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three days after, Paul sent for the chief of the Jews: and when they were assembled, he said to them, "my brethren, tho' I have done nothing against the Jews, or against the customs of our fathers, I was made a prisoner at Jerusalem, and put into the hands of the Romans:

for this reason I desir'd to see and talk with you; it being for the expectation of Israel that I am subject to this chain."

but we should be glad to know your sentiments: for as to this sect, we are sensible it is every where inveigh'd against.

for the heart of this people is become gross, 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 be converted and I should heal them."

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is celebrated through the whole world.

for God is my witness, to whom I am entirely devoted, in preaching the gospel of his son, that I constantly make mention of you, in my prayers, requesting,

for I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, in order to establish you:

for I am not ashamed of the gospel, since it is divinely effectual to salvation, to everyone that believes, to the Jew first, and then to the Gentile.

because what should be known of God they are acquainted with; for God hath manifested it unto them.

for ever since the creation of the world, his eternal power and divinity, things in themselves invisible, are clearly seen, being perceived by the things that are made; so that they are without excuse:

they changed the true God for an idol, and adored and served the creature more than the creator, who is blessed for ever.

amen. for this cause God gave them up to infamous passions: for even the sex perverted the instinct of nature:

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art, that condemnest another, for by condemning them, you condemn yourself; since you that condemn them, do the same things.

however by your impenitence, and the insensibility of your heart, you treasure up for yourself wrath against the day of wrath, and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

who by patient continuance in well doing, seek for glory, honour, and immortality;

For as many as have sinned without the law, shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law, shall be condemned by the law,

for not the bare hearers of the law, but they who observe the law, are such as shall be justified, before God.

for they shew that the duties prescrib'd by the law, are written in their hearts, their consciences bearing witness to it, by their own reasonings alternately accusing and excusing them.

for (as it is written) the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles by your miscarriages.

for it is not the Jew in outward appearance, neither is it the external mark of circumcision: