and said to him, ‘Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show you.’

Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.

But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.

When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.

The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.

After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought formal charges against Paul to the governor.

about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me.

Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear.

But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”

To all those loved by God in Rome, called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

What shall we say then? – that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.

Pray that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work.

So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

And you are proud! Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?

For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside?

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?