And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

but that we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.

After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.

and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade).

(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,

So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night.

So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them,

There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.

Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set out for Spain by way of you,

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the believers who are with them.

To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.

But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.

correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth

At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.

For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.

and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.

(for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)

Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.

Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.