When Jesus<n id="1" /> had said this, one of the high priest&#8217;s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Is that the way you answer the high priest?&#8221;

But God spoke as follows: &#8216;Your<n id="1" /> <b><i>descendants will be foreignersi>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred yearsi>b>.<n id="3" />

But they said to her, &#8220;You&#8217;ve lost your mind!&#8221;<n id="1" /> But she kept insisting that it was Peter,<n id="2" /> and they kept saying,<n id="3" /> &#8220;It is his angel!&#8221;<n id="4" />

But the magician Elymas<n id="1" /> (for that is the way his name is translated)<n id="2" /> opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul<n id="3" /> away from the faith.

But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus<n id="1" /> from the dead, never<n id="2" /> again to be<n id="3" /> in a state of decay, God<n id="4" /> has spoken in this way: &#8216;<b><i>I will give youi>b><n id="5" /> <b><i>the holy and trustworthy promisesi>b><n id="6" /> <b><i>made to Davidi>b>.&#8217;<n id="7" />

For this<n id="1" /> is what the Lord has commanded us: &#8216;<i>I have appointedi><n id="2" /> <i>you to be a lighti><n id="3" /> <i>for the Gentiles, to bring salvationi><n id="4" /> <i>to the ends of the earth.i>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The same thing happened in Iconium<n id="1" /> when Paul and Barnabas<n id="2" /> went into the Jewish synagogue<n id="3" /> and spoke in such a way that a large group<n id="4" /> of both Jews and Greeks believed.

the commanding officer<n id="1" /> ordered Paul<n id="2" /> to be brought back into the barracks.<n id="3" /> He told them<n id="4" /> to interrogate Paul<n id="5" /> by beating him with a lash<n id="6" /> so that he could find out the reason the crowd<n id="7" /> was shouting at Paul<n id="8" /> in this way.

After the crew<n id="1" /> had hoisted it aboard,<n id="2" /> they used supports<n id="3" /> to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground<n id="4" /> on the Syrtis,<n id="5" /> they lowered the sea anchor,<n id="6" /> thus letting themselves be driven along.

and the rest were to follow,<n id="1" /> some on planks<n id="2" /> and some on pieces of the ship.<n id="3" /> And in this way<n id="4" /> all were brought safely to land.p>

Against hope Abraham<n id="1" /> believed<n id="2" /> in hope with the result that he became <b><i>thei> <i>father of many nationsi>b><n id="3" /> according to the pronouncement,<n id="4" /> &#8220;<b><i>so will your descendants bei>b>.&#8221;<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">Consequently,<n id="1" /> just as condemnation<n id="2" /> for all people<n id="3" /> came<n id="4" /> through one transgression,<n id="5" /> so too through the one righteous act<n id="6" /> came righteousness leading to life<n id="7" /> for all people.

For just as through the disobedience of the one man<n id="1" /> many<n id="2" /> were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man<n id="3" /> many<n id="4" /> will be made righteous.

so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.p>

But who indeed are you &#8211; a mere human being<n id="1" /> &#8211; to talk back to God?<n id="2" /> <b><i>Does what is molded say to the molderi>b><i>,i> &#8220;<b><i>Why have you made me like this?i>b>&#8221;<n id="3" />

But the righteousness that is by faith says: &#8220;<b><i>Do not say in your hearti>b>,<n id="1" /> &#8216;<i>Who will ascend into heaven?i>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" /> (that is, to bring Christ down)

And so<n id="1" /> all Israel will be saved, as it is written:p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>&#8220;The Deliverer will come out of Zion;i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>he will remove ungodliness from Jacobb>.i>p>

For even though I am absent physically,<n id="1" /> I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.<n id="2" />

I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?<n id="1" />

But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is &#8211; and I think that I too have the Spirit of God!p>