And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing<n id="1" /> wrong.&#8221;

He told them, &#8220;Collect no more<n id="1" /> than you are required to.&#8221;<n id="2" />

And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance,<n id="1" /> as your rulers did too.

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

Although they fully know<n id="1" /> God&#8217;s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die,<n id="2" /> they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.<n id="3" />p>

Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing<n id="1" /> deserving death.<n id="2" />

and will come out &#8211; the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.<n id="1" />

Then he said to the council,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Men of Israel,<n id="2" /> pay close attention to<n id="3" /> what you are about to do to these men.

that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols<n id="1" /> and from blood and from what has been strangled<n id="2" /> and from sexual immorality.<n id="3" /> If you keep yourselves from doing these things,<n id="4" /> you will do well. Farewell.<n id="5" />p>

But Paul called out loudly,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Do not harm yourself,<n id="2" /> for we are all here!&#8221;

So because these facts<n id="1" /> are indisputable,<n id="2" /> you must keep quiet<n id="3" /> and not do anything reckless.<n id="4" />

Of course,<n id="1" /> I myself was convinced<n id="2" /> that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

and as they were leaving they said to one another,<n id="1" /> &#8220;This man is not doing anything deserving<n id="2" /> death or imprisonment.&#8221;

Now we know that God&#8217;s judgment is in accordance with truth<n id="1" /> against those who practice such things.

For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!

to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you.

Why then didn&#8217;t you put<n id="1" /> my money in the bank,<n id="2" /> so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?&#8217;

So<n id="1" /> they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.p>

For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

and<n id="1" /> Jason has welcomed them as guests! They<n id="2" /> are all acting against Caesar&#8217;s<n id="3" /> decrees, saying there is another king named<n id="4" /> Jesus!&#8221;<n id="5" />