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I have had help from God to this day, and so I stand here to testify to high and low alike, stating only what the prophets and Moses said would happenLuke 24:27,44; John 5:46; Acts 24:14; 28:23; Romans 3:21;">[xr] -

Agrippa said to Paul, "Can you so quickly persuade me to become a Christian?"

When a gentle breeze began to blow from the south, they thought they could achieve their purpose. So they raised the anchor and began to sail close to the shore of Crete.

The ship was caught so that it couldn't face the wind, and we gave up and were swept along.

The next day, because we were being tossed so violently by the storm, they began to throw the cargo overboard.

So have courage, men, for I trust God that it will turn out just as he told me.Luke 1:45; Romans 4:20-21; 2 Timothy 1:12;">[xr]

So I urge you to eat something, for it will help you survive, since none of you will lose a hair from his head."1 Kings 1:52; Matthew 10:30; Luke 12:7; 21:18;">[xr]

So they cut the anchors free and left them in the sea. At the same time they untied the ropes that held the steering oars, raised the foresail to the wind, and headed for the beach.

The people who lived there were unusually kind to us. It had started to rain and was cold, and so they made a fire and welcomed all of us around it.Romans 1:14; 1 Corinthians 14:11; Colossians 3:11;">[xr]

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

So they set a day to meet with him and came in large numbers to see him where he was staying. From morning until evening he continued to explain the kingdom of God to them, trying to convince them about Jesus from the law of Moses and the Prophets.Luke 24:27; Acts 17:3; 19:8;">[xr]

For this people's heart has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes so that they may never see with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heartand turn and let me heal them."'Isaiah 6:9-10">[fn]

For I am longing to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong,Romans 15:29;">[xr]

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now), so that I might reap a harvest among you, just as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.Acts 16:7; Romans 15:23; Philippians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:18;">[xr]

That is why I am so eager to proclaim the gospel to you who live in Rome,who live in Rome">[fn] too.

For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes - his eternal power and divine nature - have been understood and observed by what he made, so that peoplethey">[fn] are without excuse.Psalm 19:1; Acts 14:17; 17:27;">[xr]

So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on those who practice these things and then do them yourself, do you think you will escape God's judgment?

Or do you think so little of the riches of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, not realizing that it is God's kindness that is leading you to repentance?Exodus 34:6; Isaiah 30:18; Romans 3:25; 9:23; Ephesians 1:7; 2 Peter 3:9,15;">[xr]

So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the law, his uncircumcision will be regarded as circumcision, won't it?Acts 10:34-35;">[xr]

Now we know that whatever the law says applies to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.Job 1:5:16; Psalm 107:42; Ezekiel 16:63; John 10:34; 15:25; Romans 1:20;">[xr]