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When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.

When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

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!”

A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.

Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,

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?”

‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.

Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught up. So we gave way and let ourselves be driven along.

After hoisting it up, the crew used ropes to undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.

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.

But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.

Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.

But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.

Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

…or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”

The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.

…when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.

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.

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.

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.

Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.

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.”

On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.

So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.

For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.

We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.

For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.

For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.

In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.

…was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.

See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.

…nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.

Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.

Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

…to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

…and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

And masters, do the same for your slaves. Give up your use of threats, because you know that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.

In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

…because he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for your deficit of service to me.

Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.

…the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

…rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.

…hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.

…and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.

…treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.

You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”

During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.

…and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,