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However, so that I will not burden you any further, I beg you in your graciousness to give us a brief hearing.

He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we apprehended him [and wanted to judge him according to our law.

The Jews also joined in the attack, alleging that these things were so.

So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium with the commanders and prominent men of the city. When Festus gave the command, Paul was brought in.

I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore, I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this examination is over, I may have something to write.

to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.'

Then Agrippa said to Paul, "Are you going to persuade me to become a Christian so easily?"

So the king, the governor, Bernice, and those sitting with them got up,

So when we had boarded a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, intending to sail to ports along the coast of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.

The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.

But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

So they heaped many honors on us, and when we sailed, they gave us what we needed.

There we found believers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome.

For I want very much to see you, so I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

So I am eager to preach the good news to you also who are in Rome.

Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.

So, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, instinctively do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law.

So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, "Let us do what is evil so that good may come"? Their condemnation is deserved!

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God's judgment.