Jews

When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”

Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.

“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,

Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.

…the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.

What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.

Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,

…including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?

Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,

…but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

…but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.

To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.

Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

We who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”

Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.

As for those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead, I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.