Acts 16 Cross References - MNT

¹ And he came also to Derbe and Lystra, where there was a certain disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewess, and of a Greek father. ² He was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconiun. ³ Now Paul, wishing that this man should accompany him on his journey, took him and circumcised him because of the local Jews, who all knew that his father was a Greek. ⁴ And as they went on their way through the cities they handed them the resolutions which the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem had ordained for them to keep. ⁵ So the churches were strengthened in the faith and continued to increase in number daily. ⁶ Then they went through Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit having forbidden them to proclaim the message in Asia. ⁷ When they got as far as Mysia, they attempted to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit it; ⁸ and so they passed by Mysia and went on down to Troas. ⁹ Here a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stood a man of Macedonia, entreating him and saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us!" ¹⁰ So when he had seen the vision, we sought at once to go forth into Macedonia, because we concluded that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. ¹¹ So we set sail from Troas and ran a straight course to Samothrace. The next day we arrived in Neapolis, ¹² and thence came to Philippi, a city of Macedonia, the fore most in its district, a Roman colony. There we stayed for some time. ¹³ On the Sabbath Day we went outside the city gate, to a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and talked to the women who had gathered there. ¹⁴ Among them was a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She, since she was a worshiper of God, listened to us, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said. ¹⁵ When she was baptized, and her household, she urged us, saying, "If in your judgment I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she compelled us to come. ¹⁶ Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain slave girl met us, who had a spirit of divination, and who brought her masters great gain by fortune-telling. ¹⁷ She used to follow after Paul and us, crying out again and again, "These men are servants of the most high God, who proclaimed to you the way of salvation." ¹⁸ She persisted in this for many days, until Paul, worn out, turned round and said to the spirit, "I charge you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her." In that very hour it came out of her. ¹⁹ But when her owners saw that their hopes of gain were gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them before the magistrates, into the market-place. ²⁰ Then they brought them before the praetors, saying. "These fellows are Jews, who are making a great disturbance in our city. ²¹ "They are teaching customs which it is not lawful for us as Romans to adopt or practise." ²² The crowd, too, rose up together against them, and the praetors, after having them stripped, and after ordering them to be flogged, ²³ had many lashes inflicted upon them, and put them in prison, with a charge to the jailer to keep them safe. ²⁴ On receiving so strict an order he cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. ²⁵ But at midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, ²⁶ suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison-house were shaken; and instantly all the doors were opened, and every one's chains fell off. ²⁷ The jailer, roused from sleep, and seeing the doors wide open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he thought that the prisoners had escaped. ²⁸ But Paul shouted loudly to him. "Do yourself no harm; for we are all here!" ²⁹ So he called for lights, and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas, ³⁰ and brought them out, saying, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" ³¹ "Believe on the Lord Jesus," they answered, "and you will be saved, you and all your household." ³² Then they spoke the message of the Lord to him, as well as to all who were in his house. ³³ And he took them, the same hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and he was baptized at once, he and all his. ³⁴ And after bringing them up into his house, he set food before them, overjoyed with all his household in having believed in God. ³⁵ But in the morning the praetors sent their lictors with the order, "Let these men go." ³⁶ The jailer reported the words to Paul, saying. "The praetors have sent to release you; so come out, and go in peace." ³⁷ But Paul said: "They have flogged us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Roman citizens; and have thrown us into prison. Are they now going to get rid of us secretly? No, indeed! Let them come here, themselves and take us out." ³⁸ The lictors reported these words to the praetors, who were frightened when they heard that they were Romans. ³⁹ So they came and conciliated them, and after taking them out of prison, begged them to leave the town. ⁴⁰ So Paul and Silas came out of the prison, and went to Lydia's house; and after they had seen the brethren and encouraged them, they left Philippi.

³ When King Herod heard this he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

⁸ Then bring forth fruit worthy of repentance.

¹ When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and when he had seated himself, his disciples came to him, ² and opening his lips he began to teach them, saying.

⁷ "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

¹⁰ "Blessed are those who have been persecuted in the cause of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹ "Blessed are you when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my name's sake.

⁴⁴ "But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.

¹³ "Enter by the narrow gate; for broad is the gate and wide the road that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in by it; ¹⁴ "but the gate is narrow and the road is steep, which leads to life, and they are few who find it.

²⁹ "You Son of God," they shouted, "what have you to do with us? Are you come to torment us before the time?"

³⁴ At once all the citizens came out to meet Jesus; and when they had seen him, they begged him to move away from their country.

¹⁶ "Behold, it is I who am sending you forth like sheep among wolves. Be then as serpents and as guileless as doves.

¹⁶ "Behold, it is I who am sending you forth like sheep among wolves. Be then as serpents and as guileless as doves. ¹⁷ "But beware of men! For they will give you up to the Sanhedrin, and flog you in their synagogues.

¹⁷ "But beware of men! For they will give you up to the Sanhedrin, and flog you in their synagogues. ¹⁸ "And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

⁴¹ "Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and whoever receives a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.

² and such a great crowd gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the crowd stood on the beach.

⁵ And although he wished to kill John, he feared the people, for they considered John a prophet.

⁴⁶ but although they longed to apprehend him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.

¹⁶ So they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians. "Teacher," they said, "we know that you are honest, and that you are teaching the way of God in sincerity; and are not afraid of any one, for you do not court men's favor.

⁹ Then they will deliver you up to suffer affliction, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

³⁵ "'For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; ³⁶ "'I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to see me.' ³⁷ "Then shall the righteous answer him, saying. 'Master, when did we see you hungry and feed you; or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ "'When did we see you a stranger and take you in; or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ "'When did we see you sick or in prison, and come to see you?' ⁴⁰ "'In solemn truth I tell you,' the King will answer them, 'that inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me.'

³⁸ and he said to them. "My soul is an anguish, even unto death! Stay here, and keep watch with me." ³⁹ Then he went forward a short distance, and fell on his face and prayed. "O, my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."

⁴⁸ Now his betrayer had given them a sign, saying. "Whoever I kiss is the man; arrest him."

⁵ And flinging down the silver into the Sanctuary, he rushed out, and went and hanged himself.

²⁶ Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he scourged, and delivered to be crucified.

⁶³ "We recollect, Sir, that when he was living this imposter said, 'I will rise again after three days.' ⁶⁴ Now therefore give order to have the sepulcher securely guarded until the third day, for fear his disciples may come and steal him away, and then tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead'; and so the last error will be worse than the first." ⁶⁵ "You can have a guard," said Pilate. "Go your way, make it as secure as you can." ⁶⁶ So they went and made the sepulcher secure, by sealing the stone in the presence of the guard.

² There had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, and gone and rolled away the stone, and was sitting upon it.

²⁴ "What business have you with us, you Jesus of Nazareth? Are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy One of God." ²⁵ But Jesus rebuked him, saying. "Be quit! Come out of him." ²⁶ So the unclean spirit, after tearing him, came out of him with a loud cry;

³⁴ He cured many who were ill with various diseases, and drove out many demons. But he did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who he was.

⁷ and with a shriek he cried out in a loud voice. "Jesus, son of God most high, what business have you with me? I adjure you by God, torment me not!"

¹⁷ Then they began to beg Jesus to depart from their district.

³⁴ "Daughter," he said, "your faith has saved you. Go in peace, and be cured of your complaint."

²⁵ And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit. "You dumb and deaf spirit," he said, "come out of him, I command you, and never enter him again." ²⁶ So with a loud shriek it came out, after throwing the boy into convulsion after convulsion. The boy looked like a corpse, so that most of them said that he was dead.

¹⁴ So when they came, they said: "Teacher, we know that you are sincere and are not afraid of any one, for you do not regard the face of men; nay, but you reach the way of God in truth. Is it right to pay poll-tax to Caesar or not?

⁹ "You yourselves must be on your guard. They will hand you over to the courts, and you will be flogged on the synagogues; and you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, to witness to them for me.

¹⁵ And he said to them. "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. ¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who disbelieves shall be condemned. ¹⁷ Moreover these signs shall follow those who believe. They shall drive out demons in my name; they shall speak with new tongues in foreign languages;

⁷⁷ "To give to his people a knowledge of salvation Through the remission of their sins,

⁷⁹ "To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, And to guide our feet into the paths of peace."

¹⁰ And the crowd began to ask him questions. "What shall we do then?" they asked. In reply he said to them.

²⁰ Then rolling up the papyrus, he gave it back to the attendant and sat down. ²¹ The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him, and he began to say to them, "Today is this scripture fulfilled in your hearing."

³⁴ "Ha! Jesus of Nazareth, what business have you with us? Are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, you holy one of God!"

⁴¹ Demons also came out of many, screaming and saying, "You are the Son of God." But he rebuked them, and did not permit them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

²⁹ Levi also made him a great reception at his house. There was a large party of tax-gatherers and others who were dining with them.

²² "Blessed are you when men shall hate you, And excommunicate you and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil because of the Son of man. ²³ "Rejoice in that day and exult, For your reward is great in heaven; For even so did their fathers to the prophets.

²⁷ "But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸ Bless those who curse you, pray for those who calumniate you.

²⁸ When he saw Jesus he cried out, and fell down before him, and in a loud voice exclaimed. "What have we to do with you, Jesus, you son of God Most High? I implore you to torment me not!"

¹ Then he called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to heal;

⁴ "Into whatever house you enter, there stay, and thence depart. ⁵ "If any one will not receive you, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave this town, as a testimony against them."

⁵ "Into whatever you first enter, say, 'Peace be to this house!' ⁶ "And if there be any son of peace there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not it shall return to you. ⁷ "Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give. for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not go from house to house.

¹⁷ Then the Seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord even the demons are subject to us in your name." ¹⁸ And he said to them. "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a lightning flash. ¹⁹ "Behold, I give you the power to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy. In no case shall anything do you harm.

³² "In like manner also a Levite who came to the spot, came and looked at him, and passed on the other side. ³³ "But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, and when he saw him was moved with compassion.

³³ "But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, and when he saw him was moved with compassion. ³⁴ "He went to him bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine. He set him on his own beast, and took him to an inn, and took care of him.

³⁴ "He went to him bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine. He set him on his own beast, and took him to an inn, and took care of him. ³⁵ "The next day he took two silver pieces and gave them to the landlord and said, "'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend I will repay it to you on my way back.' ³⁶ "Which then of these three seems to you to have behaved like a neighbor to the man who fell among bandits?" ³⁷ He replied, "The one who showed mercy on him." "Go, then," said Jesus, "and do likewise."

¹⁰ Once he was teaching in one of the synagogues, on the Sabbath,

²³ "Said the master to his slave. 'Go out into the roads and the hedges, and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.

²² "'Fetch the best robe, quick,' said the father to his slaves, 'and put it on him, and give him a ring on his finger, and shoes on his feet. ²³ "'Bring that fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry, ²⁴ "'for this son of mine was dead and is alive again—he was lost and is found.' ²⁵ "So they began to make merry. But his elder son was in the field, and as he drew near to the house he heard music and dancing,

³² "'But it was fitting that we should make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive; he was lost and is found.'"

⁶ He made haste to climb down, and receive him joyfully.

⁹ "Today is salvation come to this house," said Jesus "since Zaccheus here is a son of Abraham.

²¹ So they put a question to him saying. "Rabbi, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not regard any man's person, but teach the way of God honestly.

¹² "But before all these things happen, they will apprehend you and persecute you and deliver you to the synagogues and to prisons, and bring you before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

⁴⁴ (And being in agony he kept praying more earnestly; and his sweat became as if it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.)

⁵¹ "Permit me to do this at least," said Jesus, as he touched his ear and healed him.

³⁴ Jesus kept saying, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them,

²⁹ But they urged him to stay with them, saying, "Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent."

⁴⁵ Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

¹² But to all who receive him, to them he has given the right to become children of God, even to those who trust in his name;

¹⁵ in order that every one who believes in him may have eternal life. ¹⁶ "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

³⁶ Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him."

²⁷ "Labor not for food which perishes, but for the food that endures eternal life—that which the Son of man will give you; for on the Father—God—has set his seal." ²⁸ "What are we to do habitually," they asked him, "that we may keep working the words of God?" ²⁹ "This is the work of God," answered Jesus, "that you believe on him whom He has sent you."

⁴⁰ "For this is my Fathers will, that every one who beholds the Son and believes on him, shall have eternal life. and I will raise him up at the last day."

⁴⁴ answered Jesus; "no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him; then I will raise him up on the last day. ⁴⁵ "It is written in the Prophets, "And they shall all of them be taught of God. Every one who has listened to the father and learns from him, comes to me.

⁴⁷ "I tell you solemnly that he who believes has eternal life.

³⁷ Now the last day, that the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and cried in a loud voice. ³⁸ "If any man thirst let him come to me and drink. From the heart of him who believes in me will flow, as the Scripture said, rivers of living water."

² At dawn, however, he came back to the Temple, where the people came to him in crowds. He had taken his seat and was teaching them,

²⁵ "I am the resurrection and the life," said Jesus. "He who believes in me, even if he has died, shall live. ²⁶ And every one who is living and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

²⁰ Now there were certain Greeks among those who had come up to worship during the Passover feast;

⁶ Jesus answered him. "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man ever comes to the Father but by me.

²⁷ "Peace I leave with you. My own peace I give to you. It is not the world's 'Peace' I give you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

¹⁸ "do not forget that it hated me first. ¹⁹ "If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for that reason the world hates you. ²⁰ "Remember what I told you, 'A slave is not better than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you. If they have obeyed my word, they will obey yours also.

³¹ but these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

⁹ Parthians, Medes, Elamites, dwellers in Mesopotamia, in Judea, in Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ in Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the district of Lybia around Cretans and Arabians,

¹⁷ "In the last days, God says, it shall come to pass that I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind; "Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams; ¹⁸ upon my slaves, both men and women, in those days, will I pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

³⁷ When they heard these words they were stung to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles. "Men and brothers, what shall we do?" ³⁸ "Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ "For the promise belongs to you and to your children and to all who are afar off, whomever the Lord may call."

⁴⁶ Day after day they continued stedfastly with one accord in the Temple; and breaking bread together in their own homes, they continued to eat their food with gladness and an undivided heart, ⁴⁷ praising God, and looked on with favor by all the people. Meanwhile the Lord kept adding to them daily those that were being saved.

⁶ "I have neither silver nor gold, but what I do have, this I am going to give to you; in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, walk!"

⁴ But many of those who had heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

¹² "There is no salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men, in which we must be saved."

²¹ So when they had further threatened them they let the apostles go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them because of the people, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened.

²³ As soon as the apostles were released, they went to their friends, and told what the high priests and elders had said.

³¹ When they had prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the message of the Lord with boldness.

¹⁴ Yet the people continued to hold them in high honor, and more and more believers in the Lord were joining them, both men and women.

¹⁸ and they apprehended the apostles, and threw them into the public prison. ¹⁹ But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors during the night, and let them out.

²³ "The prison we found locked fast, with the guards stationed at the doors, but when they were opened we found no one inside."

⁴⁰ They gave in to him; and called the apostles in, and after flogging them, released them, with instructions not to speak about the name of Jesus. ⁴¹ So they left Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been deemed worthy to suffer disgrace for the sake of the Name;

³ "So, brothers, find from among your own number seven men of good reputation who are full of the Spirit and of wisdom, and we will appoint them over this business.

⁷ And the word of the Lord continued to spread; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was increasing exceedingly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

³ But Saul was laying waste the church. He was wont to enter into every house, and to drag off men and women, and to commit them to prison.

⁹ Now for some time a man named Simon had been practicing sorcery in that city, and had amazed the people of Samaria. He gave himself out to be some great person. ¹⁰ Many from all classes would give heed to him, declaring, "This man is the Power of God, known as the Great Power." ¹¹ They were giving heed to him because, for a long time, he had amazed them with his sorceries. ¹² But when they believed Philip, who was preaching glad tidings about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women.

²⁶ And an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go on your way south, along the road that runs down from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert way." ²⁷ So he arose and went. And behold an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, who was a high official (a chief treasurer) of Candace, the queen of Ethiopia, who had come to Jerusalem to worship

²⁷ So he arose and went. And behold an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, who was a high official (a chief treasurer) of Candace, the queen of Ethiopia, who had come to Jerusalem to worship ²⁸ Was now on his way home, and was reading the Prophet Isaiah as he sat in his chariot. ²⁹ And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join that chariot."

²⁹ And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join that chariot." ³⁰ So Philip ran up, and heard him reading Isaiah the Prophet, and said to him. "Do you understand what you are reading?" ³¹ The eunuch answered, "Why, how can I unless someone shall show me the way?" And he begged Philip to get up and sit with him.

³⁶ And as they were going on their way they came to a certain water, and the eunuch said: "See, here is water! What hinders my being baptized?"

³⁸ And he ordered the chariot to stop; and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. ³⁹ And when they had come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but continued on his way rejoicing.

² and begged of him letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any that were of the Way, either men or women, he could bind them and bring them to Jerusalem.

⁵ And he said, "Who are you Lord?" ⁶ "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he said: "Stand up and go into the city, and there you shall be told what you must do."

⁶ "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he said: "Stand up and go into the city, and there you shall be told what you must do."

¹⁰ Now there was in Damascus a disciple named Ananias, and the Lord spoke to him in a vision, saying, "Ananias!" And he answered, "Lo, I am here, Lord." ¹¹ And the Lord said to him. "Arise, go into the street named 'Straight,' and make inquiries in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus, one Saul. ¹² He is now praying, and has seen a man named Ananias enter and lay his hands on him to restore his sight."

¹⁶ "for I am going to show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my name."

³¹ Now throughout the whole of Judea, Galilee, and Samaria the Church continued to enjoy peace and to be spiritually built up. It was increasing in members also, as it kept walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

³⁴ Peter said to him. "Aeneas, Jesus Christ cures you! Rise and make your own bed!"

³⁸ And as Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, when they heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the entreaty, "Delay not to come to us."

² He was a devout man and God-fearing, and so were all his household. He gave many alms to the people, and constantly prayed to God. ³ About three o'clock one afternoon he had a vision, and distinctly saw an angel of God enter his house and say to him, "Cornelius."

¹⁰ He had become very hungry and longed for food; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance. ¹¹ He beheld the sky opened, and a vessel descending like an enormous sail let down to earth by four corners. ¹² In it were all kinds of quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and wild birds. ¹³ A voice came to him, saying, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat." ¹⁴ "Not so, my Lord," answered Peter, "for I have never yet eaten anything common and unclean." ¹⁵ And again a second time came to him a voice, saying, "What God has cleansed you must not call common." ¹⁶ This happened three times; and immediately the sail was drawn up into the sky. ¹⁷ Now while Peter was greatly perplexed to know what the vision which he had been sent by Cornelius, and had made inquiries for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,

¹⁹ So the Spirit said to Peter, who was still pondering over the vision.

²⁹ "I ask therefore why you sent for me." ³⁰ Cornelius answered. "Three days ago, at this very hour, I was praying in my house at three o'clock in the afternoon, when suddenly a man in a shining robe stood by me,

³² "'So send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. He is lodging with Simon the tanner, in a house by the seaside.' ³³ "So I sent for you without delay, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to speak."

³³ "So I sent for you without delay, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to listen to what the Lord has commanded you to speak." ³⁴ Then Peter began to speak. "Of a truth I begin to see quite plainly that God is no respecter of persons; ³⁵ "but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him. ³⁶ "You cannot but know the message which he sent to the descendants of Israel, when he preached the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ who is Lord of all; ³⁷ "you know the message spread throughout all Judea, beginning in Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; ³⁸ "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how he went about everywhere doing good, and curing all who were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him. ³⁹ "And we were witnesses of all that he did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him, hanging him on a tree. ⁴⁰ "But him God raised up on the third day, and permitted him to be made manifest, ⁴¹ "not to all the people, but to witnesses—men previously chosen by God—that is, to us, who ate and drank with him after he had risen from the dead; ⁴² "when he charged us to preach to the people, and to testify that this was he whom God ordained to be the judge of the living and of the dead. ⁴³ "To him all the prophets bear witness, testifying that through his name every one that believes on him will receive remission of sins."

⁵ "I was in the city of Joppa, praying, and while in a trance I saw a vision; a certain vessel descending, what seemed to be an enormous sail let down to me, ⁶ and while I gazed at it, I examined it carefully, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth and the wild beasts and creeping things and the wild birds. ⁷ I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat.' ⁸ "'Not so, my Lord' said I, 'for nothing common or unclean has ever gone into my mouth.' ⁹ "But for the second time a voice spoke from the sky, 'What God has cleansed, you must not call common.' ¹⁰ "This was said three times, and then everything was drawn up again into the sky. ¹¹ "And lo! at that very moment, three men who had been sent for me from Caesarea stood before the house in which I was. ¹² "And the Spirit bade me accompany them without misgiving. There also accompanied me these six brothers, and we went into the man's house.

¹² "And the Spirit bade me accompany them without misgiving. There also accompanied me these six brothers, and we went into the man's house. ¹³ "Then he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying. "'Send to Joppa and fetch Simon who is also called Peter. ¹⁴ "'He will speak words to you by which you and all your family will be saved.'

¹⁴ "'He will speak words to you by which you and all your family will be saved.'

²¹ The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

³⁰ This they did, forwarding their contributions to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

⁴ He had him arrested and thrown in prison, and put under guard of sixteen soldiers. He intended, after the Passover, to bring him forth to the people.

⁷ suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side, he woke him saying, "Rise up quickly." At once the chains dropped from his hands.

¹⁰ And when they had passed the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that led to the city. This opened to them of its own accord; and they went out passed on through one street; and suddenly the angel left him.

¹² So, after he had thought things over, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John, surnamed Mark, where a large number of people were assembled, praying. ¹³ When he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid servant named Rhoda came to answer. ¹⁴ And when she recognized Peter's voice, for very joy she did not open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing in front of the gate. ¹⁵ "You are mad," they said. But she confidently insisted that it was so. "It is his angel," they said. ¹⁶ Meanwhile Peter continued to knock, until at last they opened the door, and were amazed to see that it was really he. ¹⁷ He motioned to them to keep quiet, and told them how the Lord had brought him out of prison. "Tell all this to James," he said, "and to the brothers," and away he went to another place. ¹⁸ When morning came there was no small stir among the soldiers as to what could possibly have become of Peter. ¹⁹ Then Herod had search made for him, and could not find him. After sharply questioning the guards, he ordered them off to execution. He then went down from Judea to Caesarea, where he stayed for some time.

²⁴ But the word of God grew and multiplied;

² And as they were worshiping the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." ³ So after fasting and praying, they laid their hands on them, and let them go. ⁴ So they, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

¹⁴ Then they themselves, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia. Here they went into the synagogue on the Sabbath Day and sat down.

³⁸ "Be it known unto you therefore, brothers, that remission of sins is proclaimed to you through this man; ³⁹ "and that by him every one that believes is justified from all things from which you could never be justified by the law of Moses.

⁴² As Paul and Barnabas left the synagogue, the people earnestly begged that these words might be repeated to them on the following Sabbath.

⁴⁸ When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who had been ordained to eternal life, believed. ⁴⁹ So the Lord's message went far and wide, through the whole district.

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

¹ In Iconium it happened that they went together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great number both of Jews and of Gentiles believed.

⁵ And when both the Gentiles and the Jews with their ruler made a hostile move to maltreat and to stone them, ⁶ the apostles got wind of it, and made their escape to the Lycaonian towns of Derbe and Lystra and the neighboring country. ⁷ And there they continued to proclaim the gospel.

¹³ and the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and along with the crowds was about to offer sacrifices. ¹⁴ But when the apostles, Paul and Barnabas, heard of it, they rent their garments and rushed out among the crowd, shouting and crying. ¹⁵ "Men, why are you doing all this? We also are men, with natures like your own! We are bringing you good tidings, that you are to turn from these empty things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is.

¹⁵ "Men, why are you doing all this? We also are men, with natures like your own! We are bringing you good tidings, that you are to turn from these empty things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is.

¹⁹ And now a party of Jews came down form Antioch and Iconium, and after persuading the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

²¹ and after preaching the gospel to that town, and winning many converts, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch, ²² Everywhere they strengthened the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold to the faith. "It is through many tribulations," they said, "that we must enter into the kingdom of God."

² Now when dispute and controversy sprang up between them and Paul and Barnabas, the brethren appointed Paul and Barnabas, and certain others, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

⁶ The apostles and elders met to consider the matter;

¹¹ "On the contrary we believe that it is by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ that we and they shall be saved."

²⁰ "but that we should write to them to abstain from the pollution of idols and from fornication, from meat killed by strangling, and from blood.

²² Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to select some of their number, and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. The men chosen were Judas called Bar-Sabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren.

²⁶ "men who have risked their very lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁸ "For it has seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; ²⁹ "that you abstain from food that has been sacrificed to idols, and from tasting blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication. Keep yourselves clear from these things and it will be well with you. Farewell."

³³ After spending some time there the brothers let them go with a greeting of peace to those who had sent them.

³⁷ Now Barnabas wanted to take with them John, who was called Mark.

⁴⁰ while Paul chose Silas, and set forth commended by the brothers to the grace of God. ⁴¹ He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

² He was well spoken of by the brothers in Lystra and Iconiun.

⁶ Then they went through Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit having forbidden them to proclaim the message in Asia. ⁷ When they got as far as Mysia, they attempted to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit it; ⁸ and so they passed by Mysia and went on down to Troas. ⁹ Here a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stood a man of Macedonia, entreating him and saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us!" ¹⁰ So when he had seen the vision, we sought at once to go forth into Macedonia, because we concluded that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. ¹¹ So we set sail from Troas and ran a straight course to Samothrace. The next day we arrived in Neapolis,

¹¹ So we set sail from Troas and ran a straight course to Samothrace. The next day we arrived in Neapolis, ¹² and thence came to Philippi, a city of Macedonia, the fore most in its district, a Roman colony. There we stayed for some time.

¹² and thence came to Philippi, a city of Macedonia, the fore most in its district, a Roman colony. There we stayed for some time. ¹³ On the Sabbath Day we went outside the city gate, to a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and talked to the women who had gathered there.

¹³ On the Sabbath Day we went outside the city gate, to a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and talked to the women who had gathered there. ¹⁴ Among them was a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She, since she was a worshiper of God, listened to us, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.

¹⁴ Among them was a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She, since she was a worshiper of God, listened to us, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said. ¹⁵ When she was baptized, and her household, she urged us, saying, "If in your judgment I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she compelled us to come.

¹⁵ When she was baptized, and her household, she urged us, saying, "If in your judgment I am a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she compelled us to come. ¹⁶ Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain slave girl met us, who had a spirit of divination, and who brought her masters great gain by fortune-telling.

¹⁶ Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain slave girl met us, who had a spirit of divination, and who brought her masters great gain by fortune-telling. ¹⁷ She used to follow after Paul and us, crying out again and again, "These men are servants of the most high God, who proclaimed to you the way of salvation."

¹⁷ She used to follow after Paul and us, crying out again and again, "These men are servants of the most high God, who proclaimed to you the way of salvation." ¹⁸ She persisted in this for many days, until Paul, worn out, turned round and said to the spirit, "I charge you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her." In that very hour it came out of her.

²⁰ Then they brought them before the praetors, saying. "These fellows are Jews, who are making a great disturbance in our city. ²¹ "They are teaching customs which it is not lawful for us as Romans to adopt or practise."

²¹ "They are teaching customs which it is not lawful for us as Romans to adopt or practise." ²² The crowd, too, rose up together against them, and the praetors, after having them stripped, and after ordering them to be flogged, ²³ had many lashes inflicted upon them, and put them in prison, with a charge to the jailer to keep them safe.

²³ had many lashes inflicted upon them, and put them in prison, with a charge to the jailer to keep them safe. ²⁴ On receiving so strict an order he cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

²⁴ On receiving so strict an order he cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. ²⁵ But at midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

²⁷ The jailer, roused from sleep, and seeing the doors wide open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he thought that the prisoners had escaped.

²⁷ The jailer, roused from sleep, and seeing the doors wide open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he thought that the prisoners had escaped. ²⁸ But Paul shouted loudly to him. "Do yourself no harm; for we are all here!" ²⁹ So he called for lights, and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas, ³⁰ and brought them out, saying, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" ³¹ "Believe on the Lord Jesus," they answered, "and you will be saved, you and all your household." ³² Then they spoke the message of the Lord to him, as well as to all who were in his house. ³³ And he took them, the same hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and he was baptized at once, he and all his.

³⁶ The jailer reported the words to Paul, saying. "The praetors have sent to release you; so come out, and go in peace." ³⁷ But Paul said: "They have flogged us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Roman citizens; and have thrown us into prison. Are they now going to get rid of us secretly? No, indeed! Let them come here, themselves and take us out."

⁴⁰ So Paul and Silas came out of the prison, and went to Lydia's house; and after they had seen the brethren and encouraged them, they left Philippi.

² and Paul, according to his usual custom, went in to them and, for three Sabbath Days, he reasoned with them out of the Scriptures,

⁵ But the Jews, moved with jealousy, called to their aid certain ill-favored and idle fellows, formed a mob, and began to set the town in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people. ⁶ And when they had failed to find Paul and Silas, they began to drag Jason and some of the brethren before the politarchs, shouting. "These fellows who have upset the habitable earth are come hither also.

⁶ And when they had failed to find Paul and Silas, they began to drag Jason and some of the brethren before the politarchs, shouting. "These fellows who have upset the habitable earth are come hither also. ⁷ "Jason has received them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus." ⁸ Both the crowd and the politarchs were disturbed when they heard this,

¹⁴ Then the brothers at once sent Paul down to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained behind.

² Here he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife, Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome.

⁴ Every Sabbath he used to preach in the synagogue, and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks. ⁵ And when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was engrossed in his message, earnestly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

⁷ So he left the place, and went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house adjoined the synagogue. ⁸ And Crispus, the warden of the synagogue, believed on the Lord, with all his household; and many of the Corinthians from time to time listened, believed, and were baptized. ⁹ And the Lord said to Paul in a vision, by night. "Have no fear; go on speaking, and do not keep silent; ¹⁰ "for I am with you, and no one shall set upon you to injure you; for I have very many people in this city."

¹² But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose against Paul, and brought him before the tribunal.

¹² But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose against Paul, and brought him before the tribunal. ¹³ "This fellow," they said, "is persuading men to offer unlawful worship to God."

²³ After spending some time there, he set out and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, and strengthened all the disciples.

²⁶ He began to speak boldly in the synagogue; and when Priscilla and Aquila heard him they took him home and explained to him more accurately the way of God.

¹⁰ This went on for two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia heard the Lord's message, Jews as well as Greeks.

¹² so much so, that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick; and their diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out. ¹³ But there were also some strolling Jewish exorcists, who took it upon them to invoke the name of Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by that Jesus whom Paul preaches."

¹³ But there were also some strolling Jewish exorcists, who took it upon them to invoke the name of Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by that Jesus whom Paul preaches." ¹⁴ There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish high priest who used to do this. ¹⁵ But the evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I have heard of, but who are you?" ¹⁶ And the man in whom the evil spirit was sprang on two of them, overpowered them and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of the house naked and wounded. ¹⁷ And this became known to all the people of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. Awe fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus began to be held in honor. ¹⁸ Many also of those who became believers used to come to confess and to declare their deeds. ¹⁹ And some of them who had practised magic arts, collected their books, and burned them in the presence of all. And they counted the price of them, and found it to be fifty thousand silver coins. ²⁰ So mightily the word of the Lord continued to grow and to prevail. ²¹ Now after these things were ended, Paul resolved in his spirit to travel through Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. "After I get there," he said, "I must see Rome, too."

²¹ Now after these things were ended, Paul resolved in his spirit to travel through Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. "After I get there," he said, "I must see Rome, too." ²² So he sent two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, while he himself kept back for a time on his way into Asia.

²⁴ There was a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, and brought rich profit to his workmen.

²⁴ There was a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, and brought rich profit to his workmen. ²⁵ He gathered them together with others of like occupation, and said: "Men, you know that by this business we make our money. ²⁶ "And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but almost throughout all of Asia, this fellow Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, by telling them that they are no gods at all who are made with hands. ²⁷ "So there is danger not only that our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana will be brought into disrepute, and that she herself may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world now worships." ²⁸ After listening to this they were filled with rage, and cried out again and again, saying, ²⁹ The city was filled with commotion. They rushed like one man into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's companions in travel. ³⁰ When Paul wanted to go in to the people, the disciples would not let him, ³¹ and some of the Asiarchs, too, who were his friends, sent word to him repeatedly, entreating him not to venture into the theater. ³² Now some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in an uproar, and the majority had no idea why they were come together. ³³ And they brought Alexander out of the crowd, whom the Jews had pushed forward. And Alexander, motioning with his hand, would have made a defense to the people, ³⁴ but when they saw that he was a Jew they all, with one voice, for about two hours, shouted,

³⁴ but when they saw that he was a Jew they all, with one voice, for about two hours, shouted, ³⁵ At length the recorder got them quiet. "Men of Ephesus," he said, "who here does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-guardian of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? ³⁶ "Since these facts cannot be gainsaid, you ought to be calm and do nothing reckless. ³⁷ "For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess. ³⁸ If then Demetrius and his craftsmen have a grievance against any one, the courts are open and there are the proconsuls; let them accuse one another. ³⁹ But if you desire anything further, it must be settled in the regular assembly. ⁴⁰ For indeed we are in danger of being accused in regard to this day's riot, since there is no cause for it, nor shall we be able to give account for this disorderly gathering." ⁴¹ With these words he dismissed the assembly.

¹ After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and, after embracing them, bade them farewell, and started for Macedonia.

³ Just as he was about to set sail for Syria, the Jews laid a plot against him, and he determined to return through Macedonia. ⁴ There accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.

⁴ There accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. ⁵ Now these had gone on, and were awaiting us at Troas;

⁵ Now these had gone on, and were awaiting us at Troas;

⁵ Now these had gone on, and were awaiting us at Troas; ⁶ but we ourselves set sail from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and joined them five days later at Troas. There we remained for a week.

⁶ but we ourselves set sail from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and joined them five days later at Troas. There we remained for a week. ⁷ On the first day of the week we met for the breaking of bread, and Paul, who was going away the next morning, began preaching to them, and prolonged his discourse until midnight.

⁷ On the first day of the week we met for the breaking of bread, and Paul, who was going away the next morning, began preaching to them, and prolonged his discourse until midnight. ⁸ Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were assembled,

¹³ The rest of us going before to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for so he had appointed, because he intended to go by land. ¹⁴ And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. ¹⁵ We sailed from thence, and arrived next day off Chios; and the day after we touched at Samos; and the following day we came to Mitylene. ¹⁶ For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, so as not to spend time in Asia, for he was hurrying to get to Jerusalem, if it were possible, by the day of Pentecost.

²⁸ Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, and be shepherds of the church of God which he has purchased with his own blood.

¹ When at least we had torn ourselves away, and had set sail, we ran a straight course to Cos, and next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

¹ When at least we had torn ourselves away, and had set sail, we ran a straight course to Cos, and next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. ² And when we had found a ship bound for Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail. ³ After sighting Cyprus and leaving it on the left hand, we sailed for Syria, and put in at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo. ⁴ We looked up the local disciples and remained there seven days; and these disciples kept telling Paul, through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem. ⁵ When, however, our time was up, we left and started on our journey; and all of them, with wives and children, were escorting us on our way until we were out of the city; then, kneeling down on the beach, we prayed,

⁵ When, however, our time was up, we left and started on our journey; and all of them, with wives and children, were escorting us on our way until we were out of the city; then, kneeling down on the beach, we prayed, ⁶ and said good-bye, and went on board the ship, while they returned home again. ⁷ And when we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we reached Ptolemais, and greeted the brothers and stayed with them one day. ⁸ On the morrow we started for Caesarea, where we went into the house of Philip, the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. ⁹ Now Philip had four unmarried daughters who prophesied, ¹⁰ and while we remained there many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. ¹¹ He came to us, and taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, saying, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'so will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the owner of this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'" ¹² As soon as we heard these words, both we and those who were standing near entreated Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. ¹³ "What do you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief?" answered Paul. "For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus." ¹⁴ And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The will of the Lord be done." ¹⁵ A few days after this we took up our luggage and went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁶ And some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us. They led us to the house of Mnason, a Cypriote, a disciple of long standing, with whom we were to lodge. ¹⁷ At length we reached Jerusalem, and the brothers there received us gladly. ¹⁸ On the following day we went with Paul to call on James, and all the elders were present.

³⁰ The whole city was thrown into uproar. The mob surged together, seized Paul, and began to drag him outside the temple. Whereupon the doors were at once shut.

³⁰ The whole city was thrown into uproar. The mob surged together, seized Paul, and began to drag him outside the temple. Whereupon the doors were at once shut. ³¹ While they were attempting to kill him, news came to the tribune commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

¹⁰ "And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' and the Lord said to me, 'Rise and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about all that you are destined to do.'

¹⁷ "After my return to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, ¹⁸ "I fell into a trance and saw him saying to me, "'Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive your testimony concerning me.' ¹⁹ "'Lord,' I replied, 'they themselves well know that I was beating and imprisoning in synagogue after synagogue those who believed in you, ²⁰ "'and when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by and consenting, and holding the garments of his murders.' ²¹ "'Depart,' he said to me, 'for I will send you forth, far hence, to the Gentiles.'" ²² Until they heard this last statement, the people were listening to Paul, but now they roared out. "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He is not fit to live!" ²³ When they continued to shout, throwing their clothes into the air, and flinging dust around, ²⁴ the tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and examined under the lash, to learn for what reason the people were thus crying out against him. ²⁵ But when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing near, "If a man is a Roman citizen, and uncondemned, is it lawful for you to scourge him?"

²⁵ But when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing near, "If a man is a Roman citizen, and uncondemned, is it lawful for you to scourge him?" ²⁶ When the centurion heard that, he went to the tribune and said to him. "What are you intending to do? This man is a Roman citizen."

²⁶ When the centurion heard that, he went to the tribune and said to him. "What are you intending to do? This man is a Roman citizen." ²⁷ So the tribune came to Paul and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said. ²⁸ "I paid a large sum to get this citizenship," said the tribune. "But I was citizen-born," said Paul. ²⁹ Then those who were about to scourge him, immediately left him. And the tribune too, was afraid, when he learned that Paul was a Roman citizen, for he had had him bound.

²⁹ Then those who were about to scourge him, immediately left him. And the tribune too, was afraid, when he learned that Paul was a Roman citizen, for he had had him bound.

²⁵ And as he reasoned about morality, self-control, and the future judgment, Felix was terrified, and said, "For the present go on your way, and when I find a convenient season, I will send for you."

³ "especially since you are an export in all Jewish customs and questions. I pray you, expert in all Jewish customs and questions. I pray you, hear me with patience.

¹³ "when at noon, as I journeyed, O King, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and around those who journeyed with me.

¹ When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they proceeded to hand over Paul and a few other prisoners to the custody of Julius, a centurion of the Imperial Regiment. ² We embarked in a ship of Adramyttium which was about to sail to the ports of the province of Asia, and put to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, accompanied us. ³ The next day we touched at Sidon. There Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to visit his friends and refresh himself. ⁴ Putting to sea from thence we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us; ⁵ and after sailing across the Cilician and Pamphylian waters, we came to Myra, in Lycia. ⁶ And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board of her. ⁷ For many days we sailed slowly, and then arrived with difficulty over against Cnidus; from this point, as the wind did not further favor us, we ran under the lee of Crete, off Cape Salmone; ⁸ and coasting along with difficulty we reached a place called Fair Havens, not far from the town of Lasea. ⁹ By this time the season was far advanced, and sailing had become dangerous (for the Autumn Fast was past); so Paul began to warn them. ¹⁰ "Sirs," he said to them, "I perceive that the voyage will be attended with injury and serious loss, not only to the cargo and to the ship, but also to our own lives." ¹¹ But the centurion paid greater heed to the master and to the owner than to anything that was spoken by Paul; ¹² and as the harbor was ill adapted for winter quarters, the majority advised putting out to sea from thence, to see whether they could get to Phoenix and winter there, a harbor on the coast of Crete facing northeast and southeast. ¹³ And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore. ¹⁴ But it was not long before a furious wind, called Euroclydon, rushed down from the island; ¹⁵ when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and let her drive. ¹⁶ Then we ran under the lee of a little island named Claudia, where with great difficulty we were able to secure the ship's boat.

²³ "for last night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me and said: ²⁴ "'Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you.'

¹ And when we were escaped, we ascertained that the island was called Malta. ² The foreign-speaking people showed us uncommon kindness, for they lighted a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain and because of the cold. ³ Now when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and thrown them on the fire, a viper crawled out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand. ⁴ When the natives saw the reptile hanging on his hand, they began saying to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet justice does not allow him to live." ⁵ However, he shook off the reptile into the fire and received no harm. ⁶ But they kept expecting him to swell up or fall down dead suddenly. But after waiting a long time, and seeing no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said over and over that he was a god. ⁷ Now in the neighborhood there were estates belonging to the governor of the island, whose name was Publius. He received us and entertained us for three days courteously. ⁸ It happened however that the father of Publius was lying ill of fever and dysentery. So Paul went to see him and prayed and laid his hands on him and healed him. ⁹ After this all the other sick people on the island came, and continued to be restored to health. ¹⁰ These loaded us with many honors and, when at last we set sail, they put on board such things as we needed. ¹¹ Three months passed before we set sail an Alexandrian ship which had wintered in the island. Its name was "The Twin Brothers." ¹² And touching at Syracuse, we stayed there three days. ¹³ From thence, tacking round, we reached Rhegium. Next day a south wind sprang up, which brought us in a day to Puteoli. ¹⁴ There we found brothers who invited us to stay a week with them. Then we reached Rome. ¹⁵ From there the brothers, when they heard about us, came out to meet us as far as the Appian Forum and the Three Taverns. When Paul saw them he thanked God and took courage. ¹⁶ When we finally entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier to guard him.

²² "But we are eager to hear from you what it is that you believe; for we all know that as for this sect it is everywhere spoken against."

¹⁴ To Greeks and to barbarians, to the cultured and to the uncultured, I have a debt to discharge.

¹⁶ FOR I AM PROUD OF THE GOSPEL. IT IS GOD'S SAVING POWER FOR EVERY ONE WHO BELIEVES. FOR THE JEW FIRST, AND ALSO FOR THE GENTILE.

¹ Since we stand justified as the result of faith, let us continue to enjoy the peace we have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ² Through him also we have had our access into this grace in which we have taken our stand, and are exulting in hope of the glory of God.

² Through him also we have had our access into this grace in which we have taken our stand, and are exulting in hope of the glory of God. ³ And not only so, but we are actually exulting also even in our troubles; for we know that trouble works fortitude,

¹¹ And not only that, but we exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now obtained our reconciliation.

⁹ But you are not earthly, but spiritual, if indeed the Spirit of God is really dwelling in you. If any one does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

¹⁶ So then it is not a question of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

⁹ Confess with your mouth "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God actually raised him from the dead, and you will be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

¹⁴ How then shall thy call upon Him in whom they do not believe? And how are they to believe in One of whom they have never heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? ¹⁵ And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring a glad gospel.

¹⁶ Now if the first-fruits of the dough Abraham and the Patriarchs are holy, so also is the whole mass their descendants. And if the root of a tree Abraham is holy, so also are the branches his descendants.

² And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

¹² Rejoice in hope; be patient under affliction; continue stedfast in prayer.

¹³ Now the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may be overflowing with hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

²⁶ For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make an offering for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

²¹ Timothy, my fellow worker, salutes you; so do my fellow countrymen Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater.

²³ Gaius, my host, and the host of the church, salutes you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, salutes you, and so does brother Quartus.

²⁵ Now I commend you to Him who is able to keep you stedfast, according to my gospel, and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, whereby is unveiled the secret truth which was kept secret through immemorial ages,

¹³ Has Christ been divided? Paul, was he crucified for you? or was it into the name of Paul that you were baptized? ¹⁴ I am thankful to God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, ¹⁵ so that no one can say you were baptized in my name. ¹⁶ Yes, I did baptize the house of Stephanas also, but I do not think I baptized any one else.

¹⁶ Yes, I did baptize the house of Stephanas also, but I do not think I baptized any one else.

⁶ I planted, Apollos watered, but God made the seed grow. ⁷ So neither is he who planted anything, nor he who watered, but God alone, who is making the seed grow.

¹⁷ With this in mind I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dear and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ; the manner in which I ever teach everywhere in every church.

¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his believing wife; and the unbelieving wife, through union with her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but now they are consecrated to God.

¹⁹ Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God's commands in everything.

²⁰ To the Jews I am become like a Jew, that I may win Jews; to those under the Law, like one under the Law, though I am not under the Law, myself;

¹¹ But the one and the same Spirit gives power to all, distributing his gifts to each as he wills.

⁵⁸ So, my brothers beloved, stand firm, immovable, always abounding in work for the Lord, because you know that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

¹ Now concerning the offering for the saints, you also are to do as I directed the church of Galatia.

¹ To the Church of God which is in Corinth, and to all the saints throughout Greece. from Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ, and from brother Timothy.

³ Thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort, ⁴ who ever comforts me in all my troubles, so that I may be continually able to comfort those who are in any trouble by the comfort with which God is ever comforting me. ⁵ For just as I have more than my share in the sufferings of the Christ, so also through the Christ I have more than my share of comfort. ⁶ If I am afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if I am receiving comfort, it is for your comfort—a comfort produced within you by your patient fortitude, under the same sufferings which I also am enduring. ⁷ My hope for you is firm; for I know that as you are comrades in my sufferings, so also are you comrades in my comfort. ⁸ Now, brothers, I want you to know about the troubles which befell me in Asia; how I was burdened altogether beyond my strength, so that I renounced all hope even of life itself.

¹⁹ For Jesus Christ, Son of God, who was proclaimed among you by us, that is, by Silvanus and Timothy and me, was not wavering between "Yes" and "No," but in him is the everlasting "Yes."

¹² Now when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, although a door was opened to me in the Lord,

¹² Now when I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, although a door was opened to me in the Lord, ¹³ I could get no peace of mind because I failed to find Titus, my brother. So I bade them good-bye and started off for Macedonia.

¹⁴ Nay, their minds were made dull; for to this very day, at the public reading of the Old Testament, the same veil rests thereon, because it is not revealed to them that in Christ the veil is taken away. ¹⁵ Yes, to this very day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies on their hearts; ¹⁶ but when their heart turns to our Lord the veil is stripped away.

⁴ Among them the god of this age has blinded the understanding of the unbelieving so that the sunshine of the gospel of God, should not dawn upon them. ⁵ It is not myself that I proclaim, but Christ Jesus as Master, and myself that I proclaim, and myself your slave for Jesus' sake. ⁶ For God who said, "Out of darkness light shall shine," is he who has shone in my heart, that the sunrise of the knowledge of God may shine forth in the face of Christ.

⁸ On every side I am hard pressed, yet not hemmed in; perplexed, but not in despair;

⁸ On every side I am hard pressed, yet not hemmed in; perplexed, but not in despair; ⁹ persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

⁹ persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. ¹⁰ Wherever I go, I am always carrying about in my body the dying of Jesus, in order that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in this body of mine. ¹¹ For, alive though I am, I am always given over to death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may shine forth in my dying flesh. ¹² So while death is working in me, life is working in you.

¹⁶ For this reason, as I have said, I do not lose courage, but even though my outward man is wasting away, my inward man is being renewed, day by day.

¹⁶ For this reason, as I have said, I do not lose courage, but even though my outward man is wasting away, my inward man is being renewed, day by day. ¹⁷ For my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

¹⁷ For my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, ¹⁸ while I am gazing not at things seen, but at things unseen; for things seen are temporal, but things unseen are eternal.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ overmasters me; because I thus judge that if One has died for all, then all have died;

⁵ by floggings, by imprisonment; in riots, in labors, in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst;

¹⁰ as grieved, but always glad; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

⁵ For even after I reached Macedonia, my flesh had no rest, but I was troubled on every hand. Without were fights; within were, fears.

¹ Now, brothers, I wish to tell you about the grace of God which has been manifest in the churches of Macedonia.

² for I know how ready you are, and am always boasting about you to the Macedonians, telling them that Greece has been ready for a year past; and your zeal has been a spur to the majority of them.

⁹ Even when I lacked the actual necessities of life while I was with you, I was a burden to no one; for whatever I lacked, the brothers from Macedonia supplied, when they came. So I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

²³ Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often. ²⁴ Five times at the hands of the Jews, I have received one short of forty lashes. ²⁵ Three times I have been scourged by the Romans; once I have been stoned; three times have I been shipwrecked; a night and a day have I been adrift in the open sea.

¹ I am forced to boast, though it is unprofitable, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. ² I know a Christian man who, fourteen years ago (whether in the body I know not, or out of the body, I know not. God knows), was caught up—this man of whom I speak—even into the third heaven. ³ And I know such a man (whether in the body or apart from the body I know not, God knows), ⁴ who was caught up into Paradise, and heard unutterable words which no human being is permitted to utter.

⁷ It was for this reason, lest I should be over-elated, that there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me, lest I should be over-elated.

¹¹ I am become a fool—you have forced me to; for you yourselves ought to have been my vindicators. In no respect am I inferior to these superapostolic apostles, even though I am nothing.

² with all the brothers who are with me. To the churches of Galatia greeting.

³ But although Titus, my companion, was a Greek, they did not compel even him to be circumcised.

⁸ (for he who has equipped Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised, equipped me also for the apostleship to the Gentiles),

¹ O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? You, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was placarded as crucified!

¹⁴ to the end that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that through faith we might receive the promised Spirit.

²² but the Scripture has shut up the whole world in prison together under sin, in order that the promise due to faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who have faith.

²⁶ You are all sons of God through your faith in Jesus Christ.

²⁸ In him there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

⁶ And because you are sons, God sent forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Dear, dear Father!"

¹ stand firm then, and do not be again entangled in a yoke of bondage.

¹ stand firm then, and do not be again entangled in a yoke of bondage. ² Listen to me! I, Paul, declare to you that if you are to continue to follow the rite of circumcision, Christ will be no profit to you. ³ I solemnly testify to every man who submits to circumcision that he obligates himself to keep the whole Law.

⁶ because in Christ neither circumcision has any value, nor uncircumcision, but faith which works through love.

¹³ For you, brothers, were called for freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for self-indulgence, but in love enslave yourselves to one another.

²⁰ idol-worship, sorcery, quarrels, party-spirit, jealousy, passionate anger, intrigues, factions, sectarianism,

²² But the harvest-fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, gentleness, and self-control;

¹⁰ So then, as we have opportunity, let is do good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of faith.

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus,

¹⁷ I am praying that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father most glorious, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation, through an intimate knowledge of himself; ¹⁸ and that the eyes of your heart may be flooded with light so that you may understand what is the hope of his calling, what the wealth of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

⁷ in order that he might show to the ages to come the amazing riches of his grace by his goodness to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is God's gift.

¹ For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—

⁸ To me, who am less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, that I should proclaim among the Gentiles the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ;

¹ I summon you then, I the prisoner in the Lord, to live lives worthy of the calling to which you were called.

¹³ till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. ¹⁴ So we shall no longer be children, tossed up and down, and blown about by every wind of teaching, tricked by the craft of men in the snares of misleading error; ¹⁵ but holding the truth in love we shall grow up in every part into him who is our Head, even Christ. ¹⁶ From him the whole body (knit together and compacted by all its joints) makes continual growth of the body so as to build itself up in love, through the energy of his bounteous provision, according to the need of each several part.

¹⁹ when you talk together; with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and with all your hearts making music unto the Lord;

¹ Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, and to the elders and deacons.

⁷ It is but just that I should be thus mindful of you all, because I have you in my heart, and because in these fetters of mine and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel you are all my fellow partners in the privilege.

¹⁹ For I know that these things will turn out to my salvation through your prayers and a rich supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

¹³ for it is God who, in his good-will is ever working in you both will and deed.

¹⁷ Nay, even if my life is to be poured out as a libation upon the sacrifice and service of you faith,

¹⁹ Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be of good comfort when I learn the news concerning you.

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again will I say, rejoice!

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again will I say, rejoice! ⁵ Let your reasonableness be recognized by every one. The Lord is near you. ⁶ Do not worry about anything; but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; ⁷ and the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will stand guard over your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

¹⁷ It is not your gifts I am eager for, but I am eager for the abundant profit that accrues to your divine account.

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

²³ And this he will do if, indeed, you continue in the faith, firmly founded and stedfast, and never moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, and which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, that gospel of which I, Paul, was made a minister. ²⁴ I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf; and I am filling up in my own body what is yet lacking of the sufferings of Christ in behalf of the church, his Body.

²⁷ To them God willed to make known among the Gentiles how glorious are the riches of that secret truth, which is "Christ in you, the hope of glory." ²⁸ Him I am ever proclaiming, warning every one and teaching every one, in all wisdom; that I may bring every man into his presence, full grown in Christ.

⁶ As then you have received Jesus Christ, your Lord, in him live your lives;

¹⁵ Principalities and powers he disarmed, and openly displayed them as his trophies, when he triumphed over them in the cross.

¹⁵ Let the peace of Christ, to which also you were called in one body, rule in your hearts, and show yourselves thankful. ¹⁶ Let the word of Christ have its home in you richly, in all wisdom. Teach and admonish one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, ever singing with grace in your hearts unto God. ¹⁷ And whatever you do, whether in word of in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God our Father through him.

¹ Paul and Silas and Timothy. To the church of the Thessalonians which is in God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to you, and peace.

⁷ Thus you became a pattern to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. ⁸ For the word of the Lord has been sounded forth from you, and its sound has been heard not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place where the tidings of your faith toward God have been spread abroad, so that I have no need to speak of it.

² for you remember that although I had already borne ill-treatment and insult at Philippi, I took courage in my God to tell you the gospel of God, in the face of much opposition.

⁸ So in my fond affection it was my joy to give you, not only the gospel of God, but my very life also, because you had become dear to me.

² I sent Timothy, my brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and to hearten you in your faith.

² I sent Timothy, my brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and to hearten you in your faith. ³ So that no one should be shaken by these troubles—for you know well that we are appointed to troubles.

⁶ But now that Timothy has returned from you to me, and has brought good news of your faith and love, and that you are still holding me in affectionate remembrance, always longing to see me as I also am longing to see you.

¹³ And so may he establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus, with all his saints.

⁹ It is not needed that I should write to you about brotherly love; for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. ¹⁰ As indeed you do love all the brothers in Macedonia. But I exhort you, brothers, to abound in this yet more.

¹⁰ As indeed you do love all the brothers in Macedonia. But I exhort you, brothers, to abound in this yet more.

¹⁵ Take care that none of you ever return evil for evil, but always pursue what is kind to one another and to all. ¹⁶ Always be joyful. ¹⁷ Pray without ceasing. ¹⁸ Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

¹ Paul and Silvanus and Timothy. To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and a good hope in grace,

² to Timothy, my true son in the faith; Grace, mercy and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹³ although I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a doer of outrage. But I obtained mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief. ¹⁴ And the grace of our Lord overflowed with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners"! And there is no greater sinner than I! ¹⁶ Yet for this very cause I obtained mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might display all his boundless patience as an illustration for those who should later believe in him, and so gain life eternal.

¹⁸ This charge then, I am laying upon you, Timothy, my son, according to the predictions formerly made concerning you. Fight the good fight in the spirit of these predictions,

⁷ He should also have a good reputation among outsiders, lest he fall into reproach, and into a snare of the devil.

¹⁰ She must be well reputed for good works, as one who has brought up a family, received strangers with hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the distressed, and diligently followed every good work.

²⁵ So also noble deeds are conspicuous, and even if otherwise, they cannot be kept hidden.

¹⁰ For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil; and in their eager desire to be rich some have been led astray form the faith, and have pierced themselves with many sorrows.

² To Timothy, my beloved child; Grace mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁵ I have been reminded of that sincere faith which is in your heart; which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and, I am fully persuaded, dwells in you also.

¹⁵ You already know that all the Christians in Roman Asia forsook me, among them Phygellus and Hermogenes.

⁹ For preaching it I am suffering, and am even put in chains as a malefactor.

⁸ As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also do these men withstand the truth; being corrupt in mind and worthless in all that concerns the faith.

¹¹ as well as the persecutions and sufferings which befell me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. You know all the persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all!

¹⁵ and how from a child you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵ and how from a child you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶ Every Scripture, seeing that it is God-breathed, is also profitable for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

¹⁰ for Demas has deserted me for love of this present world, and is gone to Thessalonica; Crescens is gone to Galatia; Titus to Dalmatia.

¹³ When you come, bring the cloak I left in Troas with Carpus; also my books, but especially my parchments.

⁷ For I have great joy and comfort in your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed.

⁹ yet for love's sake, I rather beseech you, I, Paul, an old man, and now a prisoner for Christ Jesus!

¹⁷ If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.

⁷ In the days of his flesh, with better cries and weeping Jesus offered up prayers and supplications to Him who was able to save him out of death; and he was heard because of his devout submission.

¹⁹ Since, then, we have a cheerful confidence, brothers, to enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by the way which he dedicated for us, that new and living way, through the veil (that is, his flesh); ²¹ and since we have a great High Priest over the house of God; ²² let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from and evil conscience, and our bodies bathed in pure water.

² For by it men of old times had witness borne to them.

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

³⁶ Others again bore trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, even of chains and imprisonment.

² Do not neglect to show hospitality; for by it some have even entertained angels unawares.

⁹ Do not allow yourselves to be swept away by various and strange teachings. For it is a beautiful thing to be established in heart by grace, and not by regulations regarding food, from which those that occupied themselves with them have derived no benefit.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of an eternal covenant, ²¹ equip you in every good deed for the doing of his will, doing in you what is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory unto the ages of the ages! Amen!

²³ You know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he comes soon, I will see him with you.

² My brothers, when you are beset by various temptations, count it all joy,

¹⁶ Do not be deceived, my brothers! ¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, and is ever coming down to us from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of eclipse.

⁶ But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to court?

¹³ For judgment is without mercy to the man who has showed no mercy. but mercy glories in the face of judgment. ¹⁴ My brothers, what good is it if any one says that he has faith, if he has no deeds? Can such faith save him? ¹⁵ If a brother or sister be naked and in need of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, find warmth and food for yourselves," but at the same time you do not give the necessaries of the body, what good would that do them? ¹⁷ In just the same way faith, if it have not deeds, is by itself a lifeless thing.

⁴ You adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whoever, then, desires to be a friend of the world, makes himself and enemy of God.

¹³ Is any one of you in trouble? Let him pray.

¹ Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Roman Asia, and Bithynia,

⁶ Exult in this, though now for a brief moment, if need be, you have suffered many hardships. ⁷ These are in order that the test of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable and yet is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor, at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ⁸ Him you love, though you have never seen him; in him you ever believe, though even now you see him not, and you are rejoicing with joy unspeakable and full of glory,

¹¹ They were searching to know to what time, or to what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them kept pointing, when he ever testified beforehand concerning the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.

¹⁶ Live like free men; and yet do not make your freedom a cloak for misconduct, but be the slaves of God.

²⁴ He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree, in order that we might become dead to sins, and be alive unto righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

¹⁴ If you are being reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the spirit of glory and of God is resting upon you.

¹⁰ But the God of all grace, who has called us by Christ Jesus to share his eternal glory, will, after you have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

¹² By Sylvanus, a faithful brother of yours, as I suppose, I have written you briefly, to comfort you, and to testify that this is the true grace of God. In this stand fast.

³ In their covetousness, with cunning words, they will make merchandise of you; those whose doom has not been idle from of old, and whose destruction has not been slumbering.

¹⁸ My children, let us not love in word nor in talk, but in deed and in truth.

¹⁰ He who believes on the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God, has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. ¹¹ And the testimony is this, "God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son." ¹² He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life. ¹³ I have written these words to you so that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.

¹⁰ If any one come to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, nor give him any greeting.

⁵ You are acting faithfully, beloved, in whatever you are doing for the brothers and the strangers.

⁸ Hence we ought to support such, so that we may become fellow workers for the truth.

⁴ From John to the seven churches that are in Asia the Roman Province. Grace to you, and peace from Him that is and was and is to be, and from the Seven Spirits that are before his throne,

⁹ I, John, who am your brother and who share with you in the woes and kingdom and stedfastness of Jesus, found myself in the island called Patmos, for the sake of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

¹¹ saying, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and Sardis and Philadelphia and Laodicea."

¹⁰ Fear not what you are about to suffer! Behold, the devil is indeed going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested, and you will have persecution for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

¹⁸ And to the angel of the Church in Thyatira, write. These are the words of the Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet like burnished brass. ¹⁹ I know your works and your love and faith and service and endurance; I know that your last works are more than the first. ²⁰ But I have this against you, that you are tolerating that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she is teaching and leading my slaves astray, leading them to practise immorality, and to eat food which has been sacrificed to idols. ²¹ I have given her time for repentance; but she is determined not to turn from her immorality. ²² Behold, I will lay her on a sick bed, and bring great distress upon those who have committed adultery with her, unless they turn away from her works. ²³ And moreover, her children will I kill with pestilence. And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the hearts and souls of men. I will give to each of you according to his works. ²⁴ But to the rest of you in Thyatira, those who do not hold his teaching, and who do not know the "deep things" of Satan (as they call them),

⁷ Write also to the angel of the Church in Philadelphia. These things says He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens, and no one shall shut; and who shuts, and no one opens.

⁹ Behold, I am making those of the synagogue of Satan, those who say they are Jews, but are not, but are lying; behold, I will make them to come and bow in reverence before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

²⁰ Behold, I am standing at the door and knocking! If any one listens to my voice, and opens the door, I will come to him, and sup with him, and he with me.

¹² And I looked when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black, like sackcloth, and the full moon became like blood;

¹³ And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell; and there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand persons; and the rest were frightened and gave glory to the God of heaven.

¹¹ "And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, For no one buys their merchandise any more— ¹² Merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, Of pearls, and fine linen, and purple and silk and scarlet; All citron wood, and vessels of ivory, And vessels of rare wood and brass and iron and marble; ¹³ Cinnamon and balsam and spices and myrrh and frankincense; Wine and oil and fine flour and wheat; Cattle and sheep, and horses and chariots, And slaves, and the souls of men.