Acts 10 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ There was at Caesarea a man named Cornelius, a captain in what was known as the Italian regiment. ² He was a devout man, who feared God, as did all the members of his household. He was liberal in charities to the people, and always prayed to God. ³ One afternoon, about three o'clock, he had a vision, and distinctly saw an angel of God come into his room and say to him, "Cornelius!" ⁴ He stared at him in terror, and said, "What is it, sir?" "Your prayers and charities," the angel answered, "have gone up and been remembered before God. ⁵ Now send men to Joppa, for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter. ⁶ He is being entertained at the house of a tanner named Simon, which is close to the sea." ⁷ When the angel who had spoken to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants, and a devout soldier who was one of his personal attendants, ⁸ and after telling them the whole story, sent them to Joppa. ⁹ The next day, while they were still on their way, and were just getting near the town, Peter went up on the housetop about noon to pray. ¹⁰ He got very hungry, and wanted something to eat. While they were getting it ready, he fell into a trance, ¹¹ and saw the sky opened and a thing like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the ground by the four corners, ¹² with all kinds of quadrupeds, reptiles, and wild birds in it. ¹³ And a voice came to him, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it!" ¹⁴ But Peter said, "Never, sir! For I have never eaten anything that was not ceremonially cleansed." ¹⁵ The voice came to him again a second time, "Do not call what God has cleansed unclean." ¹⁶ This happened three times; then the thing was taken right up into the sky. ¹⁷ While Peter was still wondering what the vision he had had could mean, the men whom Cornelius had sent had asked the way to Simon's house and reached the door, ¹⁸ and they called out to ask if Simon who was called Peter was staying there. ¹⁹ As Peter was pondering over his vision, the Spirit said to him, "There are two men looking for you. ²⁰ Get up and go down, and go with them without any hesitation, for I have sent them." ²¹ Then Peter went down to see the men, and said to them, "I am the man you are asking for. What is the reason for your coming?" ²² They answered, "Cornelius, who is a captain, and an upright and God-fearing man, and who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to listen to what you have to say." ²³ So Peter invited them in and entertained them. The next day he started off with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa, ²⁴ and the day after, he reached Caesarea. Cornelius had invited in his relatives and his intimate friends and was waiting for them. ²⁵ When Peter actually came in, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet and made obeisance to him. ²⁶ But Peter lifted him to his feet, and said, "Get up! I am only human myself." ²⁷ So they went in talking together, and Peter found that many people had gathered, ²⁸ and he said to them, "You know that it is against the Law for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit one; but God has taught me not to call anyone vulgar or unclean. ²⁹ That was why, when I was sent for, I came without any hesitation. And now I want to ask why you sent for me." ³⁰ Cornelius answered, "Three days ago, just at this time of day, I was praying in my house about three o'clock, when a man in dazzling clothing stood before me, ³¹ and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your charities have been recalled to mind by God. ³² So send to Joppa and invite Simon who is called Peter to come here. He is staying at the house of a tanner named Simon, close to the sea.' ³³ So I sent for you immediately, and you have very kindly come. Now we are all here in God's presence, to hear everything that the Lord has instructed you to say." ³⁴ Then Peter began and said, "Now I really understand that God shows no partiality, ³⁵ but welcomes the man of any nation who reveres him and does what is right. ³⁶ He has sent his message to Israel's descendants, and made the good news of peace known to them through Jesus Christ. He is Lord of us all. ³⁷ You know the story that has gone all over Judea, starting from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed, ³⁸ about Jesus of Nazareth, and how God endowed him with the power of the holy Spirit, and he went about doing good and curing all who were in the power of the devil, because God was with him. ³⁹ We are witnesses of everything that he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. Yet they put him upon a cross and killed him. ⁴⁰ But God raised him to life on the third day and caused him to be plainly seen, ⁴¹ not by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had designated beforehand, that is, by us, who ate and drank with him after he had risen from the dead. ⁴² He also directed us to announce to the people and bear solemn testimony that he is the one whom God has appointed to be the judge of the living and the dead. ⁴³ It is of him that all the prophets bear witness that everyone that believes in him will have his sins forgiven in his name." ⁴⁴ Before Peter had finished saying these words, the holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to his message. ⁴⁵ The Jewish believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the holy Spirit had been showered upon the heathen too, ⁴⁶ for they heard them speaking in foreign languages and declaring the greatness of God. Then Peter said, ⁴⁷ "Can anyone refuse the use of water to baptize these people when they have received the holy Spirit just as we did?" ⁴⁸ And he directed that they should be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay on there a few days.

¹⁹ But her husband, Joseph, was an upright man and did not wish to disgrace her, and he decided to break off the engagement privately.

¹ In those days John the Baptist appeared, and preached in the desert of Judea. ² "Repent!" he said, "for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!" ³ It was he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, when he said, "Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready! Make his paths straight!' "

² And he fasted forty days and nights, and after it he was famished.

¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, "Begone, Satan! For the Scripture says, 'You must do homage to the Lord your God, and worship him alone!' "

¹² But when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he retreated to Galilee. ¹³ And he left Nazareth and went and settled in Capernaum, by the sea, in the district of Zebulon and Naphtali, ¹⁴ in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah, ¹⁵ "Zebulon's land, and Naphtali's land, Along the road to the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the nations! ¹⁶ The people that were living in darkness Have seen a great light, And on those who were living in the land of the shadow of death A light has dawned!" ¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent! for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!"

²³ Then he went all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or sickness among the people. ²⁴ Word went all through Syria about him, and people brought to him all who were suffering with any kind of disease, or who were in great pain—demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics—and he cured them. ²⁵ Great crowds followed him about, from Galilee and the Ten Towns and Jerusalem and Judea and from the other side of the Jordan.

² he opened his lips to teach them. And he said,

⁶ But when you pray, go into your own room, and shut the door, and pray to your Father who is unseen, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

⁷ Ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what you search for. Knock, and the door will open to you. ⁸ For it is always the one who asks who receives, and the one who searches who finds, and the one who knocks to whom the door opens.

² And a leper came up to him and fell on his knees before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cure me!"

⁵ When he got back to Capernaum, a Roman captain came up and appealed to him, ⁶ saying, "My servant, sir, is lying sick with paralysis at my house, in great distress." ⁷ He said to him, "I will come and cure him." ⁸ But the captain answered, "I am not a suitable person, sir, to have you come under my roof, but simply say the word, and my servant will be cured. ⁹ For I am myself under the orders of others and I have soldiers under me, and I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes, and my slave to do something, and he does it."

⁹ For I am myself under the orders of others and I have soldiers under me, and I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes, and my slave to do something, and he does it." ¹⁰ When Jesus heard this he was astonished, and said to his followers, "I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such faith as this.

¹⁰ When Jesus heard this he was astonished, and said to his followers, "I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such faith as this. ¹¹ And I tell you, many will come from the east and from the west and take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven,

¹¹ And I tell you, many will come from the east and from the west and take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven, ¹² while the heirs to the kingdom will be driven into the darkness outside, there to weep and grind their teeth!" ¹³ Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go! You shall find it just as you believe!" And the servant was immediately cured.

⁹ Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him. ¹⁰ While Jesus was at home at table, a number of tax-collectors and irreligious people came in and joined Jesus and his disciples at table.

³⁵ Jesus went round among all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or illness.

⁶ but proceed instead to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

²⁷ Everything has been handed over to me by my Father, and no one understands the Son but the Father, nor does anyone understand the Father but the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

¹ At that same time Jesus walked one Sabbath through the wheat fields, and his disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of wheat and eat them. ² But the Pharisees saw it and said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing something which it is against the Law to do on the Sabbath!" ³ But he said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he and his companions were hungry?

¹⁵ But Jesus knew of this, and he left that place. And numbers of people followed him about, and he cured them all,

²⁸ But if I am driving the demons out by the aid of God's Spirit, then the Kingdom of God has overtaken you.

⁴⁷ "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a net that was let down into the sea, and inclosed fish of all kinds. ⁴⁸ When it was full, they dragged it up on the beach, and sat down and sorted the good fish into baskets and threw the bad away.

³³ And the men in the boat fell down before him and said, "You are certainly God's Son!"

¹¹ "Listen to this, and grasp it! It is not what goes into a man's mouth that pollutes him; it is what comes out of his mouth that pollutes a man."

²¹ And Jesus left that place and retired to the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And a Canaanite woman of that district came out and screamed, "Son of David, take pity on me, sir! My daughter is dreadfully possessed by a demon!" ²³ But he would not answer her a word. And his disciples came up and urged him, saying, "Send her away, for she keeps screaming after us." ²⁴ But he answered, "I am sent only to the lost sheep of Israel's house." ²⁵ And she came and fell down before him, and said, "Help me, sir!" ²⁶ He said, "It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs!" ²⁷ But she said, "O yes, sir! For even dogs eat the scraps that fall from their masters' table!" ²⁸ Then Jesus answered, "You have great faith! You shall have what you want." And her daughter was cured from that time. ²⁹ Jesus left that place and went along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, and went up on the hillside and sat down there. ³⁰ Then great crowds came to him bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, or dumb, and many others. And they laid them down at his feet, and he cured them, ³¹ so that the people were astonished to see the dumb speak, the lame walk, and the blind see. And they praised the God of Israel.

²² And Peter took him aside and began to reprove him for it, saying, "God bless you, Master! that can never happen to you!"

⁴ Anyone, therefore, who is as unassuming as this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven,

³⁰ But many who are first now will be last then, and many who are now last will be first.

⁵ He went out again about twelve and about three, and did the same.

¹⁸ In the morning as he went back to the city, he grew hungry,

¹⁶ So they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, to say to him, "Master, we know that you tell the truth, and teach the way of God with sincerity, regardless of the consequences, for you are impartial.

⁴⁴ " 'The Lord has said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand, Until I put your enemies under your feet" '? ⁴⁵ So if David calls him lord, how can he be his son?" ⁴⁶ And no one could make him any answer, and from that day no one ventured to ask him any more questions.

¹⁷ a man on the roof of his house must not go down to get things out of it,

⁹ But the sensible ones answered, 'There may not be enough for us and you. You had better go to the dealers and buy yourselves some.'

³¹ "When the Son of Man comes in his splendor, with all his angels with him, he will take his seat on his glorious throne, ³² and all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates his sheep from his goats, ³³ and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left. ³⁴ Then the king will say to those at his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take possession of the kingdom which has been destined for you from the creation of the world. ³⁵ For when I was hungry, you gave me food, when I was thirsty you gave me something to drink, when I was a stranger, you invited me to your homes, ³⁶ when I had no clothes, you gave me clothes, when I was sick, you looked after me, when I was in prison, you came to see me.' ³⁷ Then the upright will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you food, or thirsty, and give you something to drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger, and invite you home, or without clothing, and supply you with it? ³⁹ When did we see you sick or in prison, and go to see you?' ⁴⁰ The king will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you did it to one of the humblest of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.' ⁴¹ Then he will say to those at his left, 'Begone, you accursed people, to the everlasting fire destined for the devil and his angels! ⁴² For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat, and when I was thirsty you gave me nothing to drink, ⁴³ when I was a stranger, you did not invite me home, when I had no clothes, you did not supply me, when I was sick and in prison, you did not look after me.' ⁴⁴ Then they in their turn will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or in need of clothes, or sick, or in prison, and did not wait upon you?' ⁴⁵ Then he will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you failed to do it for one of these people who are humblest, you failed to do it for me.' ⁴⁶ Then they will go away to everlasting punishment, and the upright to everlasting life."

¹³ I tell you, wherever this good news is preached all over the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

²⁷ Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the barracks, and got the whole battalion together about him.

⁴⁵ Now from noon there was darkness over the whole country until three o'clock. ⁴⁶ And about three, Jesus called out loudly, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?"

⁵⁴ And the captain and the men with him who were watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and all that was happening, were dreadfully frightened and said, "He surely must have been a son of God!"

¹ After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. ² And there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the stone back and sat upon it. ³ His appearance was like lightning and his clothing was as white as snow.

¹⁸ And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all the heathen, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teach them to observe all the commands that I have given you. I will always be with you, to the very close of the age."

¹ The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ. ² As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare your way; ³ Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready, Make his paths straight,' " ⁴ John the baptizer appeared in the desert, and preached repentance and baptism in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins. ⁵ And all Judea and everybody in Jerusalem went out to him there, and accepted baptism from him in the Jordan River, acknowledging their sins.

¹⁴ After John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee proclaiming the good news from God, ¹⁵ saying, "The time has come and the reign of God is near; repent, and believe this good news."

³⁵ Early in the morning, long before daylight, he got up and left the house and went off to a lonely spot, and prayed there.

³⁸ He said to them, "Let us go somewhere else, to the neighboring country towns, so that I may preach in them, too, for that is why I came out here." ³⁹ So he went all through Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out the demons.

⁷ So Jesus retired with his disciples to the seashore, and a great many people from Galilee followed him, and from Judea ⁸ and Jerusalem and Idumea and from the other side of the Jordan and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon a great many who had heard of the things he was doing came to him. ⁹ He told his disciples to have a boat always ready for his use, to prevent his being crushed by the crowd. ¹⁰ For he cured so many people that all who had any ailments pressed up to him to touch him. ¹¹ And whenever the foul spirits saw him, they fell down before him and screamed out, "You are the Son of God!"

¹⁶ Peter, which was the name he gave to Simon,

¹³ So he gave them permission. And the foul spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the drove of about two thousand rushed over the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned. ¹⁴ And the men who tended them ran away and spread the news in the town and in the country around, and the people came to see what had happened. ¹⁵ When they came to Jesus and found the demoniac sitting quietly with his clothes on and in his right mind—the same man who had been possessed by Legion—they were frightened.

¹⁹ And he would not permit it, but said to him, "Go home to your own people, and tell them all the Lord has done for you and how he took pity on you." ²⁰ And he went off and began to tell everybody in the Ten Towns all Jesus had done for him; and they were all astonished.

⁶ And he wondered at their want of faith. Then he went around among the villages teaching.

²⁰ for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing that he was an upright and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him talk he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.

⁴⁶ When he had taken leave of the people he went up the hill to pray.

⁵⁴ As soon as they came ashore, the people recognized Jesus, ⁵⁵ and they hurried all over the countryside and began to bring the sick to him on their mats, wherever they heard he was. ⁵⁶ And whatever village or town or farm he went to, they would lay their sick in the market-place and beg him to let them touch just the tassel of his cloak, and all who touched it were cured.

¹⁹ since it does not go into his heart but into his stomach and then is disposed of?" So he declared all food clean.

²⁹ He said to her, "If you can say that, go home; the demon has left your daughter." ³⁰ And she went home and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

³⁸ For if anyone is ashamed of me and my teachings in this unfaithful and sinful age, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of him, when he comes back in his Father's glory, with the holy angels."

¹⁵ I tell you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it at all."

⁵¹ Jesus spoke to him and said, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "Master, let me regain my sight!"

¹⁶ Then the soldiers took him inside the courtyard, that is, of the governor's residence, and they called the whole battalion together.

⁶ But he said to them, "You must not be amazed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here. See! This is where they laid him.

¹⁵ And he said to them, "Go to the whole world and proclaim the good news to all the creation.

¹⁵ And he said to them, "Go to the whole world and proclaim the good news to all the creation. ¹⁶ He who believes it and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe it will be condemned.

¹⁶ He who believes it and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe it will be condemned. ¹⁷ And signs like these will attend those who believe: with my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in foreign tongues;

² just as the original eye-witnesses who became teachers of the message have handed it down to us.

¹¹ And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right of the altar of incense. ¹² When Zechariah saw him he was startled and overcome with fear. ¹³ And the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.

¹³ And the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John.

²⁸ And the angel went into the town and said to her, "Good morning, favored woman! The Lord be with you!" ²⁹ But she was startled at what he said, and wondered what this greeting meant.

⁶⁰ But his mother said, "No! He is to be named John."

¹⁰ The angel said to them, "Do not be frightened, for I bring you good news of a great joy that is to be felt by all the people,

¹⁰ The angel said to them, "Do not be frightened, for I bring you good news of a great joy that is to be felt by all the people, ¹¹ for today, in the town of David, a Savior for you has been born who is your Messiah and Lord.

¹¹ for today, in the town of David, a Savior for you has been born who is your Messiah and Lord. ¹² And this will prove it to you: You will find a baby wrapped up and lying in a manger." ¹³ Suddenly there appeared with the angel a throng of the heavenly army, praising God, saying,

¹³ Suddenly there appeared with the angel a throng of the heavenly army, praising God, saying, ¹⁴ "Glory to God in heaven and on earth! Peace to the men he favors!"

²⁵ Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Symeon, an upright, devout man, who was living in expectation of the comforting of Israel, and under the influence of the holy Spirit.

¹⁴ And soldiers would ask him, "And what ought we to do?" He said to them, "Do not extort money or make false charges against people, but be satisfied with your pay."

²¹ Now when all the people were baptized and when Jesus also after his baptism was praying, heaven opened ²² and the holy Spirit came down upon him in the material shape of a dove, and there came a voice from heaven, "You are my Son, my Beloved! You are my Chosen!"

¹⁴ Under the power of the Spirit Jesus returned to Galilee, and news of him went all over that region.

¹⁸ "The spirit of the Lord is upon me, For he has consecrated me to preach the good news to the poor, He has sent me to announce to the prisoners their release and to the blind the recovery of their sight, To set the down-trodden at liberty,

³³ There was a man in the synagogue who was possessed by the spirit of a foul demon and he cried out loudly, ³⁴ "Ha! What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are! You are God's Holy One!" ³⁵ Jesus reproved him and said, "Silence! Get out of him!" And the demon threw the man down in the midst of them, and came out of him, without doing him any harm. ³⁶ And they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is the meaning of this teaching? For he gives orders authoritatively and effectually to the foul spirits, and they come out."

²⁹ Then Levi gave a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great throng of tax-collectors and others who were at table with them.

² A Roman captain had a slave whom he thought a great deal of, and the slave was sick and at the point of death.

⁴ And they went to Jesus and urged him strongly to do it, and said, "He deserves to have you do this for him, ⁵ for he loves our nation, and it was he who built us our synagogue."

¹⁰ And when the messengers went back to the house, they found the slave well. ¹¹ Soon afterward he happened to go to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great throng of people were with him. ¹² As he came up to the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out; he was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A crowd of the townspeople was with her. ¹³ And when the Master saw her, he pitied her, and said to her, "Do not weep." ¹⁴ And he went up and touched the bier, and the bearers stopped. And he said, "Young man, I tell you, wake up!" ¹⁵ And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and he gave him back to his mother. ¹⁶ And they were all overcome with awe, and they praised God, and said, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has not forgotten his people!" ¹⁷ This story about him spread all over Judea and the surrounding country.

²¹ Just then he cured many of diseases and ailments and evil spirits, and he gave sight to many who were blind. ²² And he answered them, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard. The blind are regaining their sight, the lame can walk, the lepers are being cured and the deaf can hear, the dead are being raised and good news is being preached to the poor. ²³ And blessed is the man who finds nothing that repels him in me."

⁴² Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him, but Jesus reproved the foul spirit and cured the boy and gave him back to his father.

⁵⁶ And they went on to another village.

¹ He gave them an illustration to show that they must always pray and not give up,

¹¹ The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector.

²¹ And they asked him, "Master, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you show no favor, but teach the way of God in sincerity.

⁵ But they persisted and said, "He is stirring up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He began in Galilee and he has come here."

⁴⁴ It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole country, and lasted until three in the afternoon, ⁴⁵ as the sun was in eclipse. And the curtain before the sanctuary was torn in two. ⁴⁶ Then Jesus gave a loud cry, and said, "Father, I intrust my spirit to your hands!" With these words he expired.

⁵⁰ Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the council, a good and upright man,

⁴ They were in great perplexity over this, when suddenly two men in dazzling clothing stood beside them. ⁵ The women were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look among the dead for him who is alive?

²⁵ Then he said to them, "How foolish you are and how slow to believe all that the prophets have said! ²⁶ Did not the Christ have to suffer thus before entering upon his glory?" ²⁷ And he began with Moses and all the prophets and explained to them the passages all through the Scriptures that referred to himself.

³⁰ And when he took his place with them at table, he took the bread and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them.

⁴¹ But they could not yet believe it for sheer joy and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" ⁴² And they gave him a piece of broiled fish, ⁴³ and he took it and ate it before their eyes. ⁴⁴ Then he said to them, "This is what I told you when I was still with you—that everything that is written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must come true." ⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to the understanding of the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and said to them, "The Scriptures said that Christ should suffer as he has done, and rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and that repentance leading to the forgiveness of sins should be preached to all the heathen in his name.

⁴⁷ and that repentance leading to the forgiveness of sins should be preached to all the heathen in his name. ⁴⁸ You are to be witnesses to all this, beginning at Jerusalem.

⁴⁸ You are to be witnesses to all this, beginning at Jerusalem.

¹ In the beginning the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was divine. ² It was he that was with God in the beginning. ³ Everything came into existence through him, and apart from him nothing came to be.

³⁸ But Jesus turned, and seeing them following him he said, "What do you want?" They said to him, "Rabbi"—that is to say, Master—"Where are you staying?" ³⁹ He said to them, "Come and you will see." So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent the rest of the day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.

⁴¹ Andrew immediately sought out his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!"—that is to say, the Christ. ⁴² He took him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, son of John. You shall be called Cephas"—that is, Peter, which means rock.

⁴² He took him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, son of John. You shall be called Cephas"—that is, Peter, which means rock. ⁴³ The next day Jesus determined to leave for Galilee. And he sought out Philip and said to him, "Come with me." ⁴⁴ Now Philip came from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip sought out Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the Law and about whom the prophets wrote; it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazareth!"

⁴⁵ Philip sought out Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the Law and about whom the prophets wrote; it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazareth!" ⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see!" ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and he said of him, "Here is really an Israelite without any deceit in him!" ⁴⁸ Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "While you were still under that fig tree, before Philip called you I saw you." ⁴⁹ Nathanael answered, "Master, you are the Son of God! You are king of Israel!"

⁵¹ And he said to him, "I tell you all, you will see heaven opened and God's angels going up, and coming down to the Son of Man!"

² This man went to Jesus one night, and said to him, "Master, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can show the signs that you do, unless God is with him."

¹⁴ And just as Moses in the desert lifted the serpent up in the air, the Son of Man must be lifted up, ¹⁵ so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life." ¹⁶ For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that no one who believes in him should be lost, but that they should all have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to pass judgment upon the world, but that through him the world might be saved.

³⁴ For he whom God has sent speaks God's words, for God gives him his Spirit without measure. ³⁵ The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands. ³⁶ Whoever believes in the Son possesses eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not experience life, but will remain under the anger of God.

¹ So when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had been told that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— ² though it was not Jesus himself who baptized them, but his disciples—

² though it was not Jesus himself who baptized them, but his disciples— ³ he left Judea and went back again to Galilee.

⁹ So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that a Jew like you asks a Samaritan woman like me for a drink?" For Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.

²⁷ Just then his disciples came back, and they were surprised to find him talking with a woman, yet no one of them asked him what he wanted or why he was talking with her. ²⁸ So the woman left her pitcher and went back to the town, and said to the people, ²⁹ "Come, here is a man who has told me everything I ever did! Do you suppose he is the Christ?"

³¹ Meanwhile the disciples urged him, saying, "Master, eat something." ³² But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." ³³ So the disciples said to one another, "Do you suppose that someone has brought him something to eat?" ³⁴ Jesus said to them, "My food is doing the will of him who has sent me, and finishing his work. ³⁵ Are you not saying, 'Four months more and the harvest will come'? Look, I tell you! Raise your eyes and see the fields, for they are white for harvesting.

⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them, and he did stay there two days.

²² For the Father passes judgment on no one, but he has committed the judgment entirely to the Son, ²³ so that all men may honor the Son just as much as they honor the Father. Whoever refuses to honor the Son refuses to honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴ I tell you, whoever listens to my message and believes him who has sent me, possesses eternal life, and will not come to judgment, but has already passed out of death into life.

²⁴ I tell you, whoever listens to my message and believes him who has sent me, possesses eternal life, and will not come to judgment, but has already passed out of death into life. ²⁵ I tell you, the time is coming—it is here already!—when those who are dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen to it will live. ²⁶ For just as the Father is self-existent, he has given self-existence to the Son, ²⁷ and he has given him the authority to act as judge, because he is a son of man. ²⁸ Do not be surprised at this, for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will listen to his voice, ²⁹ and those who have done right will come out to resurrection and life, and those who have done wrong, to resurrection and judgment.

³⁹ You pore over the Scriptures, for you think that you will find eternal life in them, and these very Scriptures testify to me, ⁴⁰ yet you refuse to come to me for life.

²⁷ You must not work for the food that perishes, but for that which lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has authorized him to do so."

⁶³ The Spirit is what gives life; flesh is of no use at all. The things that I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered, "To whom can we go, sir? You have a message of eternal life,

¹⁷ Anyone who resolves to do his will will know whether my teaching comes from God, or originates with me.

³⁷ Now on the last day, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

³² Jesus answered, "I have let you see many good things from the Father; which of them do you mean to stone me for?"

³⁶ do you mean to say to me whom the Father has consecrated and made his messenger to the world, 'You are blasphemous,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'? ³⁷ If I am not doing the things my Father does, do not believe me. ³⁸ But if I am doing them, then even if you will not believe me, believe the things I do, in order that you may realize and learn that the Father is in union with me, and I am in union with the Father."

⁵² and not only for the nation but also for the purpose of uniting the scattered children of God.

³² and if I am lifted up from the ground, I will draw all men to myself."

¹² When he had washed their feet and put on his clothes and taken his place, he said to them again, "Do you understand what I have been doing to you?

²⁰ I assure you, whoever welcomes any messenger of mine welcomes me and whoever welcomes me welcomes him who has sent me."

¹⁷ It is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot obtain that Spirit, because it does not see it or recognize it; you recognize it because it stays with you and is within you.

²² Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said to him, "Master, how does it happen that you are going to show yourself to us and not to the world?"

¹⁶ It was not you who chose me, it is I that have chosen you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that shall be lasting, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask him for as my followers.

²⁷ and you must bear testimony too, because you have been with me from the first.

¹³ but when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into the full truth, for he will not speak for himself but will tell what he hears, and will announce to you the things that are to come.

³² Why, a time is coming—it has already come!—when you will all be scattered to your homes and will leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

⁸ for I have given them the truths that you gave me, and they have accepted them and been convinced that I came from you, and they believe that you sent me.

²⁰ "It is not for them only that I make this request. It is also for those who through their message come to believe in me.

³ So Judas got out the garrison and some attendants from the high priests and Pharisees, and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. ⁴ Then Jesus, as he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came forward and said to them, "Who is it you are looking for?" ⁵ They answered, "Jesus of Nazareth." He said to them, "I am he." Judas who betrayed him was standing among them. ⁶ When Jesus said to them, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground. ⁷ Then he asked them again, "Who is it you are looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth." ⁸ Jesus answered, "I have told you that I am he, so if you are looking for me, let these men go."

¹² So the garrison and the colonel and the attendants of the Jews seized Jesus and bound him,

²⁸ Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's house. It was early in the morning, and they would not go into the governor's house themselves, to avoid being ceremonially defiled and to be able to eat the Passover supper.

¹ On the day after the Sabbath, very early in the morning while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb, and she saw that the stone had been removed from it. ² So she ran away and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple who was dear to Jesus, and said to them, "They have taken the Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him." ³ So Peter and the other disciple went out of the city and started for the tomb. ⁴ And they both ran, and the other disciple ran faster than Peter and got to the tomb first. ⁵ And he stooped down and saw the bandages lying on the ground, but he did not go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came up behind him, and he went inside the tomb, and saw the bandages lying on the ground, ⁷ and the handkerchief that had been over Jesus' face not on the ground with the bandages, but folded up by itself. ⁸ Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first went inside too, and saw and was convinced. ⁹ For they did not yet understand the statement of Scripture that he must rise from the dead. ¹⁰ So the disciples went home again. ¹¹ But Mary stood just outside the tomb, weeping. And as she wept she looked down into the tomb, ¹² and saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus' body had been, one at his head and one at his feet. ¹³ And they said to her, "Why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken my Master away, and I do not know where they have put him." ¹⁴ As she said this she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was he. ¹⁵ Jesus said to her, "Why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing that he was the gardener, said to him, "If it was you, sir, that carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away." ¹⁶ "Mary!" said Jesus. She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni!" which means Master. ¹⁷ Jesus said to her, "You must not cling to me, for I have not yet gone up to my Father, but go to my brothers and say to them that I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." ¹⁸ Mary of Magdala went and declared to the disciples, "I have seen the Master!" and she told them that he had said this to her. ¹⁹ When it was evening on that first day after the Sabbath, and the doors of the house where the disciples met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came in and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you!" ²⁰ Then he showed them his hands and his side, and the disciples were full of joy at seeing the Master. ²¹ Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you! Just as my Father sent me forth so I now send you."

³¹ But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and through believing you may have life as his followers.

¹³ Jesus went and got the bread and gave it to them, and the fish also.

¹⁷ Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because the third time Jesus asked him if he loved him, and he answered, "Master, you know everything, you can see that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep!

²¹ When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "But, Master, what about him?" ²² Jesus said to him, "If I wish him to wait till I come, what does it matter to you? You must follow me."

² until the day when through the holy Spirit he gave the apostles he had chosen their instructions, and was taken up to heaven.

² until the day when through the holy Spirit he gave the apostles he had chosen their instructions, and was taken up to heaven. ³ He had shown himself alive to them after he had suffered, in many convincing ways, appearing to them through forty days, and telling them about the Kingdom of God.

⁸ but you will be given power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria and to the very ends of the earth."

¹⁰ And while they were gazing after him into the sky, two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them,

²² from his baptism by John to the time when he was caught up from us, must join us as a witness to his resurrection."

² when suddenly there came from the sky a sound like a violent blast of wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³ And they saw tongues like flames separating and settling one on the head of each of them, ⁴ and they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to say in foreign languages whatever the Spirit prompted them to utter.

⁴ and they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to say in foreign languages whatever the Spirit prompted them to utter. ⁵ Now there were devout Jews from every part of the world living in Jerusalem.

¹¹ Cretans and Arabs—we all hear them tell in our native tongues the mighty deeds of God." ¹² And they were all amazed and bewildered and said to one another, "What can this mean?"

²² "Men of Israel, listen to what I say. Jesus of Nazareth, as you know, was a man whom God commended to you by the wonders, portents, and signs that God did right among you through him. ²³ But you, by the fixed purpose and intention of God, handed him over to wicked men, and had him crucified. ²⁴ But God set aside the pain of death and raised him up, for death could not control him.

²⁴ But God set aside the pain of death and raised him up, for death could not control him.

³² He is Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, and to whose resurrection we are all witnesses. ³³ So he has been exalted to God's right hand, and has received from his Father and poured over us the holy Spirit that had been promised, as you see and hear.

³⁶ "Therefore the whole nation of Israel must understand that God has declared this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."

³⁸ Peter said to them, "You must repent, and every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to have your sins forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit,

³⁸ Peter said to them, "You must repent, and every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to have your sins forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit, ³⁹ for the promise of it belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those far away whom the Lord our God calls to him."

¹ Peter and John were on their way up to the Temple for the three o'clock hour of prayer,

¹⁴ But you disowned the Holy, Righteous One. You asked to have a murderer released for you, ¹⁵ and killed the very source of life. But God raised him from the dead, as we can testify. ¹⁶ It is by his power and through faith in him that this man whom you see and recognize has been made strong again, and it is faith inspired by him that has given him the perfect health you all see.

¹⁸ it was in this way that God fulfilled what he by all the prophets foretold that his Christ must suffer.

²⁵ You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the agreement that God made with your forefathers when he said to Abraham, 'Through your posterity all the families of the earth will be blessed.' ²⁶ It was to you that God first sent his servant after he had raised him from the dead, to bless you by making every one of you turn from his wickedness."

¹⁰ you and the people of Israel must all know that it is through the power of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that he stands here before you well.

¹⁰ you and the people of Israel must all know that it is through the power of Jesus Christ of Nazareth whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that he stands here before you well. ¹¹ He is the stone that you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone. ¹² There is no salvation through anyone else, for there is no one else in the world who has been named to men as their only means of being saved."

¹⁹ But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you instead of him, ²⁰ for we cannot help telling of what we have seen and heard."

²⁶ The kings of the earth stood by, And the rulers assembled Against the Lord and against his Christ.' ²⁷ For they have assembled here in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you had consecrated—Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen and the peoples of Israel,

³¹ When they had prayed, the place where they were meeting shook, and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and fearlessly uttered God's message.

¹⁹ But an angel of the Lord opened the jail doors in the night and let them out, and said to them, ²⁰ "Go, take your stand in the Temple, and tell the people all about this new life."

²⁴ When the commander of the Temple and the high priests heard this report, they were very much at a loss as to what would come of it.

²⁹ Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men. ³⁰ The God of our forefathers raised Jesus to life when you had hung him on a cross and killed him. ³¹ God took him up to his right hand as our leader and savior, in order to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

³¹ God took him up to his right hand as our leader and savior, in order to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel. ³² We and the holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him are witnesses to these things."

³ You, brothers, must pick out from your number seven men of good standing, who are wise and full of the Spirit, and we will put them in charge of this matter, ⁴ while we devote ourselves to prayer and to delivering the message."

⁵² Which of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They killed the men who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and killed—

⁵⁶ And he said, "Look! I can see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand!"

² Some pious men buried Stephen and loudly lamented him.

¹² But when they believed Philip's message of the good news of the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, men and women alike accepted baptism.

¹⁵ When they came, they prayed that the Samaritans might receive the holy Spirit, ¹⁶ for it had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁶ for it had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷ Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the holy Spirit.

²⁶ But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south, by the road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza." (The town is now deserted.)

²⁹ Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and stay by that car."

³⁵ Then Philip began, and starting from this passage, he told him the good news about Jesus. ³⁶ As they went on along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Here is some water! What is there to prevent my being baptized?"

⁴⁰ while Philip found himself at Ashdod and went on telling the good news in all the towns all the way to Caesarea.

⁴ and he fell to the ground. Then he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?" ⁵ "Who are you, sir?" he asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," said the voice.

⁵ "Who are you, sir?" he asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," said the voice. ⁶ "But get up and go into the city, and there you will be told what you ought to do."

⁶ "But get up and go into the city, and there you will be told what you ought to do."

¹⁰ There was at Damascus a disciple named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" And he answered, "Yes, Lord!" ¹¹ The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called the Straight Street, and ask at the house of Judas for a man named Saul, from Tarsus, for he is there praying.

¹⁵ The Lord said to him, "Go! This man is the means I have chosen for carrying my name among the heathen and their kings, and among the descendants of Israel.

¹⁷ Ananias set out and went to the house, and there he laid his hands upon Saul, and said to him, "Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your journey, so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit."

³¹ So the church all over Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace and became established. It lived in reverence for the Lord and, stimulated by the holy Spirit, it grew steadily in numbers.

³⁶ Among the disciples at Joppa there was a woman named Tabitha, which is in Greek Dorcas, that is, gazelle. She had devoted herself to doing good and to acts of charity.

³⁸ As Joppa was near Lydda, the disciples heard that Peter was there, and they sent two men to him, urging him to come over without delay.

⁴² This became known all over Joppa, and many came to believe in the Lord. ⁴³ So it came about that Peter stayed for some time in Joppa, at the house of a tanner named Simon.

¹ There was at Caesarea a man named Cornelius, a captain in what was known as the Italian regiment. ² He was a devout man, who feared God, as did all the members of his household. He was liberal in charities to the people, and always prayed to God.

² He was a devout man, who feared God, as did all the members of his household. He was liberal in charities to the people, and always prayed to God. ³ One afternoon, about three o'clock, he had a vision, and distinctly saw an angel of God come into his room and say to him, "Cornelius!" ⁴ He stared at him in terror, and said, "What is it, sir?" "Your prayers and charities," the angel answered, "have gone up and been remembered before God. ⁵ Now send men to Joppa, for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter. ⁶ He is being entertained at the house of a tanner named Simon, which is close to the sea."

⁶ He is being entertained at the house of a tanner named Simon, which is close to the sea." ⁷ When the angel who had spoken to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants, and a devout soldier who was one of his personal attendants,

⁷ When the angel who had spoken to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants, and a devout soldier who was one of his personal attendants,

⁷ When the angel who had spoken to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants, and a devout soldier who was one of his personal attendants, ⁸ and after telling them the whole story, sent them to Joppa.

⁸ and after telling them the whole story, sent them to Joppa.

⁸ and after telling them the whole story, sent them to Joppa. ⁹ The next day, while they were still on their way, and were just getting near the town, Peter went up on the housetop about noon to pray.

⁹ The next day, while they were still on their way, and were just getting near the town, Peter went up on the housetop about noon to pray.

⁹ The next day, while they were still on their way, and were just getting near the town, Peter went up on the housetop about noon to pray. ¹⁰ He got very hungry, and wanted something to eat. While they were getting it ready, he fell into a trance,

¹⁰ He got very hungry, and wanted something to eat. While they were getting it ready, he fell into a trance,

¹⁰ He got very hungry, and wanted something to eat. While they were getting it ready, he fell into a trance, ¹¹ and saw the sky opened and a thing like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the ground by the four corners,

¹¹ and saw the sky opened and a thing like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the ground by the four corners, ¹² with all kinds of quadrupeds, reptiles, and wild birds in it.

¹² with all kinds of quadrupeds, reptiles, and wild birds in it. ¹³ And a voice came to him, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it!"

¹³ And a voice came to him, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it!" ¹⁴ But Peter said, "Never, sir! For I have never eaten anything that was not ceremonially cleansed."

¹⁴ But Peter said, "Never, sir! For I have never eaten anything that was not ceremonially cleansed."

¹⁴ But Peter said, "Never, sir! For I have never eaten anything that was not ceremonially cleansed." ¹⁵ The voice came to him again a second time, "Do not call what God has cleansed unclean."

¹⁵ The voice came to him again a second time, "Do not call what God has cleansed unclean."

¹⁵ The voice came to him again a second time, "Do not call what God has cleansed unclean." ¹⁶ This happened three times; then the thing was taken right up into the sky.

¹⁶ This happened three times; then the thing was taken right up into the sky. ¹⁷ While Peter was still wondering what the vision he had had could mean, the men whom Cornelius had sent had asked the way to Simon's house and reached the door,

¹⁷ While Peter was still wondering what the vision he had had could mean, the men whom Cornelius had sent had asked the way to Simon's house and reached the door,

¹⁷ While Peter was still wondering what the vision he had had could mean, the men whom Cornelius had sent had asked the way to Simon's house and reached the door, ¹⁸ and they called out to ask if Simon who was called Peter was staying there.

¹⁸ and they called out to ask if Simon who was called Peter was staying there. ¹⁹ As Peter was pondering over his vision, the Spirit said to him, "There are two men looking for you.

¹⁹ As Peter was pondering over his vision, the Spirit said to him, "There are two men looking for you.

¹⁹ As Peter was pondering over his vision, the Spirit said to him, "There are two men looking for you.

¹⁹ As Peter was pondering over his vision, the Spirit said to him, "There are two men looking for you. ²⁰ Get up and go down, and go with them without any hesitation, for I have sent them."

²⁰ Get up and go down, and go with them without any hesitation, for I have sent them." ²¹ Then Peter went down to see the men, and said to them, "I am the man you are asking for. What is the reason for your coming?" ²² They answered, "Cornelius, who is a captain, and an upright and God-fearing man, and who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to listen to what you have to say."

²² They answered, "Cornelius, who is a captain, and an upright and God-fearing man, and who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to listen to what you have to say." ²³ So Peter invited them in and entertained them. The next day he started off with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa,

²³ So Peter invited them in and entertained them. The next day he started off with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa,

²³ So Peter invited them in and entertained them. The next day he started off with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa, ²⁴ and the day after, he reached Caesarea. Cornelius had invited in his relatives and his intimate friends and was waiting for them.

²⁴ and the day after, he reached Caesarea. Cornelius had invited in his relatives and his intimate friends and was waiting for them.

²⁴ and the day after, he reached Caesarea. Cornelius had invited in his relatives and his intimate friends and was waiting for them. ²⁵ When Peter actually came in, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet and made obeisance to him. ²⁶ But Peter lifted him to his feet, and said, "Get up! I am only human myself." ²⁷ So they went in talking together, and Peter found that many people had gathered, ²⁸ and he said to them, "You know that it is against the Law for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit one; but God has taught me not to call anyone vulgar or unclean.

²⁸ and he said to them, "You know that it is against the Law for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit one; but God has taught me not to call anyone vulgar or unclean. ²⁹ That was why, when I was sent for, I came without any hesitation. And now I want to ask why you sent for me."

²⁹ That was why, when I was sent for, I came without any hesitation. And now I want to ask why you sent for me." ³⁰ Cornelius answered, "Three days ago, just at this time of day, I was praying in my house about three o'clock, when a man in dazzling clothing stood before me,

³⁰ Cornelius answered, "Three days ago, just at this time of day, I was praying in my house about three o'clock, when a man in dazzling clothing stood before me, ³¹ and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your charities have been recalled to mind by God.

³¹ and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your charities have been recalled to mind by God. ³² So send to Joppa and invite Simon who is called Peter to come here. He is staying at the house of a tanner named Simon, close to the sea.'

³² So send to Joppa and invite Simon who is called Peter to come here. He is staying at the house of a tanner named Simon, close to the sea.' ³³ So I sent for you immediately, and you have very kindly come. Now we are all here in God's presence, to hear everything that the Lord has instructed you to say." ³⁴ Then Peter began and said, "Now I really understand that God shows no partiality, ³⁵ but welcomes the man of any nation who reveres him and does what is right.

³⁵ but welcomes the man of any nation who reveres him and does what is right.

³⁹ We are witnesses of everything that he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. Yet they put him upon a cross and killed him.

⁴¹ not by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had designated beforehand, that is, by us, who ate and drank with him after he had risen from the dead.

⁴⁵ The Jewish believers who had come with Peter were amazed because the gift of the holy Spirit had been showered upon the heathen too,

² and when Peter returned to Jerusalem, the advocates of circumcision took him to task, ³ charging him with having visited and eaten with men who were not Jews.

³ charging him with having visited and eaten with men who were not Jews.

⁵ "I was praying in the town of Joppa, and while in a trance I had a vision. Something like a great sheet came down out of the sky, lowered by its four corners. It came right down to me, ⁶ and when I looked at it, I saw in it quadrupeds, wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds. ⁷ And I heard a voice say to me, 'Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it!' ⁸ But I said, 'Never, sir! For nothing that was not ceremonially cleansed has ever passed my lips.' ⁹ Then the voice from heaven answered again, 'Do not call what God has cleansed unclean!'

⁹ Then the voice from heaven answered again, 'Do not call what God has cleansed unclean!' ¹⁰ This happened three times; then it was all drawn back again into the sky. ¹¹ Just at that moment three men, who had been sent from Caesarea to find me, reached the house where we were staying,

¹¹ Just at that moment three men, who had been sent from Caesarea to find me, reached the house where we were staying, ¹² and the Spirit told me not to hesitate to go with them. These six brothers here also went with me, and we went to the man's house.

¹² and the Spirit told me not to hesitate to go with them. These six brothers here also went with me, and we went to the man's house. ¹³ Then he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, 'Send to Joppa for a man named Simon who is also called Peter,

¹³ Then he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, 'Send to Joppa for a man named Simon who is also called Peter, ¹⁴ and he will tell you things that will save you and your whole household.'

¹⁴ and he will tell you things that will save you and your whole household.' ¹⁵ When I began to speak to them, the holy Spirit fell upon them just as it did upon us at the beginning,

¹⁵ When I began to speak to them, the holy Spirit fell upon them just as it did upon us at the beginning,

¹⁵ When I began to speak to them, the holy Spirit fell upon them just as it did upon us at the beginning, ¹⁶ and I remembered the saying of the Lord, 'John baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the holy Spirit.'

¹⁶ and I remembered the saying of the Lord, 'John baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the holy Spirit.' ¹⁷ So if God had given them the same gift that we received when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, to be able to interfere with God?"

¹⁷ So if God had given them the same gift that we received when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, to be able to interfere with God?" ¹⁸ When they heard this, they made no further objection, but they gave honor to God, and said, "Then God has given even the heathen repentance and the hope of life!" ¹⁹ The fugitives from the persecution that had broken out over Stephen went all the way to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, but they told the message to none but Jews.

⁷ when an angel of the Lord stood at his side, and a light shone in the room, and striking Peter on the side, he woke him, and said to him, "Get up quickly!" The chains dropped from his hands, ⁸ and the angel said to him, "Put on your belt and your sandals!" And he did so. Then he said to him, "Put on your coat and follow me!" ⁹ So he followed him out without knowing that what the angel was doing was real, for he thought he was having a vision. ¹⁰ They passed the first guard and then the second, and came to the iron gate that led into the city. It opened to them of itself, and they passed out and went along one street, when suddenly the angel left him. ¹¹ Then Peter came to himself, and he said, "Now I am certain that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from the power of Herod and all that the Jewish people were expecting."

² As they were engaged in worshiping the Lord and in fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me, for the work to which I have called them."

⁴ Being sent out in this way by the holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.

¹⁶ Then Paul got up, and motioning with his hand, said, "Men of Israel, and you who reverence God, listen!

²⁴ in preparation for whose coming John had preached to all the people of Israel baptism in token of repentance. ²⁵ Toward the end of his career, John said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he! No! Someone is coming after me, the shoes on whose feet I am not fit to untie!' ²⁶ Brothers! Descendants of the house of Abraham, and those others among you who reverence God! It is to us that this message of salvation has been sent. ²⁷ For the people of Jerusalem and their leaders refused to recognize him, and condemned him, thus fulfilling the very utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, ²⁸ and though they could find no ground for putting him to death, they demanded of Pilate that he be executed. ²⁹ When they had carried out everything that had been said about him in the Scriptures, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb. ³⁰ But God raised him from the dead, ³¹ and for many days he appeared to those who had come up to Jerusalem with him from Galilee, and they are now witnesses for him to the people.

³¹ and for many days he appeared to those who had come up to Jerusalem with him from Galilee, and they are now witnesses for him to the people. ³² So we now bring you the good news

³⁸ You must understand therefore, my brothers, that through him the forgiveness of your sins is announced to you, ³⁹ and that through union with him everyone who believes is cleared of every charge of which the Law of Moses could not clear you.

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out plainly, and said, "God's message had to be told to you first, but since you thrust it off and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the heathen.

⁵⁰ But the Jews stirred up the well-to-do religious women and the leading men of the town, and they started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.

¹¹ The crowds, seeing what Paul had done, shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!" ¹² They called Barnabas Zeus, and Paul, because he was the principal speaker, Hermes. ¹³ The priest of the temple of Zeus that stood at the entrance to the town came with crowds of people to the gates, bringing bulls and garlands, meaning to offer sacrifice to them. ¹⁴ But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rushed into the crowd, tearing their clothes ¹⁵ and shouting, "Friends, why are you doing this? We are only human beings like you, and we bring you the good news that you should turn from these follies to a living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and all that they contain.

²⁷ When they arrived there, they called the church together, and reported how God had worked with them, and how he had opened the way to faith for the heathen.

⁷ After a long discussion, Peter got up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose that of you all I should be the one from whose lips the heathen should hear the message of the good news and believe it.

⁷ After a long discussion, Peter got up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose that of you all I should be the one from whose lips the heathen should hear the message of the good news and believe it. ⁸ And God who knows men's hearts testified for them by giving them the holy Spirit just as he had done to us,

⁸ And God who knows men's hearts testified for them by giving them the holy Spirit just as he had done to us, ⁹ making no difference between us and them, but cleansing their hearts by faith.

⁹ making no difference between us and them, but cleansing their hearts by faith.

²⁰ but we should write to them to avoid anything that has been contaminated by idols, immorality, the meat of strangled animals, and the tasting of blood.

²⁹ that you avoid whatever has been sacrificed to idols, the tasting of blood and of the meat of animals that have been strangled, and immorality. Keep yourselves free from these things and you will get on well. Goodbye."

⁶ Thus they crossed Phrygia and Galatia. The holy Spirit prevented them from delivering the message in Asia, ⁷ and when they reached Mysia they tried to get into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit it,

⁹ There Paul had a vision one night; a Macedonian was standing appealing to him and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."

¹⁴ One of our hearers was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple goods, from the town of Thyatira. She was a believer in God, and the Lord touched her heart, and led her to accept Paul's teaching. ¹⁵ When she and her household were baptized, she appealed to us, and said, "If you are really convinced that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she insisted upon our coming.

¹⁵ When she and her household were baptized, she appealed to us, and said, "If you are really convinced that I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she insisted upon our coming.

¹¹ The Jews there were more high-minded than those at Thessalonica, and received the message with great eagerness and studied the Scriptures every day, to find out whether it was true. ¹² Many of them became believers and so did no small number of Greek women of position, and men too.

³¹ since he has fixed a day on which he will justly judge the world through a man whom he has appointed, and whom he has guaranteed to all men by raising him from the dead."

⁸ But Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, and so did all his household, and many of the people of Corinth heard Paul and believed and were baptized.

⁵ When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, ⁶ and when Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in foreign tongues and with prophetic inspiration.

⁴ So we looked up the disciples there and stayed a week with them. Instructed by the Spirit, they warned Paul not to set foot in Jerusalem.

⁸ The next day we left there and went on to Caesarea, where we went to the house of Philip the missionary, who was one of the Seven, and stayed with him.

¹⁰ Then I said, 'What am I to do, sir?' The Lord said to me, 'Get up and go into Damascus. There you will be told of all you are destined to do.'

¹² There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the Law, highly respected by all the Jews who lived there,

¹⁷ After I had returned to Jerusalem, one day when I was praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance,

²¹ But he said to me, 'Go! I will send you far away to the heathen.' " ²² They had listened to him until he said that, but then they shouted, "Kill him and get him out of the world! A creature like that ought not to be allowed to live!"

²⁵ But when they had strapped him up, Paul said to the officer who was standing near, "Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen, and without giving him a trial?"

²³ Then he called in two of his officers and said to them, "Get two hundred men ready to march to Caesarea, with seventy mounted men and two hundred spear-men, by nine o'clock tonight."

³³ and they on reaching Caesarea delivered the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.

¹⁵ and I have the same hope in God that they themselves hold, that there is to be a resurrection of the upright and the wicked.

¹ Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

¹³ Some time after, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea on a state visit to Festus,

²⁰ I was at a loss as to how to investigate such matters, and I asked him if he would like to go to Jerusalem and be tried on these charges there.

¹⁸ to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they may have their sins forgiven and have a place among those who are consecrated through faith in me.' ¹⁹ Therefore, King Agrippa, I did not disobey that heavenly vision,

²² To this day I have had God's help and I stand here to testify to high and low alike, without adding a thing to what Moses and the prophets declared would happen,

²⁶ The king knows about this, and I can speak to him with freedom. I do not believe that he missed any of this, for it did not happen in a corner!

¹ When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were turned over to an officer of the Imperial regiment, named Julius.

²³ For last night an angel of the God I belong to and serve stood before me,

³¹ but Paul said to the officers and the soldiers, "You cannot be saved unless these men stay on board."

⁴³ but the officer wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from doing this, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

²² But we want to hear you state your views, for as far as this sect is concerned, we understand that everywhere it is denounced."

²⁸ "Understand then that this message of God's salvation has been sent to the heathen. They will listen to it!"

⁴ and decisively declared Son of God in his holiness of spirit, by being raised from the dead—Jesus Christ our Lord,

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the good news, for it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who has faith, of the Jew first and then of the Greek. ¹⁷ In it God's way of uprightness is disclosed through faith and for faith, just as the Scripture says, "The upright will have life because of his faith."

¹¹ for God shows no partiality.

¹³ For merely hearing the Law read does not make a man upright in the sight of God; men must obey the Law to be made upright.

²⁵ Circumcision will help you only if you observe the Law; but if you are a lawbreaker, you might as well be uncircumcised. ²⁶ So if people who are uncircumcised observe the requirements of the Law, will they not be treated as though they were circumcised? ²⁷ And if, although they are physically uncircumcised, they obey the Law, they will condemn you, who break the Law, although you have it in writing, and are circumcised. ²⁸ For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not something physical and external. ²⁹ The real Jew is the man who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, a spiritual, not a literal, thing. Such a man receives his praise not from men, but from God.

²² It is God's way of uprightness and comes through having faith in Jesus Christ, and it is for all who have faith, without distinction.

²⁹ Does God belong to the Jews alone? Does he not belong to the heathen too? Of course he belongs to the heathen too;

²⁹ Does God belong to the Jews alone? Does he not belong to the heathen too? Of course he belongs to the heathen too; ³⁰ there is but one God, and he will make the circumcised upright on the ground of their faith and the uncircumcised upright because of theirs."

³⁰ there is but one God, and he will make the circumcised upright on the ground of their faith and the uncircumcised upright because of theirs." ³¹ Is this using faith to overthrow law? Far from it. This confirms the Law.

¹¹ and he was afterward given the mark of circumcision as the stamp of God's acknowledgment of the uprightness based on faith that was his before he was circumcised, so that he should be the forefather of all who, without being circumcised, have faith and so are credited with uprightness,

²⁴ but also on ours, for it is to be credited also to us who have faith in him who raised from the dead our Lord Jesus, ²⁵ who was given up to death to make up for our offenses, and raised to life to make us upright.

¹ So as we have been made upright by faith, let us live in peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁴ Through baptism we have been buried with him in death, so that just as he was raised from the dead through the Father's glory, we too may live a new life. ⁵ For if we have grown into union with him by undergoing a death like his, of course we shall do so by being raised to life like him, ⁶ for we know that our old self was crucified with him, to do away with our sinful body, so that we might not be enslaved to sin any longer, ⁷ for when a man is dead he is free from the claims of sin. ⁸ If we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him, ⁹ for we know that Christ, once raised from the dead, will never die again; death has no more hold on him. ¹⁰ For when he died, he became once for all dead to sin; the life he now lives is a life in relation to God. ¹¹ So you also must think of yourselves as dead to sin but alive to God, through union with Christ Jesus.

²³ For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is eternal life through union with Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹ So there is no condemnation any more for those who are in union with Christ Jesus.

¹¹ If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead has taken possession of you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give your mortal bodies life through his Spirit that has taken possession of you.

³⁴ who can condemn them? Christ Jesus who died, or rather who was raised from the dead, is at God's right hand, and actually pleads for us.

⁴ For they are Israelites, and to them belong the rights of sonship, God's glorious presence, the divine agreements and legislation, the Temple service, the promises,

¹¹ For the Scripture says, "No one who has faith in him will be disappointed."

¹¹ For the Scripture says, "No one who has faith in him will be disappointed." ¹² There is no distinction between Jew and Greek for they all have the same Lord, and he is generous to all who call upon him.

¹² There is no distinction between Jew and Greek for they all have the same Lord, and he is generous to all who call upon him. ¹³ For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. ¹⁴ But how are they to call upon him if they have not believed in him? And how are they to believe him if they have never heard him? And how are they to hear unless someone preaches to them? ¹⁵ And how are men to preach unless they are sent to do it? As the Scripture says, "How welcome is the coming of those who bring good news!" ¹⁶ It is true, they have not all accepted the good news, for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what we have told?" ¹⁷ So faith comes from hearing what is told, and that hearing comes through the message about Christ.

¹⁷ So faith comes from hearing what is told, and that hearing comes through the message about Christ. ¹⁸ But I ask, had they no opportunity to hear it? On the contrary, "Their voices have gone all over the earth, And their words to the ends of the world."

⁹ For Christ died and returned to life for the very purpose of being Lord of both the dead and the living.

⁹ For Christ died and returned to life for the very purpose of being Lord of both the dead and the living. ¹⁰ What business have you to criticize your brother? What business have you to look down upon your brother? We shall all have to stand before God for judgment.

¹⁴ I know and as a follower of the Lord Jesus I am convinced that nothing is unclean in itself; a thing is unclean only to the man who regards it as unclean.

²⁰ You must not, just for the sake of food, undo the work of God. It is true, everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to hurt the consciences of others by what he eats.

⁹ and causing the heathen to praise God for his mercy; as the Scripture says, "I will give thanks to you for this among the heathen, And sing in honor of your name." ¹⁰ And again, "Rejoice, you heathen, with his people!" ¹¹ And again, "Praise the Lord, all you heathen, And let all nations sing his praises." ¹² Again Isaiah says, "The descendant of Jesse will come, The one who is to rise to rule the heathen; The heathen will set their hopes on him."

²⁶ For Macedonia and Greece have determined to make a contribution for the poor among God's people in Jerusalem. ²⁷ They determined to do it, and they really are indebted to them, for if the heathen have shared their spiritual blessings, they ought to do them a service in material ways.

²⁵ To him who can make you strong by the good news I bring and the preaching about Jesus Christ, through the disclosure of the secret kept back for long ages but now revealed, ²⁶ and at the command of the eternal God made known through the writings of the prophets to all the heathen, to lead them to obedience and faith—

¹³ Christ has been divided up! But was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? ¹⁴ I am thankful that I never baptized any of you except Crispus and Gaius, ¹⁵ so that no one could say that you were baptized in my name. ¹⁶ And I did baptize the members of the household of Stephanas too; I do not know whether I baptized anyone else besides. ¹⁷ For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news—but not with fine language, or the cross of Christ might seem an empty thing.

¹⁸ Let no one of you deceive himself. If any one of you imagines that he is wiser than the rest of you, in what this world calls wisdom, he had better become a fool, so as to become really wise.

⁹ Do you not know that wrongdoers will not have any share in God's kingdom? Do not let anyone mislead you. People who are immoral or idolaters or adulterers or sensual or given to unnatural vice ¹⁰ or thieves or greedy—drunkards, abusive people, robbers—will not have any share in God's kingdom. ¹¹ Some of you used to be like that; but you have washed it all away, you have been consecrated, you have become upright, by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and through the Spirit of our God.

²⁵ Eat anything for sale in the meat market without raising any question, as far as conscience is concerned,

¹¹ These are all produced by one and the same Spirit, and apportioned to each of us just as the Spirit chooses.

¹³ For we have all—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free men—been baptized in one spirit to form one body, and we have all been saturated with one Spirit.

²⁰ Brothers, you must not be children mentally. In evil be babies, but mentally be mature. ²¹ In the Law it says, "By men of strange languages and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this nation, and not even then will they listen to me, says the Lord." ²² So this ecstatic speaking is meant as a sign not to those who believe but to unbelievers, but inspired preaching is a sign not to unbelievers but to those who believe. ²³ Hence, if the whole church assembles and they all speak ecstatically, and ordinary people or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are crazy? ²⁴ But if they are all inspired to preach and some unbeliever or outsider comes in, he is convinced of his sin by them all, he is called to account by them all, ²⁵ the secrets of his heart are exposed, and he will fall down on his face and worship God, and declare that God is really among you.

³ For I passed on to you, as of first importance, the account I had received, that Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures foretold, ⁴ that he was buried, that on the third day he was raised from the dead, as the Scriptures foretold,

¹² Now if what we preach about Christ is that he was raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead? ¹³ If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ was not raised, ¹⁴ and if Christ was not raised, there is nothing in our message; there is nothing in our faith either, ¹⁵ and we are found guilty of misrepresenting God, for we have testified that he raised Christ, when he did not do it, if it is true that the dead are never raised. ¹⁶ For if the dead are never raised, Christ was not raised; ¹⁷ and if Christ was not raised, your faith is a delusion; you are still under the control of your sins. ¹⁸ Yes, and those who have fallen asleep in trust in Christ have perished. ¹⁹ If we have centered our hopes on Christ in this life, and that is all, we are the most pitiable people in the world. ²⁰ But the truth is, Christ was raised from the dead, the first to be raised of those who have fallen asleep.

²⁷ for everything is to be reduced to subjection and put under Christ's feet. But when it says that everything is subject to him, he is evidently excepted who reduced it all to subjection to him.

⁴⁷ The first man is of the dust of the earth; the second man is from heaven.

⁹ for I have a great and promising opportunity here, as well as many opponents.

¹² When I went to Troas to preach the good news of the Christ there, I found a good opening for the Lord's work,

¹⁴ sure that he who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will raise me also like Jesus, and bring me side by side with you into his presence.

¹⁰ For we must all appear in our true characters before the tribunal of the Christ, each to be repaid with good or evil for the life he has lived in the body.

¹⁸ All this comes from God, who through Christ has reconciled me to himself, and has commissioned me to proclaim this reconciliation—

¹⁸ All this comes from God, who through Christ has reconciled me to himself, and has commissioned me to proclaim this reconciliation— ¹⁹ how God through Christ reconciled the world to himself, refusing to count men's offenses against them, and intrusted me with the message of reconciliation. ²⁰ It is for Christ, therefore, that I am an envoy, seeing that God makes his appeal through me. On Christ's behalf I beg you to be reconciled to God. ²¹ He made him who knew nothing of sin to be sin, for our sake, so that through union with him we might become God's uprightness.

¹ So since we have promises like these, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves of everything that can defile body or spirit, and by reverence for God make our consecration complete.

²¹ I intend to do what is right not only in the Lord's sight but in the eyes of men.

⁸ God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance so that you will always have enough for every situation, and ample means for every good enterprise: ⁹ as the Scripture says, "He scatters his gifts to the poor; His uprightness will never be forgotten." ¹⁰ He who supplies the sower with seed and so with bread to eat will supply you with seed, and multiply it and enlarge the harvest of your uprightness. ¹¹ You will grow rich in every way, so that through me you can show perfect liberality that will make men thank God for it. ¹² For the rendering of this service does more than supply the wants of God's people; it results in a wealth of thanksgiving to God. ¹³ The way you stand the test of this service must do honor to God, through your fidelity to what you profess as to the good news of Christ, and through the liberality of your contributions for them and for all others; ¹⁴ then they will long for you and pray for you, because of the extraordinary favor God has shown you. ¹⁵ Thank God for his indescribable gift!

² I know of a man fourteen years ago—whether in the body or out of it, I do not know, God knows—being actually caught up to the third heaven. ³ And I know that this man—I do not know whether it was in the body or out of it, God knows— ⁴ was caught up into Paradise, and heard things that must not be told, which no human being can repeat.

¹ This will be my third visit to you. Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

¹⁶ to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach the good news about him to the heathen, immediately, instead of consulting with any human being,

⁶ Those who were regarded as the leaders—what they once were makes no difference to me; God takes no account of external differences—the leaders contributed nothing new to me.

¹² For until some people came from James, he used to eat with the heathen, but after they came, he began to draw back and hold aloof, for fear of the party of circumcision.

¹² For until some people came from James, he used to eat with the heathen, but after they came, he began to draw back and hold aloof, for fear of the party of circumcision. ¹³ The other Jewish Christians followed his example in concealing their real views, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their pose.

¹³ The other Jewish Christians followed his example in concealing their real views, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their pose. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the good news, I said to Cephas, right before them all, "If you live like a heathen, and not like a Jew, though you are a Jew yourself, why should you try to make the heathen live like Jews?" ¹⁵ We who are Jews by birth, and not sinful heathen,

¹³ Christ ransomed us from the Law's curse by taking our curse upon himself (for the Scripture says, "Cursed be anyone who is hung on a tree")

¹³ Christ ransomed us from the Law's curse by taking our curse upon himself (for the Scripture says, "Cursed be anyone who is hung on a tree") ¹⁴ in order that the blessing given to Abraham might through Jesus Christ reach the heathen, so that through faith we might receive the promised Spirit.

²² But the Scripture describes all mankind as the prisoners of sin, so that the promised blessing might on the ground of faith in Jesus Christ be given to those who have faith.

²⁷ For all of you who have been baptized into union with Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. ²⁸ There is no room for "Jew" and "Greek"; there is no room for "slave" and "freeman"; there is no room for "male" and "female"; for in union with Christ Jesus you are all one.

¹⁴ and yet what must have tried you in my physical condition, you did not scorn and despise, but you welcomed me like an angel of God, like Christ Jesus himself.

⁶ so that we might praise the splendid blessing which he has given us through his beloved Son. ⁷ It is through union with him and through his blood that we have been delivered and our offenses forgiven,

¹⁰ and in arranging, when the time should have fully come, that everything in heaven and on earth should be unified in Christ—

²⁰ he exerted in raising Christ from the dead, and seating him at his right hand in heaven, ²¹ far above all hierarchies, authorities, powers, and dominions, and all titles that can be bestowed not only in this world but in the world to come. ²² He has put everything under his feet and made him the indisputable head of the church, ²³ which is his body, filled by him who fills everything everywhere.

¹¹ So remember that you were once physically heathen, and called uncircumcised by those who called themselves circumcised, though only physically, by human hands.

¹³ But now through your union with Christ Jesus you who were once far away have through the blood of Christ been brought near. ¹⁴ For he is himself our peace. He has united the two divisions, and broken down the barrier that kept us apart, ¹⁵ and through his human nature put an end to the feud between us, and abolished the Law with its rules and regulations, in order to make peace and create out of the two parties one new man by uniting them with himself, ¹⁶ and to kill the feud between them with his cross and in one body reconcile them both to God with it. ¹⁷ He came with the good news of peace for you who were far away and for those who were near; ¹⁸ for it is through him that we both with one Spirit are now able to approach the Father.

⁵ (which in past ages was not disclosed to mankind as fully as it has now been revealed through the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets) ⁶ that through union with Christ Jesus the heathen are fellow-heirs with the Jews, belong to the same body and share the promise with them, through the good news

⁶ that through union with Christ Jesus the heathen are fellow-heirs with the Jews, belong to the same body and share the promise with them, through the good news

⁶ that through union with Christ Jesus the heathen are fellow-heirs with the Jews, belong to the same body and share the promise with them, through the good news ⁷ for which I became a worker by virtue of the gift of God's mercy which by the exercise of his power he has given me.

⁷ for which I became a worker by virtue of the gift of God's mercy which by the exercise of his power he has given me. ⁸ To me, the very least of all his people, this favor has been given, of preaching to the heathen the inexhaustible wealth of the Christ,

⁵ There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶ one God and Father of all, who is above us all, pervades us all, and is within us all. ⁷ But each one of us has been given mercy in Christ's generous measure. ⁸ So it says, "When he went up on high, he led a host of captives, And gave gifts to mankind." ⁹ What does "he went up" mean, except that he had first gone down to the under parts of the earth? ¹⁰ It is he who went down who has also gone up above all the heavens, to fill the universe. ¹¹ And he has given us some men as apostles, some as prophets, some as missionaries, some as pastors and teachers, ¹² in order to fit his people for the work of service, for building the body of Christ,

²¹ and subordinate yourselves to one another out of reverence to Christ.

⁹ You who are masters, too, must treat your slaves in the same way, and cease to threaten them, for you know that their Master and yours is in heaven, and that he will show no partiality.

¹⁸ Use every kind of prayer and entreaty, and at every opportunity pray in the Spirit. Be on the alert about it; devote yourselves constantly to prayer for all God's people ¹⁹ and for me, that when I open my lips I may be given a message, so that I may boldly make known the secret of the good news, ²⁰ for the sake of which I am an envoy, and in prison. Pray that, when I tell it, I may have the courage to speak as I ought.

¹¹ and everyone should acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord, and thus glorify God the Father.

³ We are the true circumcision, who worship God by his Spirit, priding ourselves only on Christ Jesus, and not relying on physical advantages,

⁶ Have no anxiety about anything, but make all your wants known to God in prayer and entreaty, and with thanksgiving.

¹⁸ You have paid me in full, and more too. I am fully supplied with what I have received from you through Epaphroditus. It is like fragrant incense, just such a sacrifice as God welcomes and approves.

⁶ came among you, to thrive and bear its fruit among you, as it does all over the world, from the time when you first heard about the mercy of God,

¹⁴ by whom we have been ransomed from captivity through having our sins forgiven. ¹⁵ He is a likeness of the unseen God, born before any creature, ¹⁶ for it was through him that everything was created in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, angelic thrones, dominions, principalities, authorities—all things were created through him and for him. ¹⁷ He existed before all things and he sustains and embraces them all. ¹⁸ He is the head of the church, it is his body; for he is the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead—that he might come to stand first in everything.

²⁰ and through him to reconcile to God all things on earth or in heaven, making this peace through his blood shed on the cross.

²³ if at least you continue firm and steadfast in the exercise of faith, and never shift from the hope held out in the good news to which you listened, which has been preached all over the world, and for which I, Paul, became a worker. ²⁴ At present I am glad to be suffering in your interest, and I am making up in my own person what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for the church, which is his body. ²⁵ In it, by divine appointment, I became a worker, that I might preach among you the message of God in its fulness— ²⁶ that secret, hidden from the ages and generations, but now disclosed to those who are consecrated to him, ²⁷ to whom God has chosen to make known among the heathen how glorious this mystery of Christ in you, the promise of glorification, really is.

¹³ Yes, you who were dead through your misdeeds and physically uncircumcised, God raised to life with Christ. He forgave us all our misdeeds, ¹⁴ canceled the bond which stood against us, with its requirements, and put it out of our way when he nailed it to the cross.

¹¹ Here, what matters is not "Greek" and "Jew," the circumcised and the uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, freeborn, but Christ is everything and in us all.

²⁵ For the man who wrongs anyone will be paid back for the wrong he has done; there will be no exceptions.

² Be persistent in prayer and wide awake about it when you give thanks. ³ Pray for me too, that God may give me an opening for the message, and let me tell the secret of Christ on account of which I am kept in prison

¹³ We for our part constantly thank God for another reason too—because when you received God's message from our lips, you welcomed it not as the message of men but as the message of God, as it really is, which does its work in the hearts of you believers.

¹⁷ Never give up praying.

³ You must not let anyone deceive you at all. For that is not until the rebellion takes place and the embodiment of disobedience makes his appearance—he who is doomed to destruction, ⁴ the adversary of every being that is called a god or an object of worship, and so overbearing toward them as to enter God's sanctuary and take his seat there, proclaiming himself to be God—

⁸ I want the men everywhere to offer prayer, lifting to heaven hands that are holy, without any angry disputes.

⁷ He must also be a man of good standing with outsiders, or he may get into disgrace and be entrapped by the slanderers.

¹ The Spirit distinctly says that in later times some will turn away from the faith, and devote their attention to deceitful spirits and the things that demons teach

³ who forbid people to marry and insist on abstinence from certain kinds of food that God created for men who believe and understand the truth to enjoy and give thanks for. ⁴ For everything God has created is good, and nothing need be refused, provided it is accepted with thanksgiving, ⁵ for then it is consecrated by prayer and the Scripture used in it.

² Those who have Christian masters must not think lightly of them because they are brothers; they must serve them all the more faithfully, because those who benefit by it are believers and hence dear to them. These are the things you must teach and preach.

¹ I charge you in the sight of God and Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,

⁸ Now the crown of uprightness awaits me, which the Lord, the upright judge, will award me on that Day, and not only me but also all who have loved and hoped for his appearing.

¹⁵ To the pure everything is pure, but to the evil-minded and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are unclean. ¹⁶ not as a slave any longer but more than a slave, a dear brother—dear especially to me, but how much dearer to you, both as a man and as a Christian!

² but in these latter days he has spoken to us in a Son, whom he had destined to possess everything, and through whom he had made the world.

⁴ showing himself to be as much greater than the angels as his title is superior to theirs.

⁶ But of the time when he is to bring his firstborn Son back to the world he says, "And let all God's angels bow before him." ⁷ In speaking of the angels he says, "He who changes his angels into winds, And his attendants into blazing fire!" ⁸ But of the Son he says, "God is your throne forever and ever! And a righteous scepter is the scepter of his kingdom! ⁹ You have loved right and hated wrong! That is why God, your God, has anointed you with exhilarating oil beyond all your comrades."

⁹ You have loved right and hated wrong! That is why God, your God, has anointed you with exhilarating oil beyond all your comrades." ¹⁰ And "You, Lord, in the beginning founded the earth, And the sky is the work of your hands! ¹¹ They will perish, but you continue! And they will all wear out like a coat, ¹² And you will fold them up like a mantle, And change them as one changes his coat. But you are always the same, and your years will have no end!"

¹⁴ Are not the angels all spirits in service, whom he sends on his errands for the good of those who are destined to possess salvation?

¹⁴ Therefore since these children referred to have the same mortal nature, Jesus also shared it, like them, in order that by his death he might dethrone the lord of death, the devil, ¹⁵ and free from their slavery men who had always lived in fear of death.

¹⁰ For God is not so unjust as to forget the work you have done and the love you have showed for his cause, in giving help to your fellow-Christians as you still do.

² to whom Abraham apportioned one tenth of all the spoil, who is first, as his name shows, king of righteousness and then king of Salem, which means king of peace— ³ with no father or mother or ancestry, and with no beginning to his days nor end to his life, but like no one but the Son of God, continues as priest forever.

⁹ And all this looked toward the present time and was symbolic of the fact that the mere offering of material gifts and sacrifices cannot inwardly qualify the worshiper to approach God, ¹⁰ since they have to do only with food and drink and various washings—material regulations in force only until the time for the new order.

³⁸ And he whom I accept as righteous will find life through his faith. But if a man draws back, my heart can take no pleasure in him."

² For it was by it that the men of old gained God's approval.

⁴ Faith made Abel's sacrifice greater in the sight of God than Cain's; through faith he gained God's approval as an upright man, for God himself approved his offering, and through faith even when he was dead he still spoke. ⁵ Faith caused Enoch to be taken up from the earth without experiencing death; he could not be found, because God had taken him up. For before he was taken up there is evidence that he pleased God, ⁶ but without faith it is impossible to please him; for whoever would approach God must have faith in his existence and in his willingness to reward those who try to find him.

²³ to the solemn gathering of all God's elder sons, enrolled as citizens in heaven, to a judge who is the God of all, to the spirits of upright men now at last enjoying the fulfilment of their hopes,

² Do not forget to be hospitable to strangers, for by being so some, without knowing it, have had angels as their guests.

¹⁶ But do not forget to be helpful and generous, for that is the kind of sacrifice that pleases God.

²⁰ May God, the giver of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus who through the blood by which he ratified the everlasting agreement has become the great shepherd of the sheep,

⁵ If any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God who gives generously to everyone, and does not reproach one with it afterward, and he will give it to him.

¹⁹ You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to be angry,

²¹ So strip yourselves of everything that soils you, and of every evil growth, and in a humble spirit let the message that has the power to save your souls be planted in your hearts.

⁴ have you not wavered and shown that your judgments are guided by base motives?

⁹ but if you show partiality, you are committing a sin, and stand convicted before the Law as lawbreakers.

¹¹ trying to learn for what possible time the spirit of Christ within them in predicting the sufferings destined for Christ intended them and the glories that were to follow them.

¹⁷ And if you address him as Father who judges everyone impartially by what he does, you must live reverently all the time you stay here,

²¹ for the sake of you who through him trust in God, who raised him from the dead and showed him honor; and so your faith and hope rest on God.

¹ Free yourselves, therefore, from all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of any kind, ² and like new-born babes crave the pure spiritual milk that will make you grow up to salvation,

²⁴ He carried the burden of our sins in his own body on the cross, in order that we might die to sin and live for uprightness. By his wounds you have been healed.

¹⁵ but reverence Christ in your hearts as Lord, and always be ready to make your defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that you have. But do so gently and respectfully,

²² who has gone to heaven and is at God's right hand, with angels, hierarchies, and powers made subject to him.

⁵ but they will have to answer for it to him who is ready to judge living and dead.

⁹ Be ungrudgingly hospitable to one another.

⁸ Be calm and watchful. Your opponent the devil is prowling about like a roaring lion, wanting to devour you.

² to remember the things foretold by the holy prophets, and the command of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.

²⁹ If you know that he is upright, you may be sure that everyone who acts uprightly is his child.

⁸ Whoever commits sin is a child of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. This is why the Son of God appeared—to undo the devil's work.

¹² Everybody testifies to Demetrius; the truth itself does; I testify to him too, and you know that my testimony to him is true.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the sovereign of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has released us from our sins by his blood

⁷ See! He is coming on the clouds, and every eye will see him, even the men who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will lament over him. So it is to be, Amen.

¹⁰ On the Lord's day I fell into a trance, and I heard a loud voice like a trumpet behind me

¹⁸ the living one. I was dead, yet here I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys of death and the underworld.

¹ Afterward I had another vision: There was a door standing open in the heavens and the first voice like a trumpet that I had heard speak to me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place." ² Immediately after this I found myself in a trance, and there stood a throne in heaven with a being seated on it. ³ The one who was seated on it looked like jasper and sardius, and around the throne was a halo of the color of an emerald.

⁸ When he took the roll, the four animals and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each with a harp and gold bowls full of incense, that is, of the prayers of God's people.

³ Then another angel with a gold censer came and stood at the altar, and he was given a great quantity of incense so that he might mingle it with the prayers of all the saints on the altar of gold that stood before the throne. ⁴ So the smoke of the incense went up before God from the angel's hand for the prayers of his people.

⁴ So the smoke of the incense went up before God from the angel's hand for the prayers of his people.

¹⁹ Then the temple of God in heaven was thrown open, and the chest containing his agreement was seen inside the temple, and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great storm of hail.

⁸ All the inhabitants of the earth whose names have not from the foundation of the world been written in the slain Lamb's book of life, will worship it.

¹⁴ Then I saw a white cloud, and seated on it a being like a man, with a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵ And another angel came out of the temple and cried in a loud voice to him who was seated on the cloud, "Use your sickle and reap. The time has come to reap, for the earth's harvest is ripe." ¹⁶ So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped. ¹⁷ Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

²⁰ The grapes were trodden in the winepress outside the city, and blood poured out of the winepress in a stream so deep that for 200 miles it came up to the horses' bridles.

⁴ Who will not fear and give glory to your name, Lord? For you alone are holy. All the heathen will come and worship before you, for the justice of your sentences has now been shown."

¹⁴ They will make war upon the Lamb, and the Lamb with his elect, chosen, and faithful followers with him will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings.

¹⁰ I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy." ¹¹ Then I saw heaven thrown open and there appeared a white horse. His rider was called Faithful and True, and he judges and wages war in uprightness.

¹⁶ On his clothing and his thigh he has this title written: King of kings and Lord of lords.

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne with a being seated on it from whose presence earth and sky fled so far that they could not be found. ¹² I saw the dead, high and low, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened; it was the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books about what they had done. ¹³ The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and the underworld gave up the dead that were in them, and they were all judged by what they had done. ¹⁴ Then death and Hades were flung into the fiery lake. This is the second death—the fiery lake. ¹⁵ Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was flung into the fiery lake.

⁸ It was I, John, who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, to worship him. ⁹ But he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers the prophets and the men who heed the words of this book. Worship God!

¹² "See! I am coming very soon, bringing with me my rewards, to repay everyone for what he has done.