But others jeered at the speakers, saying, “They are drunk on new wine!”

Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,

saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”

I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!’

Therefore he also says in another psalm, ‘You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.’

Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”

So Paul said, “Into what then were you baptized?” “Into John’s baptism,” they replied.

Those standing near him said, “Do you dare insult God’s high priest?”

Some were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.

You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

And again it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”

Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say.

Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed –

Now as a fair exchange – I speak as to my children – open wide your hearts to us also.

Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law?

But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.