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The king is familiar with these things, and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.

From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Day of Atonement. So Paul warned them,

so the men hoisted it aboard. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Because they were afraid they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven along.

But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed.

The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold.

They examined me and wanted to release me, because I was not guilty of any crime deserving death.

For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.

You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.

if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith.

because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.