Acts 21 Cross References - MNT

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, 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. ¹⁹ After saluting them Paul rehearsed, one by one, the things that God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry. ²⁰ And they, when they heard it, glorified God, and said to him. "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews, of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law. ²¹ "Now what they have been told about you, again and again, is that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles, to forsake Moses, and not to circumcise their children, nor to follow the old customs. ²² "What then ought to be done? They will certainly hear that you are come. ²³ "So do this that we tell you. ²⁴ "We have four men here under a vow; associate yourself with them, purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses so that they may have their heads shaved; then every one will know that there is no truth in the rumors that they have heard about you; but that you yourself walk orderly obeying the law. ²⁵ "As for the Gentile believers, we wrote giving judgment that they should abstain from anything sacrificed to an idol, from blood, from what is strangled, and from fornication." ²⁶ Then Paul took the men, and after purifying himself with them next day, went into the temple to declare the fulfilment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them. ²⁷ But when the seven days were almost over, the Asiatic Jews caught sight of him in the temple, and began to stir up all the crowd, and laid hands on him, shouting. ²⁸ "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who goes everywhere preaching to everybody against the people, and the Law, and this place. And he has actually brought Gentiles even into the temple, and has desecrated the holy place." ²⁹ (For they had formerly seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the city, and supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.) 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. ³² At once he took soldiers and centurions, and rushed down upon them. When they saw the tribune and the troops, they left off beating Paul. ³³ Then the tribune came up and seized him, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. "Who is he?" he began asking, "and what has he done?" ³⁴ Some among the crowd kept shouting one thing, some another; and when the tribune could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered Paul into the barracks. ³⁵ When was going up the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the mob, ³⁶ for the whole mass of the people were following him, shouting, "Away with him!" ³⁷ Just as he was about to be taken into the barracks, Paul said to the tribune, "May I speak to you?" ³⁸ "Do you know Greek?" said the tribune; "Are you not, then, the Egyptian who in days gone by stirred up to sedition, and let into the wilderness the four thousand cutthroats?" ³⁹ "I am a Jew," answered Paul, "a native of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city. And I pray you, give me permission to speak to the people." ⁴⁰ So when he had given leave, Paul stood on the stairs, beckoning with his hands to the people. There came a great hush, and he spoke to them as follows, in Hebrew.

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

²⁴ And his fame spread throughout all Syria. They brought all the sick to him, those who were suffering from various diseases and troubles—demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics—and he healed them.

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.

⁴⁷ "Even the tax-gatherers do that, do they not? And if you show courtesy to your brother only, what are you doing more than others? Even the Gentiles do that, do they not?

¹⁰ thy kingdom come, and thy will be done, On earth, as in heaven.

² These are the names of the apostles (missionaries). First, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

¹¹ "Into whatever city or town you enter, inquire for some worthy person there, and stay with him until you leave.

¹⁸ "And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹ "But whenever they apprehend you, do not be anxious about how you shall speak or what you shall say; for it will be given you in that very hour what to say. ²⁰ "For it will not be you who is speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

²¹ "Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented, long ago, in sackcloth and ashes.

³¹ He set forth to them another parable, saying. "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard-seed which a man took and planted in his field. ³² "This is indeed the smallest of seeds, but when it is grown it is greater than any herb, and becomes a tree, so that the winged things of the sky come and roost in its branches." ³³ He told them another parable. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened."

²¹ Those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

²¹ After this Jesus the Christ began to show his disciples how he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things at the hands of the elders and chief priests and Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised again. ²² Then Peter took him aside and began to reprove him, saying. "God forbid, Master! That shall never befall you." ²³ But he turned and said to Peter. "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me, because you are not intent on what pleases God, but what pleases men."

¹⁸ "Look! We are on the way up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, ¹⁹ "and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified; and on the third day he will rise from the grave."

¹⁰ And as he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred. "Who is this?" they said.

¹⁵ "So when you see the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place let the reader take note of this,

²⁶ "'See, He is in the desert,' do not go out there. "'See, He is in the inner room,' do not believe it.

⁵ but said they, "Not during the feast, for fear of causing a riot among the people."

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."

⁴² Then he went away again a second time and prayed, saying, "O, my Father, if this cup cannot pass except I drink it, Thy will be done."

¹ And when the morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, how they might put him to death. ² After they had bound him, they led him away, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman Governor.

⁴⁰ One day a leper cane to him and besought him as he knelt down to him, saying, "If you choose, you are able to cleanse me."

² but, "Not on a feast-day," they said, "for fear there should be a riot among the people."

² This was the first census, When Quirinius was governor of Syria.

³⁶ There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in age, having lived with her husband seven years, after her girlhood,

²⁹ they rose, hurried him outside the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, intending to cast him down headlong.

⁴ When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Push out into deep water, and let down your nets for a haul."

²² Now it happened that one of these days he got into a boat, And him his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake."

¹³ "Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! For had the mighty been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

² So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,

¹ Meanwhile when myriads of the multitudes were thronging around him so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples, first of all. "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisee, which is hypocrisy.

³ And he told them a parable. ⁴ "Which one of you men, if he has a hundred sheep, and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? ⁵ "And after he has found it, he lays it on his shoulder, rejoicing. ⁶ "When he gets home he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying, "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.' ⁷ "I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance. ⁸ "Or, again, suppose a woman has ten coins. If she loses one, does she not light a lamp and sweep the house, and search anxiously until she finds it? ⁹ "And when she has found it, she calls together her woman friends and neighbors and say, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.' ¹⁰ "Even so I tell you there is joy in the presence of the angels for God over one sinner who repents."

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.'"

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.

¹⁵ "for I will give you utterance and a wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to answer or withstand.

⁴² "Father, if thou art willing, take away this cup from me; but thy will, not mine, be done!"

¹⁸ Then the whole crowd shouted out, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas."

³⁸ For there was an inscription over his head, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

¹¹ He came to his own creation, and his own folk welcomed him not.

²⁵ Then some of John's disciples got into a controversy with a Jew in regard to purification; so they came to John and said to him.

² Now there is in Jerusalem a pool near the Sheep-gate, called in the Hebrew, Bethesda.

⁵³ Then they departed each to his own house.

⁵⁵ and there remained with his disciples. Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem for purification before the Passover.

²⁴ In solemn truth I tell you that except a kernel of wheat fall into the ground and die, it remains a single kernel; but if it die it bears a great crop.

² "They will excommunicate you from their synagogues; indeed the time is coming when any one who kills you will suppose that he is doing God's service.

³² "behold the hour approaches and is already come when you will be scattered, each man to his home, and will leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

¹² So the troops and their commandant and the Jewish police took Jesus, and bound him,

²⁹ So Pilate came outside to them and asked, "What charge do you bring against this man?" ³⁰ In reply they said, "If he had not been a criminal, we should not have handed him over you."

¹³ On hearing what they said, Pilate brought Jesus out and made him sit on the judge's seat in a place called the Mosaic Pavement (the Hebrew name is Gabbatha).

¹⁵ Then they shouted. "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" "Crucify your King?" said Pilate. The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"

¹⁷ So they took Jesus, who went forth bearing his own cross, to a place called The Place of a Skull—in the Hebrew tongue, Golgotha.

²⁰ This inscription was read by many of the Jews, because the place where they crucified Jesus was near the city, and the inscription was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, "Behold your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her to his home.

¹⁷ "For he was numbered among us, and he did get his allotted share of this ministry.

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;

⁴¹ Then those who welcomed his message were baptized, and in that day about three thousand souls were added to them;

³ They arrested them, and put them in prison till the next day, for it was already evening. ⁴ But many of those who had heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

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.

³⁶ In this way Joseph, whom the apostles called Barnabas ("Son of Encouragement" is what it means), who was a native Cyprus,

¹⁸ and they apprehended the apostles, and threw them into the public prison.

³⁶ "Years ago Theudas arose, claiming to be somebody, and was joined by about four hundred men. He was killed, and all of his followers dispersed and annihilated. ³⁷ "After him Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some of the people after him. He also perished, and all his followers were scattered.

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;

¹ Now in these days while the number of the disciples was multiplying, the Grecian Jews began to murmur against the Hebrews, because their widows were habitually overlooked in the distribution of alms.

⁵ This plan commended itself to the whole body, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch.

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.

⁹ But certain men from the so-called "Synagogue of the Freedmen" and certain Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, Cilicians, and men from Roman Asia, started to dispute with Stephen,

¹² The elders and the scribes rushed upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the Sanhedrin. ¹³ They also set up false witnesses who testified. "This fellow is continually talking against the Holy Place and against the law. ¹⁴ "For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which were handed down to us by Moses."

⁵⁴ As they heard these words they became furious and gnashed their teeth at him.

⁵⁷ With a loud outcry they stopped their ears, and rushed upon Stephen in a body, ⁵⁸ dragged him outside the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

⁵ Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and began to preach Christ there. ⁶ The crowd with one accord were giving heed to what he said, when they heard and saw the signs that he did. ⁷ For with a loud cry unclean spirits would come out of many possessed by them, and many that were palsied and lame were healed. ⁸ There began to be great joy in that city. 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. ¹³ And Simon himself also believed, and after his baptism he remained with Philip, and was full of amazement as he beheld the signs and striking miracles which were performed.

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 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." 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. ³² Now the portion of Scripture which he was reading was as follows. He was led a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is dumb, So he opened not his mouth. ³³ In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who will declare his posterity? For his life is cut off from the earth. ³⁴ "Pray," asked the eunuch of Philip, "of whom is the prophet speaking? Of himself, or of some one else?" ³⁵ Then Philip opened his lips, and beginning from that same scripture, he preached the gospel of Jesus to 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?" ³⁷ And Philip said, "If you believe with your whole heart, you may." The eunuch answered, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." 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. ⁴⁰ Philip found himself at Ashdod. Then visiting town after town, he kept preaching the good news in all the cities until he reached Caesarea.

⁴⁰ Philip found himself at Ashdod. Then visiting town after town, he kept preaching the good news in all the cities until he reached Caesarea.

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.

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

³⁰ When they learned this the brothers took him down to Caesarea, and then sent him forth to Tarsus.

⁴⁰ But Peter put them all out, and kneeled down, and prayed; and then turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, rise!" She opened her eyes, and on seeing Peter she sat up.

¹ Now there was at Caesarea a man named Cornelius, a captain in the Italian regiment.

²⁴ and the day after that they reached Caesarea. There Cornelius was waiting for them, and had brought together all his relatives and intimate friends.

⁴⁸ And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they begged him to remain with them for a time.

⁴ Then Peter began and explained the whole matter to them in order, saying. 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. 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.' ¹⁵ "And," said Peter, "as soon as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as he fell upon us at the beginning. ¹⁶ "Then I remembered the words of the Lord, how he used to say, "John indeed baptized in water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.' ¹⁷ "So if God gave them the same gift as he gave to us, when we first believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?" ¹⁸ On hearing this they held their peace and glorified God, saying, "Forsooth then, to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life."

¹⁸ On hearing this they held their peace and glorified God, saying, "Forsooth then, to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life." ¹⁹ Then those who had been scattered by the trouble that arose over Stephen, traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch; but they preached the word to none except Jews.

²⁶ and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch, where for a whole year they were guests of the church, and taught many people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of "Christians."

²⁸ One of them, who was Agabus, rose up, and being instructed by the Spirit, predicted that a great famine was about to come upon the whole inhabited earth. (It came in the reign of Claudius.)

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

⁶ Now when Herod was about to bring him forth, on that very night, while Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison,

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.

²⁰ Now Herod was violently displeased with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him, with one accord, and after conciliating Blastus, the royal chamberlain, they begged for peace because their country depended upon the king's country for its food supply.

¹ Now there were in the church in Antioch prophets and teachers; Barnabas and Symeon, surnamed "the Black," Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul. 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."

⁴ So they, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

¹⁶ So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand, said: "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.

⁵⁰ But the Jews urged on the devout women of high rank, and the leading citizens, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of the district,

² But the disobedient Jews stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and embittered them against them against the brothers.

⁵ And when both the Gentiles and the Jews with their ruler made a hostile move to maltreat and to stone them,

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.

²⁷ On their arrival they assembled the church and reported all things that God had done through them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

¹ But some men came down from Judea and attempted to teach the brethren, saying, "Unless you are circumcised according to Moses' custom, you cannot be saved." 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. ³ So the church saw them off on their journey, and they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria. Here they set forth the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers. ⁴ Upon their arrival in Jerusalem they were received by the church and the apostles and elders, and they told them all things that God had done with them. ⁵ But certain men who had belonged to the sect of the Pharisees, but were now believers, stood up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise Gentile, and to order them to keep the Law of Moses." ⁶ The apostles and elders met to consider the matter;

¹² Then the whole assembly remained silent, and listened to Barnabas and Saul as they told the signs and wonders which God had wrought among the Gentiles through them. ¹³ When they had finished speaking, James said:

¹⁹ "My judgment therefore, is against troubling those who turn to God from among the Gentiles;

¹⁹ "My judgment therefore, is against troubling those who turn to God from among the Gentiles; 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.

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. ²¹ "For Moses from the earliest times has had his preachers in every town where he is read aloud, Sabbath after Sabbath, in the synagogues." 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. ²³ They took with them the following letter. "The apostles and older brothers send greeting to the Gentile Brotherhood throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia; ²⁴ "as we have heard that some of your number who went out from us have troubled you with words and upset your souls, without having received any such instruction from us;

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."

³⁹ So there arose a sharp irritation, so that they parted company; Barnabas taking Mark with him, sailed away to Cyprus;

⁴¹ He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

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.

⁶ Then they went through Phrygia and Galatia, the Holy Spirit having forbidden them to proclaim the message in Asia.

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.

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,

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.

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.

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,

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."

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.

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.

¹⁰ Now the brothers sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they got there they betook themselves to the Jewish synagogue.

¹³ As soon as the Jews in Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea also, they came there, and stirred up and troubled the crowds.

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

¹⁷ Then they all laid hold of Sosthenes, the warden of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal; but Gallio took no notice. ¹⁸ And Paul after remaining in Corinth some time longer, took leave of the brothers, and sailed away to Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. As Paul was under a vow, he had his head shaved at Cenchrea. ¹⁹ When they came to Ephesus he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

²² Then, setting sail from Ephesus, he landed at Caesarea; he went up to Jerusalem and saluted the church, and came down to Antioch.

¹ Now it happened that while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul, after passing through the hinterland, came to Ephesus, where he found a few disciples.

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,

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,

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."

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.

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.

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.

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. ¹⁷ From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church to come to him;

²² And now I am going to Jerusalem, bound in the Spirit, not knowing what will befall me there,

²² And now I am going to Jerusalem, bound in the Spirit, not knowing what will befall me there, ²³ except that in city after city the Holy Spirit is warning me that bonds and afflictions are awaiting me.

²³ except that in city after city the Holy Spirit is warning me that bonds and afflictions are awaiting me. ²⁴ But I hold not my life of any account, as dear unto myself, if only I may run my race, and accomplish the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

³⁶ When he had so said, Paul kneeled down, and prayed with them. ³⁷ And they all began, with loud lamentations, to throw their arms about his neck, and to kiss him lovingly, again and again,

³⁷ And they all began, with loud lamentations, to throw their arms about his neck, and to kiss him lovingly, again and again, ³⁸ sorrowing most of all for the words that he had spoken, that after that day they should look upon his face no more. And they began to escort him to the ship.

³⁸ sorrowing most of all for the words that he had spoken, that after that day they should look upon his face no more. And they began to escort him to the ship.

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.

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.

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.

¹⁰ and while we remained there many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

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.'"

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.

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.

¹⁹ After saluting them Paul rehearsed, one by one, the things that God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry.

²¹ "Now what they have been told about you, again and again, is that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles, to forsake Moses, and not to circumcise their children, nor to follow the old customs.

²⁴ "We have four men here under a vow; associate yourself with them, purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses so that they may have their heads shaved; then every one will know that there is no truth in the rumors that they have heard about you; but that you yourself walk orderly obeying the law.

²⁶ Then Paul took the men, and after purifying himself with them next day, went into the temple to declare the fulfilment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.

²⁸ "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who goes everywhere preaching to everybody against the people, and the Law, and this place. And he has actually brought Gentiles even into the temple, and has desecrated the holy place."

³³ Then the tribune came up and seized him, and ordered that he be bound with two chains. "Who is he?" he began asking, "and what has he done?" ³⁴ Some among the crowd kept shouting one thing, some another; and when the tribune could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered Paul into the barracks. ³⁵ When was going up the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the mob,

³⁷ Just as he was about to be taken into the barracks, Paul said to the tribune, "May I speak to you?" ³⁸ "Do you know Greek?" said the tribune; "Are you not, then, the Egyptian who in days gone by stirred up to sedition, and let into the wilderness the four thousand cutthroats?"

⁴⁰ So when he had given leave, Paul stood on the stairs, beckoning with his hands to the people. There came a great hush, and he spoke to them as follows, in Hebrew.

² When they heard him speaking in Hebrew they became the more quiet. ³ "I am a Jew," he said, "born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strict manner of the Law of our forefathers, ardent for God, even as you all are this day.

¹⁹ "'Lord,' I replied, 'they themselves well know that I was beating and imprisoning in synagogue after synagogue those who believed in you,

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!"

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.

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?"

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." 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. ³⁰ The next day, as he wished to learn the real reason why the Jews accused Paul, he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and brought Paul down, and placed him before them.

¹⁰ But when the dissension became violent, the tribune, fearing that they would tear Paul in pieces, ordered the troops to march down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

¹⁶ But Paul's sister's son heard of their intended attack, and he went and got into the barracks, and told Paul. ¹⁷ And Paul called one of the centurions, and said, "Take this young man to the tribune, for he has something to tell him."

²³ Then he called two centurions to him and said: "Get ready by nine o'clock tonight two hundred infantry to march as far as Caesarea, and also seventy troopers and two hundred spearmen."

²³ Then he called two centurions to him and said: "Get ready by nine o'clock tonight two hundred infantry to march as far as Caesarea, and also seventy troopers and two hundred spearmen." ²⁴ He further ordered them to provide horses on which to mount Paul, so as to bring him safely to Felix, the governor.

²⁷ "This man Paul had been seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the troops, and rescued him, as I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

³² Next day the infantry returned to the barracks, leaving the troopers to ride on with him.

³⁴ After reading the letter, he asked to what province he belonged, and when he understood that he was of Cilicia, he said,

⁵ "For we have found this fellow a pest, an inciter of insurrection among all the Jews of the empire, and a ringleader in the heresy of the Nazarenes. ⁶ "He even tried to profane the Temple, but we arrested him.

⁶ "He even tried to profane the Temple, but we arrested him.

¹⁸ "While I was thus engaged, they found me in the temple, purified, with no crowd and no uproar. But there were certain Asiatic Jews

²² At this point Felix, who had a pretty accurate knowledge of the Way, adjourned the case, saying to the Jews, "When Lysias the tribune comes down, I will go carefully into the matter."

²⁷ But after two full years Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and because he wished to curry favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul still in prison.

¹ Three days after Festus entered his province, he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

⁶ After staying not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day, after taking his seat upon the tribunal, he ordered Paul to be brought.

⁹ But Festus, wishing to ingratiate himself with the Jews, answered Paul and said, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried there by me upon these charges?"

¹³ A short time after this King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

¹⁶ I told them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give any man up for punishment, before the accused had his accusers face to face, and had opportunity of defending himself against the charges that had been brought against him.

²³ So the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp, and took their places in the hall of audience, accompanied by the tribunes and men of high rank in the city. At the command of Festus Paul was brought in.

²⁶ "Now I have nothing very definite to tell our sovereign about him. So I have brought the man before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, in order that, after examination, I may have something to write.

⁹ "I indeed once thought with myself that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus, the Nazarene. ¹⁰ "And this also I did in Jerusalem. Armed with authority from the chief priests, I shut up many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death I gave my vote against them.

¹⁴ "We all fell to the ground; and I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew. "'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goad.'

²⁰ "but I proceeded to preach, first to those in Damascus, and then in Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they must repent and turn to God and do deeds worthy of repentance. ²¹ "For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.

²¹ "For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.

²⁹ "Long or short," answered Paul, "my prayer to God is that not only you but all who are my hearers this day might become such as I am, save for these chains."

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.

⁴ Putting to sea from thence we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us;

⁶ And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and put us on board of her.

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.

¹⁴ There we found brothers who invited us to stay a week with them. Then we reached Rome.

¹⁶ When we finally entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier to guard him. ¹⁷ Now three days later he called the leading Jews together, and when they were come together he said to them. "Brothers, I was delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of your fathers.

²⁰ This is the reason why I begged you to see and speak with me. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."

²⁵ Unable to agree among themselves, they began to go, but not before Paul had spoken a word to them, saying. "Right well did the Holy Spirit say to your ancestors, through the prophet Isaiah.

³⁵ What shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall anguish, or calamity, or persecution, or famine? Shall nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ Even as it is written. For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. ³⁷ Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors Through Him who loved us.

² For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, only it is a zeal without knowledge.

¹ Welcome a man of weak faith, but not for the purpose of deciding doubtful points. ² One man has faith to eat anything; but he whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. ³ He who eats meat must not despise the man who abstains; and let not the man who abstains judge him who eats; for God has received him. ⁴ Who are you just that judges the household-servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And stand he will, for his Master has power to make him stand. ⁵ There are some who esteem one day above another; there are others who esteem all days alike; let each other be fully persuaded in his own mind. ⁶ He who regards the day, regards it unto his Lord; and he who regards it not, disregards it unto his Lord. He who eats meat, eats unto his Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who abstains, abstains unto his Lord, since he, too, gives God thanks.

⁶ so that with one heart and with one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁷ Wherefore always receive one another into fellowship, to the glory of God, even as Christ also received you.

⁷ Wherefore always receive one another into fellowship, to the glory of God, even as Christ also received you.

⁹ and so that the Gentiles also should praise God for his mercy, as it is written, Therefore I will offer praise to thee among the Gentiles, And sing to thy name. ¹⁰ Or again, Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people. ¹¹ Or again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, And let all the people extol him. ¹² Or again, as Isaiah says. There shall be the root of Jesse, And he that arises to rule over the Gentiles; On him shall the Gentiles hope. 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.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any thing except that which Christ has done through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed, ¹⁹ through the might of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit. So that beginning at Jerusalem and its environs, I have proclaimed without reserve the gospel of Christ, even as far as Illyricum.

⁷ and Andronicus and Junia, my kinsfolk and fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, and who became Christians before I did.

⁵ What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Just ministers through whom you have believed, and each doing the work that the Lord gave him. 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. ⁸ Now, though he who plants and he who waters are one, each will receive his own reward, according to his own service. ⁹ For we are God's fellow workers; and you are God's field, you are God's building.

¹³ When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when defamed, we conciliate. We have been made, as it were, scum-o'-the-earth, the very refuse of the world, to this very hour!

¹⁸ So, was any man called, being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was any man called when he was uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised. ¹⁹ Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God's commands in everything.

²⁵ I have no command from the Lord to give you concerning unmarried women; but I give you my opinion, and it is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence. ²⁶ I think then, that in view of the time of suffering now imminent, it is best for a man to remain as he is. ²⁷ Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife. ²⁸ Yet if you do not marry, you have not done wrong; and if a girl marries, she has not done wrong. Such people, however, will have trouble in worldly affairs, and I wish to spare you. ²⁹ Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none, ³⁰ let those who weep be as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess, ³¹ and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away. ³² So I want you to be free from all anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the Lord's business, how he may please the Lord; ³³ but a married man is anxious about worldly affairs, how he may please his wife, and he is divided in his mind. ³⁴ Again, the woman who is widow, or the maid, is anxious about the Lord's business, how she may be pure in body and in mind; but the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs, how she may please her husband.

³⁸ So he that gives his daughter in marriage is doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing right, and he who keeps her unmarried will be doing better.

¹⁹ Though free from all men, I make myself the slave of all, that I may win the more. 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;

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; ²¹ to those outside the Law, as one outside the Law, to win those outside the Law (though I am not outside the law of God, but inside the law of Christ).

⁴ Every man who prays or prophesies with head veiled dishonors his Head; ⁵ but every woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishonors her head (her husband). for it is one and the same thing as if she were shaven.

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and that grace of his, bestowed upon me, did not prove ineffectual. I labored more abundantly than all the rest, yet not I, but by the grace of God that is with me.

³¹ Every day I am facing death, my brothers, I affirm it by that pride in you which I have through Christ Jesus our 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.

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. ¹³ But having the same spirit of faith of which it is written, I believed, and therefore have spoken, I also believe and so I speak. ¹⁴ For I know that He who raised from the dead the Lord Jesus, will raise me also with Jesus, and set me at your side in his presence. ¹⁵ For everything is for your sakes, so that more abundant grace, because of the thanksgiving of many voices, might overflow to the glory of God. 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,

¹ As a worker with him I beseech you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

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.

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.

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.

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. ²⁶ My journeys have been many; in perils of rivers, in perils of bandits; in perils from my countrymen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness; in perils on the sea, in perils among false brothers;

²⁶ My journeys have been many; in perils of rivers, in perils of bandits; in perils from my countrymen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness; in perils on the sea, in perils among false brothers;

²⁶ My journeys have been many; in perils of rivers, in perils of bandits; in perils from my countrymen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness; in perils on the sea, in perils among false brothers; ²⁷ in toil and weariness, often in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst, often without anything to eat; in cold and in nakedness.

²⁷ in toil and weariness, often in sleepless watching, in hunger and thirst, often without anything to eat; in cold and in nakedness. ²⁸ Not to mention other things, there is the crowding pressure of each day upon me, the care of all the churches. ²⁹ Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, but I burn with indignation? ³⁰ If boast I must, it shall be concerning my weakness. ³¹ The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am telling the truth. ³² In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the King, kept guard over the city of the Damascus, to arrest me; ³³ but through an opening in the wall I was let down in a basket, and so escaped and out of his hands.

¹² In truth the signs of the true apostle were wrought among you in all patience by signs and marvels and powers.

¹⁴ and how in my zeal for Judaism I outstripped many of my own age and nation, in my special zeal for the traditions of my forefathers.

¹⁹ I saw no other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.

²⁴ And they were giving glory to God on my account.

⁹ and when they recognized the grace which had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, then thought to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and to me the right hand of fellowship. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the Jews.

¹² For until certain men came from James he used to eat with the Gentile Christians, but when they came, he began to draw back and to separate himself, because he was afraid of the circumcision party.

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. ⁴ If you are being justified by law, you are cut off from Christ; you are fallen away from grace. ⁵ But we are not, for we through the Spirit are eagerly waiting by faith for a hope of righteousness (a hope well founded); ⁶ because in Christ neither circumcision has any value, nor uncircumcision, but faith which works through love.

¹² Those who are trying to compel you to be circumcised are such as wish to make a fair show in the flesh, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. ¹³ Even those who are being circumcised, are not themselves keeping the Law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may glory in your flesh. ¹⁴ God forbid that I should glory in anything except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon which the world has been crucified to me and I have been crucified to the world. ¹⁵ For in Jesus Christ neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

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

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

¹¹ It is he who made some men apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,

²⁰ and in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it boldly as I ought to speak.

²⁰ So it is my keen expectation and hope that I shall never feel ashamed, but that with fearless courage, now as hither to, Christ may be magnified in my body, whether by my life or by my death. ²¹ For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

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

²⁶ for he has been homesick for you all, and distressed at your having heard of his illness.

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.

²⁹ For that end I am ever toiling, wrestling with all that energy of his which is mightily at work within me.

¹⁷ But I, my brothers, although torn from you for a short season (in presence, not in heart), made eager efforts to behold you face to face with strong longing.

¹⁰ when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be wondered at in all believers, on that Day; (for you also believed our testimony).

⁴ Night and day when I recall your tears I am longing to see you, that my happiness may be complete.

¹⁶ The Lord show mercy to the house hold of Onesiphorus; for many a time he refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain. ¹⁷ But when he came to Rome he sought for me until he found me.

⁴ A soldier in active service avoids entangling himself in the every-day affairs of life, so that he may please his commander. ⁵ And again, an athlete is not crowned unless he obeys the rules of the game. ⁶ The farmer who has done the work should be the first to get a share of the crop.

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

⁵ But as for you, be always self-controlled, face hardships, do the work of a missionary, discharge all the duties of your ministry. ⁶ I for my part am a libation already being poured in sacrifice; and the time of my unmooring is at hand.

²⁰ Erastus remained at Corinth; Trophimus I left behind me ill at Miletus.

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

⁷ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says. If you hear God's voice today,

¹⁰ since they consist only in meats and drinks and various ablutions, carnal ordinances, imposed until the time of reformation. ¹¹ But when Christ came, a High Priest of good things to come, he passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is to say, not of this material creation, ¹² not taking the blood of goats and oxen, but his own blood, and entered once for all into the Holy Place, obtaining for us an eternal redemption. ¹³ For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleansing of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through his eternal spirit offered himself free from blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works unto the service of an ever-living God!

³⁴ For you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you did take joyfully the confiscation of your goods; conscious that you had for yourselves greater, even lasting possessions.

¹ Let brotherly love continue. ² Do not neglect to show hospitality; for by it some have even entertained angels unawares.

²⁴ Salute all your leaders and the saints. The brothers from Italy send you greeting.

¹ James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends greeting to the twelve tribes that are scattered abroad.

¹² It was revealed to them that it was not for themselves, but for you, that they were ministering the truths which have now been announced to you, by those who preached the gospel to you, through the help of the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven—truths into which angels long to look.

¹⁵ But consecrate Christ in your hearts, as Lord. Be always in readiness to make and answer to any one who asks you a reason for the hope that is within you, yet with gentleness and reverence.

¹⁵ But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as a spy upon other people's business. ¹⁶ But if any man is suffering as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him ever glorify God in this Name.

¹⁴ since I know that the time for me to strike tent comes swiftly on, even as our Lord Jesus Christ pointed out to me.

¹³ I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have fully overcome the Evil One. I have written to you, little children, because you have learned to know the father. ¹⁴ I have written to you, fathers, because you have learned to know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is abiding in you, and you have fully overcome the Evil One.

⁷ since for the sake of the Name they have started out, taking nothing from the Gentiles. ⁸ Hence we ought to support such, so that we may become fellow workers for the truth.

¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard a loud voice behind me, like a trumpet,

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.

¹⁰ Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from that hour of trial which is about to come upon the whole inhabited earth, to test those who dwell on the earth.

¹¹ They have a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon; in Greek he is called Apollyon.

¹¹ And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb, And by the word of their testimony; And they loved not their life, even unto death.

¹⁶ And the spirits gathered the kings together at the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.

⁶ And I heard a sound like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunderings, saying. "Alleluia, for the Lord God omnipotent reigns! ⁷ Let us rejoice and triumph and give him the glory; For the marriage of the Lamb is come, And his bride has made herself ready,