(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.

For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.

Then Felix, who understood the facts concerning the Way more accurately, adjourned their hearing, saying, “When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.”

Some days later, when Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

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!”

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?

For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you.

to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means.

since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances, how I am doing.

For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

For “physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”

he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions,

No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.

Instead someone testified somewhere: “What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him?