Then

Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.

Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”

The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”

Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”

Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.

…he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.

After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.

Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”

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

Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.

Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.

Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:

So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”

Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.

After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

…but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.

…you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

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.

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.

Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered?

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.

What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!

So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”

What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?

I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.

What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.

You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.

Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.

Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.

So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.

So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.

What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.

Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—

Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.

What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.

It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”

Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.

What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.

…and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.

Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.

Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.

And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.

The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he can return to me, for I am expecting him along with the brothers.

…as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the favor shown us in answer to their prayers.

I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.

So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.