Paul pleadeth for himself The A C T S. city, at Feftus's commandment Paul was brought forth. 24 And Feftus faid, King Agrippa, and all men which are here prefent with us, ye fee this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerufalem, and alfo here, crying, that he ought not to live any longer. 25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he him felt hath appealed to Auguftus, I have 'etermined to fend him. 26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and fpecially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, atter ex. amination had, I might have somewhat to 1 Paul before Agrippa, declareth his life, 12 ana bis converan: 4 Fejlus chargéth him with madness. THEN Agrippa faid unto Paul, Thou art permitted to fpeak for thyself. Then Paul fretched forth the hand, and anfwered for himself: 2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, becaufe I thall aufwer for myself this day before thee, touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews; 3 Efpecially, because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. 4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Je rufalem, know all the Jews; 5 Which knew me from the beginning, (it they would teftity,) that after the mott firaiteft fect of cur religion I lived a Pharifee. 6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promife made of God unto our fathers: 7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, initantly ferving a day and night, hope to come for which hope's fake, king Agrippa, I am accufel of the Jews. 8 Why fhould it be thought a thing incrediHe with you that God juld raise the dead? 91 verily thought with myself, that lought to do many things contrary to the name of Jefus of Nazareth. 10 Which thing I alfo did in Jerufalem: and many of the faints did I thut up in prifon, having received authority from the chief Friests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. 11 And I punished them oft in every fynagogue, and compelled them to blafpheme; and being exceedingly mai against them, i perfecuted them even unto ftrange cities. 12 Whereupon, as I went to Damafcus with uthority and commistion from the chief friests, a 13 At mid-day, O king, I faw in the way light from heaven, above the brightness of the fun, fhining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice fpeaking unto me, and faying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why perfe uteft thou me? It is hard for thee so kick gainst the pricks. before & 15 And I faid, Who art thou, LordAade faid, I am Jefus, whom thou perfecutet. 16 But rife, and stand upon thy feet: have appeared unto thee for this purpo make thee a minifter and a witness, bon these things which thou haft feen, and of th things in the which I will appear thee; 17 Delivering thee from the people, from the Gentiles, unto whom now IE thee, 18 To open their eyes, and to turs from darkness to light, and from the powe Satan unto God, that they may receive giveness of fins, and inheritance among thes which are fanctified by fath that is in me. 19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, i was ma difobedient unto the heavenly vition: 20 But thewed first unto them of Damafos. and at Jerufalem, and throughout all the coch of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they fhould repent and turn to God, and do work meet for repentance. 21 For thefe caufes the Jews caught me à the temple, and went about to kill me. 22 Having therefore obtained help of Go I continue unto this day, witneifing both to fmall and great, faying none other things than thofe which the prophets and Mofes did y fhould come; 23 That Chrift thould fuffer, and that be thould be the first that thould rife from the dead, and thould fhew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles. 24 And as he thus fpake for himself, Fetus faid with a loud voice, Paul, thou art befix thyfelt; much learning doth make thee mad 25 But he fald, I am not mai, moft goble Fetus; but fpeak forth the words of truth and fobernefs. 16 For the king knoweth of these things, besore whom alfo i fpeak treely: for I am petfuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. 37 King Agrippa, believeft thou the pro phets? I know that thou believer. 28 Then Agrippa faid unto Paul, Almot thou perfuadent me to be a Chrifizn. 29 And Paul faud, I would to God, that not only thou, but alfo all that hear me this day, were both almott, and altogether, fuch as lam, except these bonds. 30 And when he had thus fpoken, the king rofe up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that fat with them. 31 And when they were gone afide, they talked between themselves, faying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. 32 The faid Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been fet at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cefar. CHAP. XXVII. 1 Paul, fhipping towards Rome, 10 foretelle th the danger of the voyage, 11 but is not believed. 41 They are foipwrecked, 42, 43, 44 yet all come fafe to land. AND when it was determined that we fhould fail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prifoners unto ser named Julius, a centurion of Augufius's band, 2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to fail by the coats of Aña; one Ariftarchus, a Macedonian of Theffalonica, being with us. 3 And Paul's dangerous voyage torward Rome. 26 Howbeit, we must be caft upon a certain inland. Chap. xxviii. 3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. and Julius courteously entreated Paul, and ave him liberty to go unto his friends to treth himself. 4 And when we had launched from thence, re failed under Cyprus, becaufe the winds vere contrary. S And when we had failed over the fea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a ity of Lycia. 6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria failing into Italy; and he put us <herein. And when we had failed flowly many lays, and fcarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not fuffering us, we failed un er Crete, over against salmone: 8 And hardly paifing it, eame unto a place which is called The Fair Havens; nigh whereanto was the city of Lafea. 9 Now when much time was spent, and when failing was now dangerous, becaufe the faft was now already part, Paul admonished them, 10 And faid unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but alfo of our lives. II Nevertheless, the centurion believed the maiter and the owner of the thip, more than thofe things which were fpoken by Paul. 12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence alfo, it by any means they might attain to Phonice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the fouth west and north west. 13 And when the fouth wind blew foftly, fuppofing that they had obtained their purpofe, looking thence, they failed clofe by Crete. 14 But not long after there aroie against it a tempeftuous wind, called Eurocly don. 15 And when the fhip was caught, aud could not bear up into the wind, we let her trive. 16 And running under a certain inland which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: 17 Which when they had taken up, they ufer helps, un tergirding the hip; and fearing left they thoul! fall into the quickfands, ftrake fail, and fo were driven. 18 And we being exceedingly toffed with a temper, the next day they lightened the ship; 19 And the third day we caft out with our own nan is the tackling of the thip.. 20 And when neither fun nor tars in many days appeared, and no fmall tempeft lay on us, all hope that we should be faved was then taken away. 21 But after long abitinence, Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and fa:d, Sirs, ye thould have hearkened unto me, and not have locfed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and lofs. 22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there fhall be no lofs of any man's life among you, but of the thip. 2; For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whofe I am, and whom I ferve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cefar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that fail with thee. 25 Wherefore, firs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it thall be even as it was told me. 27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the thipmen deemed that they drew near to fome country; 28 And founded, and tound it twenty fa thoms: and when they had gone a little fur. ther, they founded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. 29 Then fearing left they fhould have fallen upon rocks, they caft tour anchors out of the itern, and wifhed for the day. 30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the hip, when they had let down the boat inte the fea, under colour as though they would have caft anchors out of the forethip. 31 Paul faid to the centurion and to the fol diers, Except thefe abide in the ship ye cannot be faved. 32 Then the foldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. 33 And while the day was coming cn, Paul befought them all to take meat, faying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried, and continued tatting, having taken nothing. 34 Wherefore I pray you to take fome meat; for this is for your health: for there thall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. 35 And when he had thus fpoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in prefence of them all and, when he had broken it, he began to eat. 36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they alfo took jome meat. 37 And we were in all in the hip two hundred threefcore and fixteen fouls. 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the hip, and cat out the wheat into the fea. 39 And when it was day they knew not the land: but they difcovered a certain creek with a fhore, into the which they were minded in it were poflible, to thrust in the th p. 40 And when they had taken up the anchors they committed themselves unto the fea, and loofed the rudder bands, and noifed up the main fail to the wind, and made toward bore. 41 And falling into a place where two feas met, they ran the thip aground: and the fore part stuck fait, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. 52 And the foldiers' counfel was to kill the prifoners, left any of them thould fwim out, and efcape. 43 but the centurion, willing to fave Paul, kept them from their purpofe, and commandea that they which could fwim thould caft themselves first into the jea, and get to land: 44 And the reft, fome on boar is, and fome on broken pieces of the thip. And fo it came to pafs, that they escaped all fate to land. CHA P. XXVIII. 2 Paul is entertained by the barbarians: 8 he healeth many in the island: 11 they depart. ΑΝ ND when they were efcaped, then they knew that the inland was called Melita. 2 And the barbarous people thewed us no little kindnefs: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the prefent rain, and becaufe of the cold. 3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of ticks, and faid them on the fire, there came ROMANS. Paul preacheth at Rome 4 And when the barbarians faw the veno- 5 And he thook off the beaft into the fire, and felt no harm. 6 Howbeat, they looked when he thould have fwollen, or fallen down dead fud ienly: but after they had looked a great while, and faw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and faid that he was a god. 7 in the fame quarters were pofferions of the chief man of the land, whofe tame was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously. Aat came to pafs, that the father of Pubhus lay lick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his han is on him, and healed him. 9 So when this was done, others alfo which had difcafes in the iRand came and were healed; 10 Who alfo honoured us with many ho. nous; and when we departed, they laded us with fuch things as were neceffary. II Andafter three months we departed in a hipot Alexandria, which had wintered in the itle, whofe fign was Caftor and Pollux. 12 And landing at Syracufe, we tarried there three days. 13 And from thence we fetched a compafs, and came to Rhegium; ard after one day the fouth wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli; 14 Where we found brethren, and were defired to tarry with them feven days; and fo we went toward Rome. 15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appit Forum and The three taverns; whom When Paul faw, he thanked God, and took courage. 16 And when we came to Rome, the centu rion delivered the prifoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was fatered to dwell by himfelt with a foldier that kept him. 17 And it came to pafs, that after three days Paul calle the chier of the Jews togetner: and when they were come together, he faid unto them. Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing againit the people or customs of our favers, yet was I delivered prifoner from Jerufalem into would have let me ge, because there wa 18 Whe, when they had exammet caufe of death in me. 19 But when the Jews fpake againi k that I had ought to accufe my nation of was conftrained to appeal unto Celar, 2 you, to fee you, and to fpeak with p 21 And they faid unto him, We neither a neither any of the brethren that came the ceived letters out of Judea concerning in or fpake any harm of thee. 22 But we defire to hear of thee what ta that every where, it is fpoken again. thinkeft: for as concerning this fect, we kn day, there came many to him into bug 24 And fome believed the things which were spoken, and fome believed not. felves they departed, after that Paul had spoken Hearing ye thall hear, and thall not un grofs, and their ears are dell of hearing, and 27 For the heart of this people is waxed their eyes have they clofed, left they fhould and understand with their heart, and fhould fee with their eyes, and hear with their cars, be converted, and I fhould heal them. the falvation of Goi is fent unto the Gen 28 Be it known therefore unto you, that tiles, and that they will hear it. Jews departed, and had great reafoning 29 And when he had faid these words, the among themselves. his own hired houfe, and received all that 30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in came in unto him, teaching thofe things which concern the 31 Preaching the kingdon of God, and Lord Jefus Chrift, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. The Epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the ROMANS. CHAP. I. Paul's calling commended: 13 what his gospel is. 18 God's anger at fin. 21 The Gentiles hns. AUL, of Jefus Chrift, called to all nations for his name; 6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jefus Chrift; Panaforte, feparated unto the gospel called to be faints: Grace to youd of peace of God, 2 (Which he had promifed afore by his prophets in the holy feriptures,) 3 Concerning his Son Jefus Chrift our Lord, which was made of the feed of David according to the flesh; 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the refurrection from the dead; By whom we have received grace and 7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, Chrift. from God our Father, and the Lord Jefus Chrift for you all, that your faith is fpoken 8 Firft, I thank my God through Jefus of throughout the whole world. with my fpirit in the gofpel of his Son, that 9 For God is my witness, whom I ferve without ceafing I make mention of you always in my prayers; 10 Making requeft if by any means pow at God's anger againft fin. Who are not juftified. 31 Without understanding, covenant-break. ers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful. Chap. il. length I might have a profperous journey y the will of God) ic come unto you. I Forflong to fee you, that I may impart, to youfome fpiritual gift, to the end ye may eftablished; 12 That is, that I may be comforted toge er with you, by the mutual raith both of ou and me. 13 Now I would not have you ignorant, ethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come to you, (but was let hitherto) that I might ave fome truit among you alfo, even as among ther Gentiles. 14 I am debtor both to the Greeks and to ae Barbarians, both to the wife and to the anwife. - Is So, as much as in me is, I am ready to reach the gofpel to you that are at Rome alfo. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of chrift; for it is the power of God unto faleration, to every one that believeth, to the (ew firit, and alfo to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteoufness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just fhall live by faith. 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodlinefs and unrighteousnefs of men, who hold the truth in unrighte ousness. TO Becaufe that which may be known of God is manifeft in them: for God hath thewed it unto them. 20 For the invifible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly feen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excufe: 21 Bec ufe that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their tooth heart was darkened. 22 Proteffing themselves to be wife, they became tools; 23 Andchanged the glory of the uncorrupti ble Godinto an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beans, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God alfo gave them up to uncleannels, through the lufts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves. 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worthipped and ferved the creature more than the Creator, who is bleffed for ever. Amen. 26 For this caufe God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women, did change the natural ufe into that which is against nature: 27 And likewife alfo the men, leaving the natural ufe of the woman, burned in their luit one toward another; men with men working that which is unfeemly, and receiving in themselves that recompenfe of their error which was meet. 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do thofe things which are not convenient; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetournefs, mali'croufnefs; tull of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, defpiteful, proud, boatters, inventors of evil things, difobedient to parents, 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, (that they which commit fuch things are worthy of death,) not only do the fame, but have pleasure in them that do them. CHAP. II. They that condemn fin in others, and yet fin, are inexcufable, whether Jews or Gentiles. whoever thou art that judget: for wherein thou judgett another thou condemneft thyfelt; for thou tirat judgeit doert the fame things. Herefore thou art inexcufable, O man, 2 But we are fure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit fuch things. 3 And thinkeit thou this, O man, that judg eft them which do fuch things, and doet the fame, that thou shalt efcape the judgment of God? 4 Or defpifeft thou the riches of his good. nefs, and forbearance, and long suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treafurent up unto thyfelf wrath againft the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds; 7 To them who, by patient continuance in well-doing, feek for glory, and honour, and immortality, eternal life; 8 But unfo them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteous nefs, indignation and wrath; 9'Tribulation and anguith upon every foul of man that deeth evil, of the jew hrft, and also of the Gentile: To But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good; to the Jew firft, and alfo to the Gentile: 11 For there is no refpect of persons with God. 12 For as many as nave finned without law, thall alfo perith without law; and as many as have finned in the law, shall be ju ig, ed by the law, 13 (For not the hearers of the law are juft before God, but the doers of the law thall be justified. 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, thefe, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which thew the work of the law writ ten in their hearts, their confcience alfo bearing witnefs, and their thoughts the mean while accufing or else excuting one another;) 16 In the day when God thall judge the fecrets of men by Jefus Christ according to my gofpel. 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew and refteft in the law, and makeft thy boast of God, 18 And knowen bis wilt, ani approvet the things that are more excellent, being inftructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thy felfart a guide of the blind, alight of them which are in darkness, 20 An inftruétor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which haft the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 Thou kone juflified by the law. Abraham the father of tim 17 And the way of peace have de known: ROMANS. 21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teacheft thou net thyself? thou that preacher a man should not teal, doft thou fteal? 22 Thou that fayett a man thould not com mit adultery, doft thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrent idols, doft thou commit facri. lege? 23 Thou that makeft thy boaft of the law, through breaking the law dishonourent thou God! 24 For the name of God is blafphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. 25 For circumcifion verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: buit thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcifion is ma je uncircumcifion. 26 Therefore, it the uncircumcifion keep the righteousness of the law, thall not his uncircumcifion be counted for circumcifion? 27 And fhall not uncircumcifion which is by nature, it it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcifion doft tranfgrefs the law? 28 For he is not a Jew which is one outward. ly; neither is that circumcifion which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew which is one inwardly: and circumcifion is that of the heart, in the fpirit, and not in the letter; whofe praife is not of men, but of God. CHAP III 1 The Jews' prerogative. 26 None Juftified by the law, but all by faith. WHAT advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcifion? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For what if fome did not believe; fhall their unbeliet make the faith of God with out effect? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy fayings, and mighteft overcome when thou art judged. 5 But it our unrighteoufnefs commend the 18 There is no fear of God before their 19 Now we know that what things se the law faith, it faith to them who ăn m the law; that every mouth may be to and all the world may become guilty God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the last fhall no fleth be juftified in his fight: for by law is the knowledge of fin. 21 But now the righteoufness of God out the law is mamiefted, being witne the law and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God wh by taith of Jefus Chrift unte all, and upat them that believe; for there is no difere 23 For all have finned, and come for. the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his g through the redemption that is in ja Chrin: 25 Whom God hath fet forth to be a th pitiation through faith in his blood, to decar his righteoufnels for the remition et É that are paft, through the torbearance i God; 26 To declare, I fay, at this time his rigts oufnefs; that he might be junt, and the junger of him which believeth in jefus. 27 Where is boafting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay, but by the las of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is já ified by faith without the deeds of the law. 29 Is be the God of the Jews only! It not alfo of the Gentiles! Yes, or the Gentil alfo: 30 Seeing it is one God which fall juftiy the circumcifion by faith, and uncircumcific through faith. 31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establɗh the law. CHA P. IV. 1 Abraham's faith was imputed to him for righteousness: 24 and fo fall cars. righteousness of God, what shall we fay,WHAT thall we then fay that Abraham God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? fpeak as a man) 6 Got forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? 7 For it the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a finner? 8 And not rather, (as we be flanderously reported, and as fome affirm that we fay,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is juit. What then? are we better than they? No, In no wife: tor we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under fin; 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that underftandeth, there is none that feeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat's an open fepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poifon of afps is under their lips: 14 Whofe mouth is full of curfing and bitterness: 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and milery are in their ways: our father as pertaining to the fich, hath found? 2 For 11 Abraham were justified by works, he hath where to glory, but not before God. 3 For what faith the fcripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 5 Buc to him that worketh not, but believ eth on him that juftifieth the ungodly, has th is counted for righteoufnefs. 6 Even as David alfo defcribeth the bleednefs of the man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7 Saying, Bleffed are they whofe iniquities are torgiven, and whofe fins are covered. 8 Bleffed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute fin. 9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the cir camcifion only, or upon the uncircumcifion alfo? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcifion? or in uncircumcifion! Not in circumcifion, but in uncircumcifion. 11 And he received the fign of circumcifion, a feal of the righteoufness of the |