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So they appointed a day for him and many gathered together and came to him where he was staying; and he explained to them about the Kingdom of God, thus testifying and persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

And as they were dismissed, disagreeing Acts 28 Paul preaches in Rome for two years. among themselves, Paul said to them this saying, Well spoke the Holy Spirit by the mouth of the prophet I-sa''iah against your fathers,

For the heart of this people is hardened and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and repent before me, and I should forgive them.

Let this be known to you therefore: that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, for they will listen to it.

And Paul hired a house for himself at his own expense and lived in it for two years; there he received all who came to him,

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith has been heard of throughout the world.

For God, whom I serve in spirit in the gospel of his Son, is my witness that unceasingly I make mention of you in my prayers;

For I long to see you, and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit, in order that you may be strengthened by it,

Greeks and Barbarians, the wise and the unwise; for it is my duty to preach to everybody.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one who believes; whether they are Jews first, or Arameans (Syrians). *

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The righteous shall live by faith.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all the iniquity and wickedness of men who unjustly suppress the truth;

Because that which may be known of God is manifested to them for God has revealed it unto them.

For, from the very creation of the world, the invisible things of God have been clearly seen and understood by his creations, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.

For they knew God and did not glorify him and give thanks to him as God, but became vain in their imaginations, and their hearts were darkened so that they could not understand.

And they have changed the glory of the uncorruptible God for an image made in the likeness of corruptible man, and in the likeness of birds, and of four-footed beasts, and of creeping things on the earth.

And they have changed the truth of God for lies, and worshipped and served the created things more than their Creator to whom belong glory and blessings for ever. Amen.

Therefore God has given them up to vile passions: for even their women have changed the natural use of their sex into that which is unnatural:

These have no respect for a covenant. They know neither love nor peace, nor is there mercy in them;

THEREFORE you are inexcusable, O man, to judge your neighbor: for in judging your neighbor, you condemn yourself; for even you who judge practice the same things yourself.