“Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.

I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.

After he said this, he added, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts,

While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico.

and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.

yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy.”

So Paul left the Areopagus.

but said farewell to them and added, “I will come back to you again if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus,

When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land.

But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down)

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,

so they too have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy.

Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.

“All things are lawful for me” – but not everything is beneficial. “All things are lawful for me” – but I will not be controlled by anything.