Study Desk

In view of all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews, I consider myself blessed, O King A-grip''pa, to defend myself today before you.

And now I stand and am on trial for the hope of the promise made of God to our fathers.

It is to the fulfillment of this hope that our twelve tribes expect to come, by means of earnest prayers day and night. And for this very hope''s sake, I am accused by the Jews, O King A-grip''pa.

And I said, My LORD, who are you? And our LORD said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth whom you persecute.

But Paul said to him, I am not mad, O most excellent Festus; but I speak the words of truth and soberness.

And King A-grip''pa is also familiar with these things, and this is why I am speaking openly before him: because I think not one of these words has been hidden from him; for they were not done in secret.

And Paul said, I pray God that not only you, but also all of those who hear me today, were as I am, except for these bonds.

This is the reason I begged you to come, for I wish to see you and to relate these things to you; because it is for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

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

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 if the truth of God is made abundant through my falsehood to his glory, why then am I to be judged as a sinner?

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am of the flesh enslaved to sin.

O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from this mortal body?

I thank God through our LORD Jesus Christ. Now therefore with my mind I am a servant of the law of God; but with my flesh I am a servant of the law of sin.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor empires, nor armies, nor things present, nor things to come,

That I am exceedingly sorrowful, and the pain which is in my heart never ceases.

I SAY, then, has God rejected his people? Far be it. For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

My LORD, they have killed your prophets and have demolished your altars; and I am left alone; and they seek my life.

It is to you Gentiles that I speak, inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, and perhaps magnify my ministry:

But if I am able to make those who are my flesh zealous, I may thus save some of them.