At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away.

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.

So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?

Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.

But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, put his arms around him, and said, “Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!”

especially saddened by what he had said, that they were not going to see him again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.

The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked, “What is it that you want to report to me?”

“So,” he said, “let your leaders go down there with me, and if this man has done anything wrong, they may bring charges against him.”

When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they were not able to prove.

When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.

As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed loudly, “You have lost your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!”

When Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.