should thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to tarry for a night?

¹⁶ And LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake. But LORD will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the sons of Israel.

¹ Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you, not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be cowardly.

¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

⁵ Now may the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to think the same way among each other, in accord with Christ Jesus,

⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

⁸ And God is able to abound all grace for you, so that always in everything having all sufficiency, ye may abound for every good work,

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

² Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ And do not become intoxicated with wine, during which is debauchery, but be filled in Spirit, ¹⁹ speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and striking strings in your heart to the Lord,

⁵ because the good news from us happened to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, as ye know what kind of men we became among you, because of you.

¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father who loved us and gave eternal encouragement and good hope through grace, ¹⁷ encourage your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to a commandment of God our Savior, and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,

¹¹ And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end,

⁸ Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy,

⁵ that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all speech and in all knowledge.

¹ Now about the things sacrificed to idols. We know that all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

⁷ Nevertheless the knowledge is not in all men, but some, with conscience of the idol until now, eat as sacrificed to idols, and their weak conscience is defiled.

¹⁰ For if some man sees thee, who has knowledge, dining in an idol-temple, will not his conscience, being weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

⁸ For to one, the word of wisdom is given through the Spirit, and to another, the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

² And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

⁹ (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

⁷ Just as it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the good news, you all being partners with me of the grace.

¹¹ having been filled with fruits of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, for glory and praise of God.

⁸ the man who also made clear to us your love in spirit. ⁹ Because of this we also, from the day that we heard, cease not praying for you and making request that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. ¹⁰ For you to walk worthily of the Lord for every desire to please, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing in the knowledge of God,

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.

¹¹ Therefore encourage each other, and build ye up one by one, just as ye also are doing.

⁵ taking memory of the non-hypocritical faith in thee, which first dwelt in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that is in thee also.

³ Aged women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good, ⁴ so that they may admonish the young women to be sensible, to love their husbands, to love their children,

²¹ Being confident in thine obedience I wrote to thee, knowing that thou will do above what I say.

¹² For also men who ought to be teachers because of the time, ye have need again for some man to teach you the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God, and have become men who have need of milk, and not of solid food.

⁹ But we are persuaded better things about you, beloved, and things that have salvation, even though we speak this way.

²⁴ And let us examine each other for provocation of love and good works. ²⁵ Not forsaking the assembling together of ourselves, as is the habit of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as long as ye see the day approaching.

⁵ Now this same thing also, having applied all eagerness, furnish in your faith, virtue, and in virtue, knowledge, ⁶ and in knowledge, self-control, and in self-control, perseverance, and in perseverance, piety, ⁷ and in piety, brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection, love. ⁸ For these things existing in you and abounding, it leads to not being idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹² Therefore I will not neglect to always remind you about these things, although having known them, and having been established in the present truth.

²¹ I wrote to you not because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

²⁰ But ye beloved, building up yourselves in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, ²¹ keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life. ²² And on some be ye merciful-being discerning. ²³ And in fear save some, snatching them out of the fire, hating even the garment that was stained by the flesh.

⁵ through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations on behalf of his name,

³ For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to over think beyond what he ought to think, but to think so as to think soundly, as God has apportioned to each man a measure of faith.

⁶ And having different gifts according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;

¹⁰ According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master builder, I laid a foundation and another man is building on it. But let each man take heed how he is building on it.

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am. And his grace for me did not become empty, but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

¹⁵ But when it pleased God who separated me from my mother's belly, and called me through his grace, ¹⁶ to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not straightaway confer with flesh and blood,

⁹ and James and Cephas and John, those who were reputed to be pillars, when they understood the grace that was given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship. So that we were for the Gentiles, and they for men of circumcision,

⁷ Of which I became a helper according to the gift of that grace of God, which was given to me according to the working of his power. ⁸ To me, a man less than the least of all the sanctified, this grace was given to preach good news among the Gentiles, the unsearchable wealth of Christ,

¹¹ according to the good news of the glory of the blessed God, of which I was entrusted. ¹² And I have gratitude to the Christ-Jesus our Lord-who empowered me, because he considered me faithful, having placed in service ¹³ the man who was formerly blasphemous, and a persecutor, and an aggressor. But I obtained mercy because I did it being ignorant in unbelief. ¹⁴ And the grace of our Lord was filled to overflowing with the faith and love in Christ Jesus.

⁶ Laying these things down to the brothers, thou will be a good helper of Jesus Christ, reared up in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine that thou have followed.

⁶ Because of which reason I remind thee to rekindle the gift of God that is in thee through the laying on of my hands.

¹⁴ Remind them of these things, solemnly testifying in the sight of the Lord, not to brawl verbally, to nothing useful, to the ruin of those who hear.

¹ Remind them to be submissive to principle offices and positions of authority, to be obedient, to be prepared for every good work,

²² And I urge you, brothers, bear with the word of exhortation, for I also wrote to you in brief.

¹⁰ As each has received a gift, serving it for yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. ¹¹ If any man speaks, as oracles of God. If any man serves, as of ability as God supplies. So that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the dominion into the ages of the ages. Truly.

¹² By Silvanus, the faithful brother to you, as I reckon, I wrote because of a few things, exhorting and testifying this to be the true grace of God in which ye stand.

¹² Therefore I will not neglect to always remind you about these things, although having known them, and having been established in the present truth. ¹³ But I think it right, inasmuch as I am in this tent, to arouse you in memory. ¹⁴ Knowing that the putting off of my tent is imminent, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ indicated to me. ¹⁵ And also I will endeavor for you to always have, after my departure, the memory of these things to apply.

¹ I write to you now this second letter, beloved, in which I arouse your sincere mind by a reminder, ² to remember the sayings that were earlier spoken by the holy prophets, and of the command of your apostles of the Lord and Savior.

¹² I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you through his name. ¹³ I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome evil. I write to you, children, because ye know the Father. ¹⁴ I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have know him from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome evil.

¹³ I wrote these things to you, those who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.

³ Beloved, making all diligence to write to you about the common salvation, I had need to write to you exhorting you to earnestly contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the sanctified. ⁴ For certain men have sneaked in, those written about formerly for this condemnation, irreverent men, perverting the grace of our God into licentiousness, and denying our only Master God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁵ Now I want to remind you, ye having known this once, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

¹⁹ And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory, and they shall declare my glory among the nations. ²⁰ And they shall bring all your brothers out of all the nations for an oblation to LORD, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says LORD, as the sons of Israel bring their oblation in a clean vessel into the house of LORD.

¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, Go, because this man is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before Gentiles and kings, and sons of Israel.

² And while they were serving the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate to me now Barnabas and Saul for the work that I have called them.

²⁴ But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good news of the grace of God.

³² And now brothers, I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those who have been sanctified.

²¹ And he said to me, Depart, because I will send thee far away to Gentiles.

¹⁷ delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send thee, ¹⁸ to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.

¹ Paul, a bondman of Jesus Christ, a called apostle having been separated for the good news of God

⁵ And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that was given to us.

²⁶ And likewise also the Spirit helps our weaknesses, for we know not what we would pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings. ²⁷ And he who searches the hearts knows what is the mentality of the Spirit, because he appeals to God for the sanctified.

¹³ For I speak to you the Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of Gentiles, I enhance my ministry,

¹ I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service. ² And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, for ye to approve what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak anything of which Christ did not accomplish through me for the obedience of Gentiles, by word and work,

²⁹ And I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the good news of the Christ.

⁵ Who therefore is Paul and who is Apollos? But rather helpers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each man.

¹ Thus let a man regard us as of helpers of Christ, and managers of mysteries of God.

¹⁹ Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own,

²⁰ We are therefore, ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were calling through us. We plead on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

⁵ And it was not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us through the will of God,

²³ Are they helpers of Christ? (I speak as being mad) I more: in toils, more abundantly; in stripes, countless; in prisons, more frequently; in deaths often.

⁷ but to the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the good news for men of uncircumcision, as Peter for men of circumcision ⁸ (for he who was working in Peter for the apostleship for men of circumcision was also working in me for the Gentiles),

⁵ He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you and who works miracles among you, is it from works of law or from a listening ear of faith?

¹⁸ because through him we both have the access in one Spirit to the Father.

²² in whom ye also are built together in Spirit into a habitation of God.

¹⁷ Yet even if I am poured out a libation upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

¹⁸ But I receive all things, and I abound. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, an aroma of fragrance, an acceptable sacrifice well-pleasing to God.

² But having suffered before and been mistreated in Philippi, as ye know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the good news of God within much conflict.

⁹ For ye remember, brothers, our labor and the hardship. For, laboring night and day in order not to burden any of you, we preached to you the good news of God.

²³ And may the God of peace himself sanctify you thoroughly. And may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, blamelessly at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹¹ according to the good news of the glory of the blessed God, of which I was entrusted.

⁷ For which I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie), a teacher of Gentiles in faith and truth.

¹¹ for which I was appointed a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of Gentiles.

¹⁶ But do not forget benevolence and fellowship, for God is well pleased with such sacrifices.

¹² To whom it was revealed, that they were serving not themselves, but you, those things that were now reported to you by those who preached good news to you in the Holy Spirit, which was sent forth from heaven, into which things agents longed to stoop to see.

⁵ ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

² For if Abraham was made righteous from works, he has a boast, but not before God.

¹⁴ And thanks is to God who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and who makes manifest the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place, through us. ¹⁵ Because we are a fragrance of Christ to God, in those being saved and in those perishing: ¹⁶ to the one an odor of death for death, and to the other an aroma of life for life. And who is adequate for these things?

⁴ And we have such confidence toward God through Christ, ⁵ not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, ⁶ who also made us qualified helpers of a new covenant, not of a document, but of a Spirit, for the document kills but the Spirit makes alive.

⁴ Great is my boldness toward you, great is my pride for you. I have been filled with encouragement. I over-abound with joy in all our affliction.

¹⁶ I say again, let not any man think me to be foolish, but if otherwise-even if as foolish-accept me, so that I also may boast some a little. ¹⁷ What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of the boast. ¹⁸ Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast. ¹⁹ For being wise, ye gladly tolerate the foolish. ²⁰ For ye tolerate it if some man enslaves you, if some man devours you, if some man seizes you, if some man lifts himself up, if some man strikes you on the face. ²¹ I speak as from shame, that we were so weak. Yet in whatever any man may be bold in foolishness, I say I too am bold. ²² Are they Hebrews? I too. Are they Israelites? I too. Are they a seed of Abraham? I too. ²³ Are they helpers of Christ? (I speak as being mad) I more: in toils, more abundantly; in stripes, countless; in prisons, more frequently; in deaths often. ²⁴ From the Jews five times I received forty save one. ²⁵ Thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I was shipwrecked, I have done a night and a day in the depth, ²⁶ in frequent journeys, in perils of flowing waters, in perils of bandits, in perils from my race, in perils from Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils at sea, in perils among false brothers, ²⁷ in toil and hardship, in frequent sleeplessness, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness. ²⁸ Besides the external things, crowding upon me daily is the care of all the congregations. ²⁹ Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I am not made fiery? ³⁰ If it is necessary to boast, I will boast of the things of my weakness.

¹ (Really, to me boasting is not helpful.) For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

¹¹ I have become foolish, boasting. Ye compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I came short in nothing of those, superlative apostles, even though I am nothing. ¹² Indeed the signs of the apostle were performed among you in all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty works. ¹³ For what is there which ye were inferior to the other congregations? Except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong. ¹⁴ Behold, a third time I fare readily to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not the things of you, but you. For the children ought not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵ And I most gladly will spend, and will be spent for your souls. Even though more earnestly loving you, the worse I am loved. ¹⁶ But let it be. I did not burden you. Nevertheless, being clever, I caught you with bait. ¹⁷ Any man of whom I have sent to you, did I exploit you through him? ¹⁸ I encouraged Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in anything? Did we not walk in the same spirit, not in the same steps? ¹⁹ Again, do ye think that we are making defense to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edification. ²⁰ For I fear lest somehow, having come, I may find you not such as I want, and I may be found by you such as ye do not want, lest somehow there be strifes, envyings, wraths, selfish ambitions, slanderings, whisperings, puffings up, turmoils, ²¹ lest having come again my God will make me low toward you, and I will bewail many of those who have sinned previously, and who did not repent from the trash and fornication and licentiousness that they committed.

³ For we are the circumcision, men who worship in spirit to God, and who boast in Christ Jesus, and not being confident in flesh.

¹⁷ Therefore he was obligated to be made like his brothers in accordance with all things, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things toward God, in order to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

¹ For every high priest taken from men is appointed for men in things toward God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

¹⁴ Clouds and wind without rain, is he who boasts himself of his gifts falsely.

¹⁸ And Jesus having come, he spoke to them, saying, All authority in heaven and on earth was given to me. ¹⁹ After going, make ye disciples of all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

²⁰ And those men, having gone forth, they preached everywhere, the Lord working jointly, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Truly.

²⁷ And after arriving, and after gathering the assembly together, they reported as many things as God did with them, and that he opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

⁴ And after arriving in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders. And they reported as many things as God did with them.

¹² And all the multitude kept silent, and they heard Barnabas and Paul describing how many signs and wonders God did among the Gentiles through them.

¹⁹ And having greeted them, he reported one by one what God did among the Gentiles through his ministry.

²⁰ but declaring first to those at Damascus and then at Jerusalem, and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, to repent and return to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

¹⁷ But thanks to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but ye obeyed from the heart a model of doctrine for which ye were delivered.

²⁶ but that was now revealed, and by prophetic scriptures, according to a commandment of the eternal God that was made known to all the nations for obedience of faith,

⁶ I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused growth. ⁷ So then neither is he who plants anything, nor he who waters, but God who causes growth. ⁸ Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each man will receive his own payment according to his own labor. ⁹ For we are co-workmen of God. Ye are a tillage of God, an edifice of God.

¹ Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Unless we need, as some men, commendatory letters to you or commendatory from you? ² Ye are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men, ³ being seen that ye are a letter of Christ, administered by us, written not in ink, but in the Spirit of the living God, not in stony tablets, but in fleshly tablets, in hearts.

¹ And working jointly, we urge you also not to receive the grace of God in vain

⁴ For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for the demolition of strongholds, ⁵ casting down imaginations, and every high thing exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought captive into the obedience of the Christ,

¹³ But we will not boast in things immeasurable, but according to the measure of the standard that God apportioned to us, of a measure to reach even as far as you. ¹⁴ For it is not as not reaching for you. We overextend ourselves. For we even reached as far as you in the good news of the Christ, ¹⁵ not boasting in things immeasurable, in other men's labors, but having hope of your faith growing in you to be enlarged according to our measure for abundance, ¹⁶ in order to preach the good news beyond you, not to boast in another measure, in things prepared. ¹⁷ But he who boasts should boast in the Lord. ¹⁸ For he who commends himself, that man is not approved, but whom the Lord commends.

⁶ For if I should want to boast, I will not be foolish, for I will speak the truth. But I refrain lest any man should reckon to me above what he sees of me or hears anything from me.

⁸ (for he who was working in Peter for the apostleship for men of circumcision was also working in me for the Gentiles),

¹⁷ And all things, anything whatever ye may do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, expressing thanks to the God and Father through him.

¹⁷ encourage your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

⁹ And having been fully perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation to all those who obey him,

⁸ By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out to the place that he was going to take for an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

²² But become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

¹⁸ My little children, we should not love in word, nor with the tongue, but in deed and in truth.

⁹ But Michael the arch-agent, when he disputed with the devil, contending about the body of Moses, dared not bring a railing judgment, but said, May the Lord rebuke thee.

²⁸ But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come near you.

⁴⁸ Jesus therefore said to him, Unless ye may see signs and wonders, ye will, no, not believe.

⁸ But ye will receive the power of the Holy Spirit that comes upon you. And ye will be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and as far as of the extremity of the earth.

²⁸ And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem, and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. ²⁹ And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they attempted to destroy him.

⁴ Indeed therefore these men, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed for Cyprus. ⁵ And after becoming in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John for a helper.

¹⁴ And they, having passed through from Perga, arrived at Antioch of Pisidia, and after entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day, they sat down.

⁵¹ But after shaking off the dust of their feet against them, they came to Iconium.

⁶ having become aware of it, they fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the neighboring region.

¹⁰ said with a great voice, Stand correctly on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked.

²⁰ But the disciples having surrounded him, after rising, he came into the city. And on the morrow he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

²⁵ And when they spoke the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia,

⁶ But having passed through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia, ⁷ having come toward Mysia, they attempted to go toward Bithynia. And the Spirit did not allow them. ⁸ And after passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas. ⁹ And a vision appeared to Paul during the night. A certain Macedonian man was standing, imploring him, and saying, After crossing over into Macedonia, help us. ¹⁰ And after he saw the vision, straightaway we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord called us to preach the good news to them. ¹¹ Therefore, having launched from Troas, we took a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis, ¹² and from there to Philippi, which is a principle city of the district of Macedonia colony. And we were in the same city remaining some days.

¹⁸ And she did this on many days. But Paul, after being exasperated, and having turned, he said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.

¹⁰ And the brothers straightaway sent both Paul and Silas away through the night to Berea, who, when they arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.

¹⁵ And those who brought Paul led him as far as Athens. And after taking a command for Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him quickly, they departed.

¹ And after these things Paul having separated from Athens, he came to Corinth.

¹⁹ And he came to Ephesus and left behind those there, but having entered into the synagogue himself, he discoursed with the Jews.

¹ And it came to pass while Apollos was at Corinth, for Paul, having passed through the upper regions, to come to Ephesus. And having found some disciples,

¹¹ And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, ¹² so as to even bring handkerchiefs or aprons from his skin to those who were incapacitated and to free their infirmities from them, and the evil spirits to go out from them.

¹ And after the uproar ceased, Paul having summoned the disciples and having embraced them, he departed to go into Macedonia. ² And having passed through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came into Greece.

⁶ And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas within five days, where we stayed seven days.

²⁰ How I kept back nothing of these things that are beneficial, not to inform you, and to teach you in public, and from house to house,

¹⁷ And it came to pass, my having returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, for me to became in a trance. ¹⁸ And I saw him saying to me, Hurry and depart in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept thy testimony about me. ¹⁹ And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those who believe in thee. ²⁰ And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I myself also was standing by, and approving his killing, and keeping the garments of those who killed him. ²¹ And he said to me, Depart, because I will send thee far away to Gentiles.

¹⁴ I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. ¹⁵ So the willingness is in me to preach the good news also to you in Rome. ¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the good news of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation to every man who believes, both to the Jew first, and to the Greek.

²⁴ whenever I go to Spain I will come to you. For I hope to see you while passing through, and there to be helped on the way by you, if first I may be partly satisfied from you.

⁴ Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. ⁵ And there are varieties of services, and the same Lord. ⁶ And there are varieties of functions, but it is the same God who works all in all. ⁷ But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each man toward that which is beneficial. ⁸ For to one, the word of wisdom is given through the Spirit, and to another, the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit, ⁹ to a different man, faith by the same Spirit, and to another, gifts of healings by the same Spirit, ¹⁰ and to another, workings of miracles, and to another, prophecy, and to another, discerning of spirits, and to a different man, kinds of tongues, and to another, the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each man individually as it wills. ¹² Indeed the signs of the apostle were performed among you in all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty works.

²⁵ Of which I became a helper according to the administration of God, which was given to me for you to fulfill the word of God,

¹⁷ But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the sacred message might be brought to fullness, and all the Gentiles might hear. And I was rescued out of the mouth of the lion.

⁴ God also testifying simultaneously by signs and wonders, and by various powers and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will.

⁹ For we are co-workmen of God. Ye are a tillage of God, an edifice of God. ¹⁰ According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master builder, I laid a foundation and another man is building on it. But let each man take heed how he is building on it. ¹¹ For no man can lay another foundation besides that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹² And if any man builds upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, ¹³ each man's work will become manifest. For the day will make it known, because it is revealed by fire. And the fire will test each man's work of what kind it is. ¹⁴ If any man's work that he built on will remain, he will receive benefit. ¹⁵ If any man's work will be burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but so as through fire.

¹³ But we will not boast in things immeasurable, but according to the measure of the standard that God apportioned to us, of a measure to reach even as far as you. ¹⁴ For it is not as not reaching for you. We overextend ourselves. For we even reached as far as you in the good news of the Christ, ¹⁵ not boasting in things immeasurable, in other men's labors, but having hope of your faith growing in you to be enlarged according to our measure for abundance, ¹⁶ in order to preach the good news beyond you, not to boast in another measure, in things prepared.

²⁰ Which was built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner, ²¹ in whom the whole building joined together grows into a holy temple in the Lord, ²² in whom ye also are built together in Spirit into a habitation of God.

¹⁵ so shall he sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths at him. For that which had not been told them they shall see, and that which they had not heard they shall understand.

¹ I was manifested by those who did not ask for me. I am found by those who did not seek me. I said, Behold me, behold me, to a nation that was not called by my name.

¹³ But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I might have some fruit also among you, even as among the other Gentiles.

¹⁷ But we, brothers, who were orphaned from you for the time of an hour, in presence not in heart, hastened more earnestly to see your face, with much desire. ¹⁸ Therefore we wanted to come to you, indeed I, Paul, even once and again, and Satan hindered us.

²¹ Now when these things were fulfilled, Paul decided in the spirit, after passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, having said, After becoming there, I must also see Rome.

¹⁰ pleading, if somehow now at last I will have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you. ¹¹ For I long to see you, so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, in order to establish you, ¹² and that is, to be mutually encouraged among you through each other's faith, both yours and mine.

³² so that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and be rested with you.

¹⁰ praying night and day above extraordinary in order to see your face and to mend the deficiencies of your faith?

⁴ longing to see thee, having remembered thy tears, so that I may be filled with joy,

³ Indeed therefore, having been helped for the trip by the congregation, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles. And they caused great joy to all the brothers.

⁵ And when it came to pass for us to finish the days, having gone forth, we were departing, all accompanying us, with women and children, as far as outside the city. And having knelt on the beach we prayed.

¹² and that is, to be mutually encouraged among you through each other's faith, both yours and mine.

²⁸ Having therefore completed this, and having sealed this fruit for them, I will depart by you to Spain.

⁵ But I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia, for I do pass through Macedonia. ⁶ And it may be that I will remain with you, or I will even spend winter, so that ye may set me on my way wherever I go. ⁷ For I do not want to see you now in passing, but I hope to remain some time with you, if the Lord allows.

¹⁶ and to pass through you into Macedonia, and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to be helped on the way toward Judea.

⁶ who testified about thy love in sight of the congregation, whom thou will do well having helped send on their way worthily of God.

²¹ but separated from them, having said, I must definitely keep the coming feast at Jerusalem, but I will return again to you, God willing. And he launched from Ephesus.

¹⁶ For Paul determined to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not happen to lose time in Asia. For he was hastening, if it were possible, for him to become at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

²² And now behold, I, bound in the spirit, am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me in it,

¹⁷ Now after more years I came, going to make donations to my nation, and offerings,

²⁶ For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain participation for the poor of the sanctified at Jerusalem. ²⁷ For they were pleased. And they are debtors of them, for if the Gentiles were partakers in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to serve them in the carnal things. ²⁸ Having therefore completed this, and having sealed this fruit for them, I will depart by you to Spain. ²⁹ And I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the good news of the Christ. ³⁰ Now I beseech you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive with me in prayers to God for me. ³¹ So that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may become acceptable to the sanctified,

¹ Now concerning the collection for the sanctified, as I arranged for the congregations of Galatia, so also do ye. ² Upon the first day of the week let each of you set something aside near himself, storing up whatever he may prosper, so that when I come no collections may be made then. ³ And when I arrive, whomever ye may approve by letters, I will send these men to bring your gift to Jerusalem.

¹⁰ only that we should remember the poor, which this same thing I also was eager to do.

²¹ He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor, happy is he.

³¹ He who oppresses a poor man reproaches his maker, but he who has mercy on a needy man honors him.

⁵ He who mocks a poor man reproaches his maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

⁷ So I fed the flock of slaughter, truly the poor of the flock. And I took to me two staves, the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands, and I fed the flock.

¹¹ And it was broken in that day, and thus the poor of the flock who gave heed to me knew that it was the word of LORD.

⁴⁰ And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me.

¹¹ For ye always have the poor with you, but ye do not always have me.

²⁰ And having lifted up his eyes on his disciples, he said, Blessed are the poor, because the kingdom of God is what belongs to you.

¹³ But when thou make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

²⁷ Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. ²⁸ And one of them named Agabus, after standing up, signified by the Spirit there was going be a great famine in the whole world, which also happened under Claudius Caesar. ²⁹ And the disciples, as any man prospered, determined, each of them regarding aid, to send to the brothers who dwell in Judea, ³⁰ which also they did, having sent it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

⁹ And a vision appeared to Paul during the night. A certain Macedonian man was standing, imploring him, and saying, After crossing over into Macedonia, help us.

¹² But Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord attacked Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,

¹⁵ Now I beseech you, brothers (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruit of Achaia, and that they committed themselves to service for the sanctified),

¹ And, brothers, we declare to you the grace of God that has been given in the congregations of Macedonia, ² that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy, even from the depth of their poverty, abounded for the wealth of their generosity, ³ so that according to their ability, I testify, and beyond their ability, willingly, ⁴ with much exhortation, begging of us the favor, even the fellowship of service for the sanctified. ⁵ And it was not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us through the will of God, ⁶ for us to urge Titus that, as he earlier began this kindness, so he would even finish it for you also. ⁷ But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us, so that ye may also abound in this kindness. ⁸ I speak not from commandment, but because of the zeal of others, also examining the genuineness of your love. ⁹ For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich he became poor for your sakes, so that by that man's poverty ye might become rich.

² For I know your willingness, which I boast about you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was prepared from a year ago. And your zeal provoked the majority.

¹² Because the service of this ministry is not only supplying the needs of the sanctified, but also abounding through many thanksgivings to God

⁶ But let him who is taught in the word share in all good things with him who teaches. ⁷ Be not misled, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows this he will also reap. ⁸ Because he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. ⁹ And let us not be weary doing good, for in our own time we will reap, not desponding. ¹⁰ So then as we have time, let us work what is good toward all men, and especially toward those belonging to a household of the faith.

⁵ hearing of thy love and faith, which thou have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the sanctified,

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him? ⁶ But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts?

¹⁷ And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive tree,

¹¹ If we sowed spiritual things to you, is it a great thing if we will reap your carnal things?

⁶ But let him who is taught in the word share in all good things with him who teaches.

¹⁹ I Paul write with my hand, I will repay, so that I may not say to thee that thou owe me in return even thyself.

²¹ There are many devices in a man's heart, but the counsel of LORD, that shall stand.

³⁷ Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord does not command it?

¹⁷ Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that abounds to your account.

⁶ being present for you, just as also in all the world. And it is bearing fruit and increasing, just as also among you from the day that ye heard and recognized the grace of God in truth.

¹³ Go now, men who say, Today and tomorrow we will go into this city, and will operate one year there, and will engage in trade and will get gain- ¹⁴ men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away- ¹⁵ in place of your saying, If the Lord should will, then we will live and do this or that.

¹¹ Thou made known to me the path of life. Thou will fill me of joy with thy countenance.

²⁶ And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing, and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

⁸ To me, a man less than the least of all the sanctified, this grace was given to preach good news among the Gentiles, the unsearchable wealth of Christ,

¹⁹ and to become aware of the love of the Christ, which transcends knowledge, so that ye may be filled in all the fullness of God.

¹³ Until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a standard of stature of the fullness of the Christ.

²⁴ And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. ²⁵ And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained as he wrestled with him. ²⁶ And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let thee go unless thou bless me. ²⁷ And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. ²⁸ And he said, Thy name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for thou have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed. ²⁹ And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Why is it that thou ask for my name? And he blessed him there.

¹⁰ Teach me to do thy will, for thou are my God. Thy Spirit is good, lead me in the land of uprightness.

¹¹ And of you who help together by supplication for us (a gift for us from many persons, because of many), so that there may be gratitude about you.

⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves are your bondmen through Jesus.

¹¹ For we who live are always given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh.

¹⁹ and for me, so that utterance may be given to me in boldness in opening my mouth to make known the mystery of the good news,

¹ If therefore any exhortation is in Christ, if any encouragement of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

⁸ the man who also made clear to us your love in spirit.

¹ For I want you to know how great a struggle I have about you, and those at Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in flesh.

¹² Epaphras, the bondman of Christ from you, salutes you, always striving for you in prayers, so that ye may stand perfect and made full in all the will of God.

²⁵ Brothers, pray about us.

¹ Finally, brothers, pray about us, so that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, just as also with you,

¹³ I command thee in the sight of God, who makes all live, and of Christ Jesus, who testified to Pontius Pilate the good confession, ¹⁴ that thou keep the commandment, without spot, blameless, until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹ I solemnly testify therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is going to judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom,

¹⁷ And when we came to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. ¹⁸ And on the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. ¹⁹ And having greeted them, he reported one by one what God did among the Gentiles through his ministry. ²⁰ And when the men heard, they glorified God, having said to him, Thou see, brother, how many thousands there are of the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealots of the law. ²¹ And they were informed about thee, that thou teach all the Jews throughout the nations desertion from Moses, telling them not to circumcise the children nor to walk by the customs. ²² What is it therefore? Certainly the multitude needs to get together, for they will hear that thou have come. ²³ Therefore do this that we say to thee. Four men are with us who have a vow on themselves. ²⁴ Having taken these, be purified with them. And pay expenses for them, so that they may shave the head. And all may know, that things of which they have been informed about thee, are nothing, but thou thyself also walk orderly, keeping the law. ²⁵ And about the Gentiles who have believed, we sent word, having decided for them to keep no such thing, except for them to guard against what is sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication. ²⁶ Then Paul, having taken the men on the following day, having been purified with them, entered into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for each one of them. ²⁷ And when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people and threw hands on him, ²⁸ crying out, Men, Israelites, help. This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. And besides he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place. ²⁹ For they were men who saw Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, whom they supposed that Paul brought into the temple. ³⁰ And the whole city was moved, and there developed a running together of the people. And having taken Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and straightaway the doors were shut. ³¹ And while seeking to kill him, a report went up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem has been stirred up.

²⁴ the chief captain commanded him be brought into the fort, having said to examine him by scourging, so that he might know for what reason they shouted against him this way.

¹² And when it became day, some of the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under a curse, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they would kill Paul. ¹³ And there were more than forty who made this conspiracy, ¹⁴ who, having come near to the chief priests and the elders, said, We have put ourselves under a curse, a curse to taste of nothing until we would kill Paul. ¹⁵ Now therefore ye with the council report to the chief captain that tomorrow he may bring him down to you, as though going to inquire more accurately the things about him. And we, before he comes near, are prepared to kill him. ¹⁶ But the son of Paul's sister, having heard of the ambush, having come and entered into the fort, he informed Paul. ¹⁷ And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this young man to the chief captain, for he has something to inform him. ¹⁸ Indeed therefore having taken him, he brought him to the chief captain, and says, Paul the prisoner, having called me, asked me to bring this young man to thee, who has something to say to thee. ¹⁹ And the chief captain having grasped his hand, and having gone in private, he asked him, What is it that thou have to inform me? ²⁰ And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee that tomorrow thou would bring Paul down to the council, as though going to inquire something more accurately about him. ²¹ Therefore thou should not be persuaded by them, for more than forty men of them wait to ambush him, who have put themselves under an oath, neither to eat nor drink until they have killed him. And now they are ready, expecting the promise from thee. ²² Indeed therefore the chief captain dismissed the young man, having ordered, Tell no man that thou have shown these things to me. ²³ And having summoned a certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen at the third hour of the night. ²⁴ And provide beasts, so that after mounting Paul, they may bring him safely to Felix the governor,

¹ And after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders, and a certain orator, Tertullus, who appeared to the governor against Paul. ² And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Experiencing much peace because of thee, and worthy deeds happening to this nation because of thy foresight, ³ we welcome, both always and everywhere, eminent Felix, with all thankfulness. ⁴ But, that I may not detain thee on more, I entreat thee in thy clemency to hear us briefly. ⁵ For we have found this man a plague, who even instigates sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, ⁶ who also attempted to profane the temple, whom also we took, ⁷ [This verse is not in the majority of the Greek manuscripts.] ⁸ from whom thou will be able, having examined him, to learn about all these things of which we accuse him. ⁹ And the Jews also agreed, claiming to have these things this way.

² And the high priest and the principal men of the Jews appeared to him against Paul, and urged him,

²⁴ And Festus says, King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, ye see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, shouting he ought not to live any longer.

²⁵ But now I am going to Jerusalem serving the sanctified.

⁴ with much exhortation, begging of us the favor, even the fellowship of service for the sanctified.

¹ For indeed it is superfluous for me to write to you about the service for the sanctified.

¹⁵ The men who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and who persecuted us, and are not pleasing to God, and are contrary to all men.

² and that we may be delivered from aberrant and wicked men, for the faith is not of all men.

¹¹ persecutions, sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra. I endured such persecutions, and the Lord rescued me out of them all.

¹³ As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, is a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

¹ And when it was determined for us to sail for Italy, they delivered both Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the band of Augustus.

⁴¹ And having chanced upon a place where two seas meet, they ran the ship aground. And of course, the bow having become stuck, it remained immovable, but the stern was coming apart by the force of the waves. ⁴² And a decision of the soldiers developed that they should kill the prisoners, lest any man, having swam away, might escape. ⁴³ But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, prevented them from their purpose, and commanded those who were able to swim, having first jumped out, to go to the land,

¹⁵ And from there the brothers, who heard these things about us, came for a meeting with us as far as Appius Forum and The Three Taverns, whom, when Paul saw, having expressed thanks to God, he took courage. ¹⁶ And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the commandant, but Paul was allowed to dwell by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

³⁰ And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired lodging. And he received all who came in to him, ³¹ preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.

¹⁰ pleading, if somehow now at last I will have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you. ¹¹ For I long to see you, so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, in order to establish you, ¹² and that is, to be mutually encouraged among you through each other's faith, both yours and mine. ¹³ But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I might have some fruit also among you, even as among the other Gentiles.

²³ But now, having no more place in these regions, and having a great desire from many years to come to you, ²⁴ whenever I go to Spain I will come to you. For I hope to see you while passing through, and there to be helped on the way by you, if first I may be partly satisfied from you.

¹⁹ But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord should will, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

¹⁸ For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge ye such men.

¹³ Because of this we have been encouraged. And from your encouragement, we rejoiced to a greater degree more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.

¹² But I want you to know, brothers, that the things in respect to me have come more for the advancement of the good news, ¹³ in order for my bonds in Christ to become apparent in the whole Praetorium, and in all the others. ¹⁴ And more of the brothers in the Lord have been convinced by my bonds to be much more bold to speak the word fearlessly.

⁶ But now of Timothy, having come to us from you, and having proclaimed good news to us of your faith and love, and that ye always have a good recollection of us, longing to see us, just as we also you, ⁷ because of this, brothers, we were encouraged toward you in all our affliction and necessity through your faith. ⁸ Because now we live, if ye stand firm in the Lord. ⁹ For what thanks can we repay God about you, for all the joy in which we rejoiced because of you before our God, ¹⁰ praying night and day above extraordinary in order to see your face and to mend the deficiencies of your faith?

¹⁶ May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain.

⁷ For we have much joy and encouragement in thy love, because the bowels of the sanctified have been refreshed by thee, brother.

²⁰ Yes, brother, let me have a favor of thee in the Lord. Refresh my bowels in the Lord.

¹⁵ in place of your saying, If the Lord should will, then we will live and do this or that.

⁴ And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, LORD be with you. And they answered him, LORD bless thee.

²³ Behold, the virgin will have in her womb, and will bring forth a son. And they will call his name Immanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

²⁰ And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with you.

²³ Gaius my host, and of the whole congregation, salutes you. Erastus, the manager of the city, salutes you, and Quartus the brother.

³³ for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace.

¹⁹ How that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation. ²⁰ We are therefore, ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were calling through us. We plead on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

¹⁴ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, is with all of you. Truly.

⁹ And what ye learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.

¹⁶ Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace through everything in every way. The Lord is with all of you.

²² The Lord Jesus Christ is with thy spirit. Grace is with you. Truly.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep by the blood of an eternal covenant-our Lord Jesus-