Acts 6 Cross References - Godbey

¹ And during those days, the disciples multiplying, there was a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, that their widows were being neglected in the daily ministration. ² And the twelve calling to them the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not pleasing that we, leaving the word of God, serve tables. ³ But brethren, look out seven men from you of good report, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint over this interest; ⁴ and we will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word. ⁵ And the word was pleasing before all the multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, ⁶ the Antiochian proselyte, whom they placed before the apostles, and having prayed, they placed their hands on them. ⁷ And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied exceedingly in Jerusalem, and a great multitude of the priests were obedient unto the faith. ⁸ And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and miracles among the people. ⁹ And certain ones of the synagogues, called Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia, stood up disputing with Stephen, ¹⁰ and they were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit with which he was speaking. ¹¹ Then they bribed men, saying, that we have heard him speaking words blasphemous against Moses and God. ¹² And they excited the people and the elders and scribes, and coming upon him, seized him, and led him into the council, ¹³ and they raised up false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against this holy place and the law; ¹⁴ for we have heard him saying, that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and change the customs which Moses delivered unto us. ¹⁵ And all sitting in the council, having fixed their eyes on him, saw his face as the face of an angel.

²² but I say unto you that every one being angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever may say to his brother, Thou scoundrel, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever may say, Thou fool, shall be liable unto a hell of fire.

¹⁷ Beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrins, and will beat you in their synagogues;

¹⁹ And when they may deliver you, be not solicitous how or what you may speak: for it will be given unto you in that hour what you may say. ²⁰ For you are not those speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking in you.

⁴³ Then the righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. But let the one having ears, hear.

² And was transfigured before them, and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became white as the light.

³⁰ But many who are first shall be last, and the last first.

⁸ But be ye not called Doctor: for One is your teacher; and you are all brothers.

¹³ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut up the kingdom of the heavens against the people: for you do not go in, neither do you permit those coming in to enter.

¹⁵ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when it may be done, you make him twofold more the son of hell than yourselves.

³⁴ Therefore I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: you will kill and crucify some of them; and will scourge some of them in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city;

¹ Jesus having gone out departed from the temple, and His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple. ² And responding, He said to them, Do you not see all these? Truly, I say unto you, that stone may not be left here upon stone, which shall not be thrown down.

¹⁵ Then when you may see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth know),

⁵⁷ Taking Jesus they led Him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the chief priests and elders were assembled together.

⁵⁹ And the high priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking false testimony against Jesus, in order that they might kill Him. ⁶⁰ And they found none. And many false witnesses having come forward, they found none. ⁶¹ And afterwards two false witnesses having come forward, said, He said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and build it in three days.

³² And going out they found a Cyrenean man, Simon by name: they compelled him that he should bear His cross.

¹² And being assembled along with the elders, and taking counsel, they gave much money to the soldiers, ¹³ saying, You tell, that His disciples, having come by night, stole Him away while we slept. ¹⁴ And if this may be heard by the governor, we will persuade him and make you secure. ¹⁵ And they having received the money, did as they were instructed: and this report is current among the Jews until this day.

⁹ These are the beginnings of travails. But you take heed to yourselves: for they will deliver you into councils; and will beat you in the synagogues: and you shall stand before governors and kings on account of me, for a testimony unto them.

⁵⁸ We heard Him saying, I will destroy this temple made with hands, and will build another in three days, made without hands.

¹⁷ And he will go before Him in the spirit and Power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient unto the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people made ready for the Lord.

³⁴ And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, His mother; Behold, he is appointed unto the fall and rising of many in Israel, and unto a sign which is spoken against;

¹¹ But when they may carry you into the synagogues, and tribunals, and authorities; do not be solicitous as to what you may apologize, or what you may say: ¹² for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour the things which it behooveth you to speak.

³⁴ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that have been sent unto thee! how frequently did I wish to gather thy children, in the manner in which a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye were not willing! ³⁵ Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. I say unto you, that you can see me no more, until it shall come to pass that you may say, Blessed is the One coming in the name of the Lord.

⁶ These things which you see, the days will come, in which stone will not be left upon stone, which shall not be thrown down.

¹² And before all of these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you into their synagogues and prisons, led before kings and governors on account of my name.

¹⁵ for I will give to you mouth and wisdom, which all who are opposed to you will not be able to gainsay nor resist.

²⁴ And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles may be fulfilled.

¹⁷ Because the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

²¹ Jesus says to her, Believe me, woman, that the hour cometh, you will worship the Father neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem.

⁴⁸ Then Jesus said to him, Unless you may see signs and wonders, you can not believe.

⁴⁵ Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one accusing you, in whom you have hoped. ⁴⁶ For if you were believing Moses, you were believing me; for he wrote concerning me. ⁴⁷ For if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?

⁴⁶ The officers responded, Never did a man so speak, as this man speaks.

²⁹ we know that God spoke to Moses: but we do not know this One, whence He is.

³³ The Jews responded to Him, We do not stone Thee for good work, but for blasphemy; because Thou, being a man, art making Thyself God. ³⁴ And Jesus responded to them, Is it not written in your law, that I said, Ye are gods? ³⁵ If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture is not able to be broken), ³⁶ whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, do you say; Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

⁴² Nevertheless indeed many of the rulers also believed on Him; but they were not confessing Him on account of the Pharisees, in order that they might not be put out of the synagogues:

³ And they will do these things, because they did not know the Father, nor me.

¹⁴ They were all persevering of one accord in prayer along with the women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.

²¹ Therefore the men having come together with us all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in unto us and went out,

²⁴ And praying they said, Thou, O Lord, Heart-searcher of all, show up the one of these two, whom thou hast chosen

⁴ and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those inhabiting Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ indeed Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the regions of Libya which is beyond Cyrene, and Roman sojourners, both Jews and proselytes,

¹⁷ And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; ¹⁸ and upon my servants and my handmaidens I will pour out of my Spirit on those days, and they shall prophesy.

⁴¹ Then indeed having received his word they were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added unto them; ⁴² and they were persevering in the teaching of the apostles and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

⁴⁵ and they sold their possessions and personalities, and divided the same unto all, as each one had need.

⁴⁷ praising God, and having favor unto all the people. And the Lord was daily adding to them those who were being saved.

¹ And they speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees rose up against them, ² being grieved because they were teaching the people and preaching the resurrection of the dead through Jesus; ³ and they laid hands on them and put them in prison till the morrow; for it was already evening. ⁴ And many of those hearing the word believed, and the number of men was about five thousand.

¹⁹ And Peter and John responding said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than God, judge ye;

²⁹ And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to thy servants with all boldness to speak thy word, ³⁰ while, reaching forth thy hand unto healings, both miracles and wonders are wrought through the name of thy holy child Jesus.

³⁵ and laying them at the feet of the apostles; and it was distributed to each as any one had need.

¹⁴ but believers were the more added to the Lord, a multitude both of men and women,

¹⁸ and laid hands on the apostles, and placed them in the public prison.

²⁷ And leading them, they placed them in the council, and the chief priests asked them, saying, ²⁸ With commandment we commanded you not to teach in this name; and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching; and you are determined to bring upon us the blood of this man.

³⁹ but if it be of God, you will not be able to destroy them, lest perchance you may also be found fighting against God.

³ But brethren, look out seven men from you of good report, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint over this interest;

⁵ And the word was pleasing before all the multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, ⁶ the Antiochian proselyte, whom they placed before the apostles, and having prayed, they placed their hands on them. ⁷ And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied exceedingly in Jerusalem, and a great multitude of the priests were obedient unto the faith. ⁸ And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and miracles among the people.

¹⁰ and they were not able to resist the wisdom and spirit with which he was speaking. ¹¹ Then they bribed men, saying, that we have heard him speaking words blasphemous against Moses and God.

¹³ and they raised up false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against this holy place and the law;

¹⁵ And all sitting in the council, having fixed their eyes on him, saw his face as the face of an angel.

¹ And the high priests said; Are these things so? ² And he said, Men, brothers and fathers, hear ye; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he migrated into Haran, and He said to him;

³⁷ This Moses is the one having said to the sons of Israel, A prophet will God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me. ³⁸ And this is the one being in the church in the wilderness with the angel speaking to him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the living oracles to give unto us; ³⁹ to whom our fathers were not willing to be obedient, but thrust him away, and turned back in their hearts towards Egypt,

⁵¹ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do ye.

⁵⁵ But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, and looking up to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

⁵⁸ and casting him out from the city, they began to stone him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, called Saul:

¹ And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there was a great persecution in that day against the church in Jerusalem: and all were dispersed abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. ² And godly men buried Stephen, and made great mourning over him.

⁵ and Philip, having gone down to the city of Samaria, was preaching Christ to them, ⁶ And the multitudes were unanimously giving heed to the things spoken by Philip, while they were hearing and seeing the miracles which he was performing.

⁶ And the multitudes were unanimously giving heed to the things spoken by Philip, while they were hearing and seeing the miracles which he was performing. ⁷ For many of those having unclean spirits, roaring with a loud voice, went out: and many paralyzed and lame were healed; ⁸ and there was great joy in that city. ⁹ And a certain man, by name Simon, was formerly practicing magic in the city, and bewitching the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great man: ¹⁰ to whom all from small even unto the great gave heed, saying, This one is the power of God, called Great. ¹¹ And they gave heed to him, because for a long time he had deceived them with his magic arts. ¹² But when they believed Philip preaching the gospel concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. ¹³ But Simon himself also believed: and being baptized, was constantly with Philip, both seeing the miracles and the great dynamites performed, was astonished. ¹⁴ But the apostles in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria has received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John: ¹⁵ who, having come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost. ¹⁶ For he had not yet fallen on any of them: but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷ Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

¹⁷ Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. ¹⁸ But Simon seeing that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Spirit was given, offered them money, saying, ¹⁹ Give me this power, that on whomsoever I may lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. ²⁰ And Peter said to him, Thy silver be unto destruction with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money. ²¹ There is neither part nor lot to thee in this word: for thy heart is not right before God. ²² Therefore repent of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perchance the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee; ²³ for I see thou art in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity. ²⁴ And Simon responding said, You pray to the Lord for me, in order that none of these things of which you have spoken may come upon me. ²⁵ Then indeed, witnessing and speaking the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans. ²⁶ And the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go towards the south unto the way going down from Jerusalem to Gaza; the same is desert. ²⁷ And rising up, he departed. And, behold, an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, an officer of Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasury, had been to Jerusalem to worship, ²⁸ and was returning, and sitting upon his chariot he was reading the prophet Isaiah. ²⁹ And the Spirit said to Philip, Go, and join yourself to that chariot. ³⁰ And Philip running forth, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said; Whether do you understand what you are reading? ³¹ And he said, How could I, unless some one shall guide me? And he called upon Philip coming up, to sit with him; ³² and the place of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led like a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before the one shearing him is dumb, so he opens not his mouth. ³³ In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare His generation? because his life is taken from the earth. ³⁴ And the eunuch responding to Philip, said, I pray thee, concerning whom does the prophet speak this? concerning himself, or some other man? ³⁵ Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from the same scripture, preached Jesus to him. ³⁶ And while they were journeying along the road, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch says, Behold water; what doth hinder me from being baptized? ³⁷ OMITTED TEXT ³⁸ And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both came down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. ³⁹ And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more: for he went on his way rejoicing. ⁴⁰ And Philip was found at Azotus: and going through he preached the gospel to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

¹⁷ And Ananias departed, and came into the house: and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, Jesus, that appeared to you in the way in which thou didst come, hath sent me, that thou mayest look up, and he filled with the Holy Ghost.

²⁹ and he was speaking and arguing against the Hellenists, and they undertook to kill him. ³⁰ And the brethren, taking cognizance, led him to Caesarea, and sent him away to Tarsus.

³⁹ And Peter rising up came along with them; whom, on arrival, they led to the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing him the chitoons and himations, so many as Dorcas made, while with them.

⁴¹ And having given her his hand, he raised her up, and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

²² And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, and being of good report by all the nation of the Jews, was warned by a holy angel to send for thee to come into his house, and to hear words with thee.

¹⁹ Then indeed those having been dispersed abroad on account of the persecution prevailing over Stephen came through even to Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews only. ²⁰ And of them there were certain Cyprian and Cyrenean men, who, having come into Antioch, were speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus.

²⁴ because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and faith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.

²⁴ And the word of the Lord increased and multiplied.

¹ And there were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch; Barnabas, and Symeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manahem, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. ² And they ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Now separate unto me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. ³ Then they having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, sent them away.

³ Then they having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, sent them away.

⁸ but Elymas the magician (for thus his name is interpreted) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

⁴⁵ And the Jews seeing the multitudes, were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the word spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

⁵⁰ And the Jews stirred up the noble godly women, and the first men of the city, and they raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.

² But the unbelieving Jews stirred up and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against the brethren.

²² strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and it behooves them through many tribulations to enter into the kingdom of God.

¹ And certain ones having come down from Judea were teaching the brethren that, Unless you may be circumcised, according to the custom of Moses, you are not able to be saved.

²¹ For Moses from ancient generations, has those preaching him in every city, being read in the synagogues on every Sabbath. ²² Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, along with the whole church, to send men chosen from them into Antioch along with Paul and Barnabas; Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leaders among the brethren: ²³ having written through their hand; The apostles and elders, brethren to the brethren who are from the Gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia greeting.

⁴¹ and he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

² who was of good report by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium.

⁶ And they traveled through Phrygia and the Galatian country, being prohibited by the Holy Ghost from speaking the word in Asia.

¹⁹ And her masters seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, arresting Paul and Silas, dragged them into the forum to the rulers, ²⁰ and leading them to the magistrates, said, These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews, ²¹ and they proclaimed customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, or to do, being Romans.

⁵ But the Jews giving away to jealousy, and receiving to themselves certain wicked men of those around the forum, and raising a mob, continued to put the city in an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they were seeking to lead them out to the people: ⁶ but not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, roaring that, These who have turned the world upside down are also come hither;

¹³ but when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea, they came thither also, agitating and stirring up the rabbles.

¹⁷ Then indeed he spoke to the Jews, and to the worshipers in the synagogue, and to those incidentally meeting him every day in the forum. ¹⁸ And certain ones of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers interviewed him, and some continued to say, What would this babbler wish to say? and others said, He seems to be the propagator of strange divinities: because he was preaching the gospel of Jesus, and the resurrection.

⁶ And they opposing, and blaspheming, shaking his garments, he said to them, Your blood be upon your own head; I am pure: from now I will go to the Gentiles.

¹² But Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of one accord arose up against Paul, and led him to the tribunal,

²⁴ And a certain Jew, Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came into Ephesus, being mighty in the scriptures.

¹⁰ And this took place two years; so that all dwelling in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

²⁰ Thus the word of the Lord increased and accumulated strength according to His power.

²⁶ and you see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, that this Paul having persuaded them has turned away a great multitude, saying that there are no gods made with hands.

¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility, and tears, and temptations, which came upon me through the plots of the Jews: ²⁰ how I omitted nothing of those things which are profitable, that I should not declare unto you and teach you publicly and from house to house, ²¹ witnessing both to Jews, and to Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. ²² And now, behold, I go to Jerusalem bound in spirit, not knowing the things which shall come upon me in it: ²³ except that the Holy Ghost in every city witnesses to me, saying that bonds and tribulations await me. ²⁴ But I consider my life worthy of no consideration to myself, so as to finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear testimony to the gospel of the grace of God. ²⁵ And now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I came preaching the gospel of the kingdom, shall see my face no more. ²⁶ Therefore I witness to you this clay, that I am pure from the blood of all men; ²⁷ for I did not shrink to declare unto you all the counsel of God. ²⁸ Take heed to yourselves, and all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost has placed you shepherds, to shepherdise the church of God, which He bought with His own blood. ²⁹ I know, that after my departure grievous wolves will rise up against you, not sparing the flock; ³⁰ and men from you yourselves will rise up, speaking perverse things, in order to lead away disciples after them. ³¹ Watch therefore, remembering, that three years night and day I ceased not admonishing you with tears.

⁸ And on the following day, having come out, we came into Caesarea: and having entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, being one of the seven, we abode with him.

²⁰ And they hearing, continued to glorify God, and said to him, You see, brother, how many myriads there are of those who believe; and they are all zealots of the law:

²⁰ And they hearing, continued to glorify God, and said to him, You see, brother, how many myriads there are of those who believe; and they are all zealots of the law: ²¹ and they have been informed concerning thee, that thou art teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles apostasy from Moses, saying that they are not to circumcise their children, nor to walk according to the customs.

²¹ and they have been informed concerning thee, that thou art teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles apostasy from Moses, saying that they are not to circumcise their children, nor to walk according to the customs. ²² Then what is it? it is altogether necessary that the multitude come together: for they will hear that you have come.

²² Then what is it? it is altogether necessary that the multitude come together: for they will hear that you have come.

²⁷ And when the seven days were about to have an end, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole multitude, and laid hands on him, crying out, ²⁸ Israelitish men, help: this is the man, teaching all everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and he has even yet led Greeks into the temple, and polluted this holy place.

³⁹ But Paul said, I am indeed a Jewish man, a Tarsean, a citizen of Cilicia, no mean city: but, I pray you, permit me to speak to the people.

³ And he says, I am Jewish man, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, having been brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the accuracy of patristic law, being a zealot of God, as you all are this day;

¹² And a certain Ananias, a man godly according to the law, and of good report by all the Jews dwelling there,

¹⁹ And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and binding those believing on thee throughout the synagogue;

¹² And it being day, the Jews having formed a conspiracy, obligated themselves by an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they might kill Paul. ¹³ And there were more than forty having made this plot: ¹⁴ who, having come to the chief priests and elders, said, We have anathematized ourselves with an anathema, to taste nothing until we may kill Paul. ¹⁵ Now therefore do you appeal to the chiliarch along with the sanhedrim, that he may lead him down to you, as about to investigate matters concerning him more thoroughly: and we are ready to kill him before he comes nigh.

³⁴ And having read, and made inquiry of what jurisdiction,

¹ And after five days Ananias the high priest with certain elders, and a certain orator Tertyllus, came down, who appeared before the governor against Paul. ² And he having been called, Tertyllus began to accuse him, saying, ³ Receiving great peace through thee, and prosperity accruing to this nation through thy wisdom, we receive with all gratitude, both always, and everywhere, O most noble Felix. ⁴ But in order that I may not weary you excessively, I exhort you to hear us patiently according to your clemency. ⁵ For having found this man pestilential, and stirring up seditions to all the Jews who are throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: ⁶ who also endeavored to pollute the temple: whom we indeed arrested, ⁷ OMITTED TEXT ⁸ with whom you yourself, having made inquiry, are able to know concerning all these things of which we accuse him. ⁹ And the Jews were consenting, saying, Truly these things are so. ¹⁰ And Paul responded, the governor beckoning to him to speak; Knowing you to be a judge to this nation from many years, I cheerfully apologize as to the things concerning myself: ¹¹ you being able to know, that there are not more than twelve days to me since I came up to Jerusalem to worship. ¹² Neither did they find me in the temple disputing with any one, or causing an excitement of the multitude, neither in the synagogues, nor throughout the city: ¹³ neither are they able to prove before you the things which they are now accusing me.

³ asking favor against him, in order that he might send him to Jerusalem, making a plot to kill him on the road.

⁷ And he being present, the Jews having come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing against him charges many and heavy, which they were not able to prove. ⁸ And Paul apologizing, that Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I done anything wrong.

²⁷ for it seems to me to be unreasonable, sending a prisoner, and not to signify charges against him.

³ especially as thou art acquainted with all the customs and questions among the Jews: therefore I pray you to hear me patiently.

¹¹ and throughout all the synagogues, frequently punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceeding mad against them, I was persecuting them even also unto foreign cities.

⁵ and having sailed through the sea which is opposite Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down into Myra of Lycia. ⁶ And there the centurion having found an Alexandrian ship sailing into Italy; transferred us into it.

¹⁷ And it came to pass, after three days, he called together those who were first of the Jews; and they having assembled, he said to them, I, men, brethren, having done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, was committed a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans;

⁵ through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, in behalf of his name:

⁹ For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how I unceasingly make mention of you always in my prayer;

⁸ are we not indeed thus traduced, and as some say we speak, that, Let us do evil in order that good may come? whose condemnation is just.

⁶ But having gifts differing according to the grace given unto us, whether prophecy, it is according to the analogy of faith; ⁷ or ministry, it is in the ministry; or he that teacheth, in teaching; ⁸ or he that exhorteth, in exhortation; or he that giveth, with a single eye; he that presideth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

²⁶ but having now indeed been made manifest, through the prophetical scriptures, and having been made known to all the Gentiles, according to the commandment of the eternal God, unto the obedience of faith;

²⁰ Where is the wise man? where is the scribe? where is the investigator of this age? has not God rendered the wisdom of the world foolishness?

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

¹⁶ For if I preach the gospel, there is no boasting to me; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I may not preach the gospel.

¹⁰ Neither murmur, as some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

⁸ For indeed to one the word of wisdom has been given by the Spirit; and to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

³ But when I may be present, whomsoever you may approve by your letters, these will I send to carry away your benefaction to Jerusalem:

⁷ But if the ministry of death, having been written in letters of stone, was in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look upon the face of Moses on account of the glory of his countenance; which was destined to be done away: ⁸ how will not the ministry of the spirit be more in glory?

¹⁸ But we all, with unveiled face beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

¹⁹ not only so, but having been elected by the churches our traveling companion with this philanthropy, administered by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and your promptitude: ²⁰ and avoiding this, lest any one may blame us in this benefaction administered by us: ²¹ for we provide things honest, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also before the people.

²² Are they Hebrews? I am also. Are they Israelites? I am also. Are they the seed of Abraham? I am also.

²¹ Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

¹⁹ Then what is the law? It was added on account of the transgressions, until the seed to whom the promise was made should come; being ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

²³ But before faith came, we were kept under law, being shut up to the faith about to be revealed.

³ So also we, when we were infants, were enslaved under the elements of the world: ⁴ but when the fulness of time came, God sent forth his own Son, having been born of a woman, having been born under law, ⁵ in order that he might redeem those under law, that we might receive the adoption of sonship.

¹⁵ Therefore I also, having heard of the faith among you in the Lord Jesus, and your love which is toward all the saints, ¹⁶ I do not cease giving thanks for you making mention of you in my prayers; ¹⁷ in order that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may grant unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the perfect knowledge of himself;

¹⁴ For this cause I bow my knees to the Father, ¹⁵ of whom the whole family in heavens and upon earth is named, ¹⁶ in order that he may grant unto you, according to the riches of his glory, that you be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; ¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; ¹⁸ being rooted and grounded in divine love, in order that you may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height, ¹⁹ and to know the divine love of Christ which transcends knowledge, in order that you may be filled with all the fulness of God. ²⁰ And to him who is able to do exceedingly above all things which we ask or think, according to the power working in us, ²¹ to him be glory in the church indeed in Christ Jesus unto all the generations of the age of the ages: Amen.

¹¹ And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

¹⁸ Be not drunk with wine, in which there is riot, but be ye filled with the Spirit;

⁴ always in all my prayer with joy making supplication,

⁹ And I pray this, that your divine love may yet more and more abound in perfect knowledge and all understanding; ¹⁰ in order that you may distinguish those things which differ; that you may be pure and without offence in the day of Christ; ¹¹ being filled with the fruit of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

⁵ in circumcision the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

⁶ having come to you, as it is indeed in the whole world bearing fruit and increasing, as also among you, from the day on which you heard and have known the grace of God in truth;

⁹ Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding, ¹⁰ that you may walk worthily of the Lord in all loyalty, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the perfect knowledge of God. ¹¹ being impowered with all power, according to the might of his glory, in all patience and longsuffering with joy; ¹² giving thanks to the Father, who has made us worthy unto a participation of the inheritance of the saints in light; ¹³ who delivered us from the power of darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

¹ For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have in behalf of you, and those in Laodicea, and so many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

¹² Epaphras, who is from you, the servant of Jesus Christ, always agonizing in your behalf in his prayers, in order that you may stand perfect even having been fully carried away in all the will of God, salutes you.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus; Take heed to the ministry which you received in the Lord, that you may fill it.

⁸ in the fire of flame, dispensing vengeance to those who know not God, and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus:

¹³ being antecedently a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an insulter: but I obtained mercy, because I did it in unbelief being ignorant;

⁷ But it also behooves him indeed to have a beautiful testimony from the aliens, in order that he may not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. ⁸ Likewise let the deacons be grave, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not fond of filthy lucre; ⁹ having the testimony of faith in a pure conscience. ¹⁰ And let them also first be proven; then let them minister the office of deacon, being irreproachable. ¹¹ Likewise let their wives be grave, not tattlers, modest, faithful in all things. ¹² Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses beautifully. ¹³ For those having ministered the office of a deacon beautifully procure to themselves beautiful progress, and much boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

¹³ For those having ministered the office of a deacon beautifully procure to themselves beautiful progress, and much boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴ I write these things to you, hoping to come to you more speedily; ¹⁵ but if I tarry, in order that you may know how it behooves you to deport yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

¹³ Until I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to teaching. ¹⁴ Do not neglect the gift which is in you, which was given unto you through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

¹⁴ Do not neglect the gift which is in you, which was given unto you through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. ¹⁵ Be diligent in these things; give yourself wholly unto them; in order that your progress may be manifest to all. ¹⁶ Take heed to yourself and the teaching: continue in these things; for doing this you will indeed save yourself and those who hear you.

⁴ But if any widow has children, or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety to their own house, and to give benefactions to their ancestors: for this is acceptable in the sight of God. ⁵ She who is truly a widow, and left alone, hopes in God, and abides in prayers and supplication night and day;

⁹ Let a widow not be taken into account under three score years, the wife of one husband, ¹⁰ being witness in beautiful works; if she has brought up children, if she has entertained strangers, if she has washed the feet of saints, if she has succored those in tribulation, if she has followed in every good work.

²² Lay hands quickly on no one, and be not partaker of other men's sins.

⁶ On account of which cause I remind you to revive and refire the gift of God which is in you by the laying on of my hands.

⁴ No one operating as a soldier is entangled with the affairs of life; in order that he may please his commander.

⁹ in whom I suffer affliction as an evil-doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

² preach the word: be instant in season and out of season; convict, exhort, rebuke, with all longsuffering and teaching.

² being faithful to him who appointed him, as indeed Moses in all his house. ³ For he is esteemed worthy of more honor than Moses, inasmuch as the One having built it, has more honor than the house. ⁴ For every house is built by some one; and the one having built all things is God. ⁵ And Moses was indeed faithful in all his house as a servant, unto the testimony of those things which shall be spoken;

⁹ and having been made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all those who obey him;

² of the teaching of baptisms, and of the laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

¹¹ Then indeed if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood, for unto it the people have been tithed, what need is there still that another priest shall rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron? ¹² For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is a change of the law. ¹³ For he unto whom these things were spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one ministers at the altar: ¹⁴ for it is evident that our Lord sprang from Judah; in reference to which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests. ¹⁵ And it is still more abundantly evident, if after the similitude of Melchizedek another priest rises, ¹⁶ who was not made after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. ¹⁷ For it is testified, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. ¹⁸ For there is a disannulling of the preceding commandment, on account of its weakness and inadequacy ¹⁹ for the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh unto God.

⁶ but now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, insomuch that he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been founded on better promises. ⁷ For if that first covenant had been faultless, a place would not have been sought for the second. ⁸ For finding fault with them, he says, Behold the days are coming, says the Lord, and I will perfect upon the house of Israel and upon the house of Judah, a new covenant: ⁹ not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they abode not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, says the Lord. ¹⁰ Because this is my covenant which I will establish with the house of Israel after these days, says the Lord; having given my laws in their mind, I will also write them on their heart; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be unto me a people. ¹¹ And they shall no longer teach each one his neighbor, each one his brother, saying, Know ye the Lord: because all shall know me, from their small even unto the great. ¹² Because I will be merciful unto their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more. ¹³ In that he calls it new, he has made the first one old; but that which is old and antiquated is nigh unto vanishing.

⁹ which is a figure unto the present time, in which gifts and sacrifices are offered, not being able to make the worshiper perfect, as to his conscience; ¹⁰ consisting only in meats and drinks, and divers baptisms, ordinances of the flesh, abiding until the time of restitution. ¹¹ But Christ being a high priest of good things to come, through a greater and a more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this world;

¹ For the law having the shadow of good things to come, not the real image of the things, annually with the same sacrifices which they offer continually, is by no means able to make perfect those coming to it: ² since in that case would they not have ceased being offered, because the worshipers having once been purified would have had no more conscience of sins? ³ But in the same sacrifices there is a remembrance of sins annually; ⁴ for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. ⁵ Therefore, coming into the world, he says; Sacrifice an offering thou willest not, but thou hast perfected for me a body: ⁶ whole burnt offerings and offerings for sins thou wast not pleased with: ⁷ then I said, Lo, I come in the volume of the Book it has been written of me to do thy will, O God. ⁸ Saying above, that Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin thou didst not will, neither wast well pleased with; whatsoever are offered according to law; ⁹ then he has said, Lo, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second; ¹⁰ by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. ¹¹ And every high priest indeed stands daily ministering, and frequently offering the same sacrifices, which are never able to take away sins: ¹² and he, having offered up one sacrifice for sins, forever sat down on the right hand of God; ¹³ finally waiting until his enemies may be made the foot-stool of his feet. ¹⁴ For by one offering he has forever perfected the sanctified. ¹⁵ And the Holy Ghost truly does witness to us: for afterward he said, ¹⁶ This is the covenant that I will make unto them after these days, says the Lord; having given my laws on their hearts, and I will also write them in their mind; ¹⁷ and I will remember their sins and iniquities no more. ¹⁸ But where there is removal of these, there is no more offering for sin.

⁸ By faith Abraham, being called to go out into a place which he was about to receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and went out, not knowing whither he goes.

²⁶ whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, I will still once shake not only the earth, but also heaven. ²⁷ But he would yet once show the removal of the things shaken, as having been created, in order that the things unshaken may remain. ²⁸ Therefore receiving an unshaken kingdom, let us have grace, through which we may worship God acceptably with reverence and fear:

¹ Let brotherly love continue.

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.

²⁷ Pure religion and undefiled with God even the Father is this, to relieve the orphans and widows in their affliction, and keep himself unspotted from the world.

¹⁷ But the wisdom which is from above is indeed first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily persuaded, full of mercy and of good works, free from partiality and hypocrisy. ¹⁸ But the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those who are making peace.

⁵ Whether do you think that the scripture says in vain, The spirit who dwells in us fights against envy?

⁹ Do not complain against one another, brethren, in order that you may not be judged: behold, the judge stands before the doors.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed out of the death into the life, because we love the brethren with divine love; the one loving not with divine love, abides in the death. ¹⁵ Every one hating his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in himself. ¹⁶ In this we know the divine love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

¹² To Demetrius it has been testified by all, and by the truth itself: and we also testify: and you know that our testimony is true.

⁶ But you have this, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

¹⁵ So you also have those in a similar manner holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans.