I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

But so that I may not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.

“Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,

They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.

Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me

For we know that the law is spiritual – but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.

So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

(I also baptized the household of Stephanus. Otherwise, I do not remember whether I baptized anyone else.)

For whenever someone says, “I am with Paul,” or “I am with Apollos,” are you not merely human?

I praise you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you.

If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.

Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!”

God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.

Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.