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<verse num="18">And <transChange type="added">although</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("said") which is understood as concessive</note> they said these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, <transChange type="added">only</transChange> with difficulty did they dissuade the crowds from offering sacrifice to them. </verse>


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<verse num="19">But Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had won over") which is understood as temporal</note> had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> outside the city, thinking he was dead.</verse>


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<verse num="20">But <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("surrounded")</note> the disciples surrounded him, he got up <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("got up") has been translated as a finite verb</note> went into the city. And on the next day he departed with Barnabas for Derbe. </verse>


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<verse num="21">And <transChange type="added">after they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had proclaimed the good news") which is understood as temporal</note> had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,</verse>


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<verse num="22">strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to continue in the faith and <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>,<note>*The word "<transChange type="added">saying</transChange>" is not in the Greek text but is implied</note> "Through many persecutions<note>Or "afflictions"</note> it is necessary <transChange type="added">for</transChange> us to enter into the kingdom of God."</verse>


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<verse num="23">And <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had appointed") which is understood as temporal</note> had appointed elders for them in every church, <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("praying") which is understood as temporal</note> praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And they passed through Pisidia <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("passed through") has been translated as a finite verb</note> came to Pamphylia.</verse>


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<verse num="25">And <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("proclaimed") which is understood as temporal</note> they proclaimed the message in Perga, they went down to Attalia,</verse>


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<verse num="26">and from there they sailed away to Antioch where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had completed.</verse>


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<verse num="27">And <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("arrived") which is understood as temporal</note> arrived and called the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.<note>Or "nations"; the same Greek word can be translated "nations" or "Gentiles" depending on the context</note></verse>


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<verse num="1">And some men came down from Judea <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("came down") has been translated as a finite verb</note> began teaching<note>*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began teaching")</note> the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom <transChange type="added">prescribed</transChange> by Moses, you cannot be saved."</verse>


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<verse num="2">And <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was")</note> there was no little strife and debate by Paul and Barnabas against them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem concerning this issue.</verse>


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<verse num="3">So they were sent on their way by the church, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("were sent on their way") has been translated as a finite verb</note> passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, telling in detail the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("arrived") which is understood as temporal</note> arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and reported all that God had done with them.</verse>


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<verse num="5">But some of those who had believed from the party of the Pharisees stood up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to command <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to observe the law of Moses!" </verse>


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<verse num="6">Both the apostles and the elders assembled to deliberate concerning this matter.</verse>


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<verse num="7">And <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was")</note> there was much debate, Peter stood up <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("stood up") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said to them, "Men <transChange type="added">and</transChange> brothers, you know that in the early days<note>Or "from ancient days"</note> God chose among you through my mouth <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the Gentiles should hear the message of the gospel and believe.</verse>


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<verse num="8">And God, who knows the heart, testified to them <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("giving") which is understood as means</note> giving <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> the Holy Spirit, just as he also <transChange type="added">did</transChange> to us.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.</verse>


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<verse num="10">So now why are you putting God to the test <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the infinitive ("placing") which is understood as means</note> placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?</verse>


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<verse num="11">But we believe <transChange type="added">we</transChange> will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in {the same}<note>Literally "which"</note> way those also <transChange type="added">are</transChange>."</verse>


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<verse num="12">And the whole group became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul describing all the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.</verse>


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<verse num="13">And after they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying, "Men <transChange type="added">and</transChange> brothers, listen to me!</verse>


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<verse num="14">Simeon has described how God first concerned himself to take from among the Gentiles a people for his name.</verse>


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<verse num="16">'After these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> I will return and build up again the tent of David that has fallen, and the <transChange type="added">parts</transChange> of it that had been torn down I will build up again and will restore it,</verse>


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<verse num="17">so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles<note>The same Greek word can be translated "nations" or "Gentiles" depending on the context</note> {who are called by my name},<note>Literally "on whom my name has been called on them"</note> says the Lord,<note>A quotation from Amos 9:11-12</note> who makes these <transChange type="added">things</transChange></verse>


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<verse num="18">known from of old.'<note>The last phrase of v. 17 and all of v. 18 is an allusion to Isa 45:21</note></verse>


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<verse num="19">Therefore I conclude we should not cause difficulty for those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,</verse>


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<verse num="20">but we should write a letter to them to abstain from the pollution of idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.</verse>


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<verse num="21">For Moses has those who proclaim him in every city from ancient generations, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is read aloud") which is understood as causal</note> is read aloud in the synagogues on every Sabbath." </verse>


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<verse num="22">Then it seemed best to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to send men chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas--Judas who was called Barsabbas and Silas, men <transChange type="added">who were</transChange> leaders among the brothers--</verse>


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<verse num="23">writing <transChange type="added">this letter</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> {to be delivered by them}:<note>Literally "by their hand"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="24">Because we have heard that some have gone out from among us--to whom we gave no orders--<transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("have gone out") has been translated as a finite verb</note> have thrown you into confusion by words upsetting your {minds},<note>Literally "souls"</note></verse>


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<verse num="25">it seemed best to us, {having reached a unanimous decision},<note>Literally "having become of one mind"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied in keeping with English style</note> having chosen men, to send <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to you together with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,</verse>


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<verse num="26">men who have risked their lives on behalf of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.</verse>


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<verse num="27">Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, and they will report the same <transChange type="added">things</transChange> by word of mouth.</verse>


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<verse num="28">For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us to place on you no greater burden except these necessary things:</verse>


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<verse num="29"><transChange type="added">that you</transChange> abstain from food sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. <transChange type="added">If you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("keep") which is understood as conditional</note> keep yourselves from {these things}<note>Literally "which things"</note> you will do well. Farewell.</verse>


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<verse num="30">So <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were sent off") which is understood as temporal</note> they were sent off, they came down to Antioch, and <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("calling together") which is understood as temporal</note> calling together the community, they delivered the letter.</verse>


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<verse num="31">And <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("read ... aloud") which is understood as temporal</note> read <transChange type="added">it</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> aloud, they rejoiced at the encouragement.</verse>


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<verse num="32">Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers by a long message.</verse>


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<verse num="33">And <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("spending") which is understood as temporal</note> spending <transChange type="added">some</transChange> time, they were sent away in peace from the brothers to those who had sent them.<note>A few later manuscripts add v. 34, "But Silas decided to stay there."</note></verse>


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<verse num="35">But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch teaching and proclaiming the word of the Lord with many others also. </verse>


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<verse num="36">And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come then,<transChange type="added">let us</transChange> return <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("return") has been translated as a finite verb</note> visit the brothers in every town in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, <transChange type="added">to see</transChange> how they are <transChange type="added">doing</transChange>."</verse>


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<verse num="38">but Paul held the opinion they should not take this one along, who departed from them in Pamphylia and did not accompany them in the work.</verse>


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<verse num="39">And a sharp disagreement took place, so that they separated from one another. And Barnabas took along Mark <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("took along") has been translated as a finite verb</note> sailed away to Cyprus,</verse>


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<verse num="40">but Paul chose Silas <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("chose") has been translated as a finite verb</note> departed, <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being commended") which is understood as temporal</note> being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers.</verse>


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<verse num="1">And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there {named}<note>Literally "by name"</note> Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman but of a Greek father,</verse>


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<verse num="3">Paul wanted this one to go with him, and he took <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("took") has been translated as a finite verb</note> circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for <transChange type="added">they</transChange> all knew that his father was Greek.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And as they went through the towns, they passed on to them to observe the rules that had been decided by the apostles and elders <transChange type="added">who were</transChange> in Jerusalem.</verse>


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<verse num="5">So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were growing in number every day. </verse>


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<verse num="6">And they traveled through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in Asia.<note>A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)</note></verse>


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<verse num="7">And <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came") which is understood as temporal</note> came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And a vision appeared to Paul during the night: a certain Macedonian man was standing there and imploring him and saying, "Come over to Macedonia <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("come over") has been translated as a finite verb</note> help us!"</verse>


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<verse num="10">And when he had seen the vision, we wanted at once to go away to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them. </verse>


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<verse num="11">So putting out to sea from Troas, we sailed a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following <transChange type="added">day</transChange> to Neapolis,</verse>


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<verse num="12">and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city <transChange type="added">of that</transChange> district of Macedonia, a <transChange type="added">Roman</transChange> colony. And we were staying in this city for some days.</verse>


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<verse num="13">And on the day of the Sabbath, we went outside the <transChange type="added">city</transChange> gate beside the river, where we thought there was a place of prayer, and we sat down <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("sat down") has been translated as a finite verb</note> spoke to the women assembled <transChange type="added">there</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And a certain woman {named}<note>Literally "by name"</note> Lydia from the city of Thyatira, a merchant dealing in purple cloth who showed reverence for God, was listening. The Lord opened {her}<note>Literally "whose"</note> heart to pay attention to what was being said by Paul.</verse>


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<verse num="15">And after she was baptized, and her household, she urged <transChange type="added">us</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> saying, "If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come to my house <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("come") has been translated as a finite verb</note> stay." And she prevailed upon us. </verse>


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<verse num="16">And it happened that <transChange type="added">as</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were going")</note> we were going to the place of prayer, a certain female slave who had a spirit of divination<note>Literally "a spirit of Python"; Python was the name of the serpent or dragon that guarded the Delphic oracle at the foot of Mt. Parnassus and the word eventually came to be used for a spirit of divination</note> met us, who was bringing a large profit to her owners <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the infinitive ("fortune-telling") which is understood as means</note> fortune-telling.</verse>


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<verse num="17">She followed Paul and us <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("followed") has been translated as a finite verb</note> was crying out, saying, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!"</verse>


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<verse num="18">And she was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed and turning around, said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out {immediately}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">that</transChange> same hour"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="19">But <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal</note> her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("seized") has been translated as a finite verb</note> dragged <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> into the marketplace before the rulers.</verse>


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<verse num="20">And <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had brought") which is understood as temporal</note> had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,</verse>


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<verse num="21">and are proclaiming customs that are not permitted for us to accept or to practice, <transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as causal</note> are Romans!"</verse>


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<verse num="22">And the crowd joined in attacking them, and the chief magistrates tore off their clothing <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("tore off") has been translated as a finite verb</note> gave orders to beat <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> with rods.</verse>


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<verse num="23">And <transChange type="added">after they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had inflicted") which is understood as temporal</note> had inflicted many blows on them, they threw <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> into prison, giving orders to the jailer to guard them securely.</verse>


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<verse num="24">Having received such an order, {he}<note>Literally "who"</note> put them in the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.<note>Or possibly "to the <transChange type="added">block</transChange> of wood," referring to a log to which the prisoners were chained or tied</note> </verse>


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<verse num="25">Now about midnight, Paul and Silas were praying <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("were praying") has been translated as a finite verb</note> singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened and all the bonds<note>Or "chains"</note> were unfastened.</verse>


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<verse num="27">And <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as temporal</note> the jailer was awake and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> sword <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("drew") has been translated as a finite verb</note> was about to kill himself, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("thought") which is understood as causal</note> thought the prisoners had escaped.</verse>


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<verse num="28">But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, "Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here!"</verse>


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<verse num="29">And demanding lights, he rushed in and, {beginning to tremble},<note>Literally "became trembling"</note> fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas.</verse>


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<verse num="30">And he brought them outside <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("brought") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said, "Sirs, what must I do so that I can be saved?"</verse>


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<verse num="31">And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household!"</verse>


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<verse num="32">And they spoke the message of the Lord to him, together with all those in his house.</verse>


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<verse num="33">And he took them at that <transChange type="added">very</transChange> hour of the night <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("took") has been translated as a finite verb</note> washed <transChange type="added">their</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> wounds, and he himself was baptized at once, and all those of his <transChange type="added">household</transChange>.<note>*The word "<transChange type="added">household</transChange>" is not in the Greek text, but is supplied from the previous verse</note></verse>


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<verse num="34">And he brought them up into <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> house <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("brought ... up") has been translated as a finite verb</note> set a meal before <transChange type="added">them</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> and rejoiced greatly that he had believed in God with his whole household. </verse>


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<verse num="35">And <transChange type="added">when it</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was")</note> was day, the chief magistrates sent the police officers, saying, "Release those men."</verse>


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<verse num="36">And the jailer reported these words to Paul: "The chief magistrates have sent <transChange type="added">an order</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> that you should be released. So come out now <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("come out") has been translated as a finite verb</note> go in peace!"</verse>


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<verse num="37">But Paul said to them, "They beat us in public without due process--men who are Roman citizens--<transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("beat") has been translated as a finite verb</note> threw <transChange type="added">us</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> into prison, and now they are wanting to release us secretly? Certainly not! Rather let them come themselves <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("come") has been translated as a finite verb</note> bring us out!"</verse>


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<verse num="38">So the police officers reported these words to the chief magistrates, and they were afraid <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal</note> heard that they were Roman citizens.</verse>


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<verse num="39">And they came <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("came") has been translated as a finite verb</note> apologized to<note>Or "reassured"; or "conciliated"</note> them, and <transChange type="added">after they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("brought ... out") which is understood as temporal</note> brought <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> out they asked <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to depart from the city.</verse>


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<verse num="40">And <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came out") which is understood as temporal</note> came out of the prison, they went to Lydia and <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal</note> saw <transChange type="added">them</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> they encouraged the brothers and departed. </verse>


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<verse num="1">Now <transChange type="added">after they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("traveled through") which is understood as temporal</note> traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.</verse>


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<verse num="2">{And as was his custom},<note>Literally "and in accordance with what he was accustomed to"</note> Paul went in to them and on three Sabbath <transChange type="added">days</transChange> he discussed with them from the scriptures,</verse>


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<verse num="3">explaining and demonstrating that it was necessary <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the Christ<note>Or "Messiah"</note> to suffer and to rise from the dead, and <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, "This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ."<note>Or "Messiah"</note></verse>


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<verse num="4">And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, and <transChange type="added">also</transChange> a large number of God-fearing Greeks and not a few of the prominent women. </verse>


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<verse num="5">But the Jews were filled with jealousy and, taking along some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace and forming a mob, threw the city into an uproar. And attacking Jason's house, they were looking for them to bring <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> out to the popular assembly.</verse>


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<verse num="6">And <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("find") which is understood as temporal</note> did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city officials, shouting, "These <transChange type="added">people</transChange> who have stirred up trouble <transChange type="added">throughout</transChange> the world<note>Or "empire"</note> have come here also,</verse>


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<verse num="7">whom Jason has entertained as guests! And these <transChange type="added">people</transChange> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king, Jesus!"</verse>


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<verse num="8">And they threw the crowd into confusion, and the city officials who heard these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("taking") which is understood as temporal</note> taking money as security from Jason and the rest, they released them. </verse>


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<verse num="10">Now the brothers sent away both Paul and Silas at once, during the night, to Berea. {They}<note>Literally "who" (referring to Paul and Silas)</note> went into the synagogue of the Jews <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("arrived") which is understood as temporal</note> arrived.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Now these were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. {They}<note>Literally "who"</note> accepted the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day <transChange type="added">to see</transChange> if these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> were so.</verse>


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<verse num="12">Therefore many of them believed, and not a few of the prominent Greek women and men.</verse>


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<verse num="13">But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that the message of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, inciting and stirring up the crowds.</verse>


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<verse num="14">So then the brothers sent Paul away at once to go to the sea, and both Silas and Timothy remained there.</verse>


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<verse num="15">And those who conducted Paul brought <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> as far as Athens, and <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("receiving") which is understood as temporal</note> receiving an order for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as soon as possible, they went away. </verse>


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<verse num="16">Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was provoked within him <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("observed") which is understood as temporal</note> observed the city was full of idols.</verse>


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<verse num="17">So he was discussing in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing <transChange type="added">Gentiles</transChange>,<note>*Here the word "<transChange type="added">Gentiles</transChange>" is not in the Greek text but is implied</note> and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And even some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were saying, "What does this babbler want to say?" But <transChange type="added">others said</transChange>,<note>*The words "<transChange type="added">others said</transChange>" are not in the Greek text but are implied</note> "He appears to be a proclaimer of foreign deities," because he was proclaiming the good news <transChange type="added">about</transChange> Jesus and the resurrection.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And they took hold of him <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("took hold of") has been translated as a finite verb</note> brought <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to the Areopagus, saying, "May we learn what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this new teaching being proclaimed by you?</verse>


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<verse num="20">For you are bringing some astonishing things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what {these things mean}."<note>Literally "these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> want to be"</note></verse>


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<verse num="21">(Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who stayed there used to spend <transChange type="added">their</transChange> time in nothing else than telling something or listening to something new.) </verse>


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<verse num="22">So Paul stood there in the middle of the Areopagus <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("stood there") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said, "Men of Athens, I see you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> very religious {in every respect}.<note>Literally "with respect to all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>"</note></verse>


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<verse num="23">For <transChange type="added">as I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was passing through") which is understood as temporal</note> was passing through and observing carefully your objects of worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed, 'To an unknown God.' Therefore what you worship without knowing <transChange type="added">it</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> this I proclaim to you--</verse>


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<verse num="24">the God who made the world and all the things in it. This one, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,</verse>


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<verse num="25">nor is he served by human hands <transChange type="added">as if he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange> if" is supplied as a component of the conditional adverbial participle ("needed")</note> needed anything, <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("gives") which is understood as causal</note> he himself gives to everyone life and breath and everything.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And he made from one <transChange type="added">man</transChange> every nation of humanity to live on all the face of the earth, determining <transChange type="added">their</transChange> fixed times and the fixed boundaries of their habitation,</verse>


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<verse num="27">to search for God, if perhaps indeed they might feel around for him and find <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> And indeed he is not far away from each one of us,</verse>


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<verse num="28">for in him we live and move and exist,<note>Some interpreters hold that the phrase "in him we live and move and exist" is a quotation from Epimenides of Crete, but more likely it is a traditional Greek formula</note> as even some of {your own}<note>Literally "with respect to you"</note> poets have said: 'For we also are {his}<note>Literally "of <transChange type="added">him</transChange>"</note> offspring.'<note>A quotation from Aratus, Phaenomena 5</note></verse>


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<verse num="29">Therefore, <transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as causal</note> are offspring of God, we ought not to think the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.</verse>


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<verse num="30">Therefore <transChange type="added">although</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has overlooked") which is understood as concessive</note> God has overlooked the times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,</verse>


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<verse num="31">because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by the man who he has appointed, having provided proof to everyone <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("raising") which is understood as means</note> raising him from the dead."</verse>


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<verse num="32">Now <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard about") which is understood as temporal</note> heard about the resurrection of the dead, <transChange type="added">some</transChange> scoffed, but <transChange type="added">others</transChange> said, "We will hear you about this again also."</verse>


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<verse num="34">But some people<note>*Here the Greek term "men" is used as a generic for "people"; note the presence of of a woman (Damaris) in the group</note> joined him <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("joined") has been translated as a finite verb</note> believed, among whom also <transChange type="added">were</transChange> Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman {named}<note>Literally "by name"</note> Damaris and others with them. </verse>


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<verse num="1">After these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> he departed from Athens <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("departed") has been translated as a finite verb</note> went to Corinth.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And he found a certain Jew {named}<note>Literally "by name"</note> Aquila, {a native}<note>Literally "by nationality"</note> of Pontus who had arrived recently from Italy {along with}<note>Literally "and"</note> Priscilla his wife, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("found") has been translated as a finite verb</note> he went to them.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And because <transChange type="added">he</transChange> was practicing the same trade, he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And he argued in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade<note>*Here the imperfect verb has been translated as conative ("attempting to persuade")</note> both Jews and Greeks. </verse>


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<verse num="5">Now when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began to be occupied with<note>*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to be occupied with")</note> the message, solemnly testifying to the Jews <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the Christ<note>Or "Messiah"</note> was Jesus.</verse>


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<verse num="6">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("resisted")</note> they resisted and reviled <transChange type="added">him</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> he shook out <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> clothes <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("shook out") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said to them, "Your blood <transChange type="added">be</transChange> on your <transChange type="added">own</transChange> heads! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!"</verse>


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<verse num="7">And leaving there, he entered into the house of someone {named}<note>Literally "by name"</note> Titius Justus, a worshiper<note>Or "a God-fearer"</note> of God whose house was next door to the synagogue.</verse>


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<verse num="8">And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his whole household. And many of the Corinthians, <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard about") which is understood as temporal</note> heard about <transChange type="added">it</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> believed and were baptized.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And the Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not keep silent,</verse>


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<verse num="10">because I am with you and no one will attack you to harm you, because many people are mine in this city."</verse>


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<verse num="12">Now <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was")</note> Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one purpose against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,</verse>


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<verse num="14">But <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was about")</note> Paul was about to open <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it was some crime or wicked villainy, O Jews, {I would have been justified in accepting}<note>Literally "with respect to a motive I would have accepted"</note> your complaint.</verse>


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<verse num="15">But if it is questions concerning a word and names and {your own law},<note>Literally "the according to you law"</note> see to <transChange type="added">it</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> yourselves! I do not wish to be a judge of these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>."</verse>


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<verse num="17">So they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("seized") has been translated as a finite verb</note> began beating<note>*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began beating")</note> <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> in front of the judgment seat. And none of these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> was a concern to Gallio. </verse>


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<verse num="18">So Paul, <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("remaining") which is understood as temporal</note> remaining many days longer, said farewell to the brothers <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("said farewell") has been translated as a finite verb</note> sailed away to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> head at Cenchrea, because he had <transChange type="added">taken</transChange> a vow.</verse>


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<verse num="19">So they arrived at Ephesus, and those he left behind there, but he himself entered into the synagogue <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("entered") has been translated as a finite verb</note> discussed with the Jews.</verse>


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<verse num="20">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("asked")</note> they asked <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to stay for a longer time, he did not give his consent,</verse>


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<verse num="21">but saying farewell and telling <transChange type="added">them</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> "I will return to you again <transChange type="added">if</transChange><note>*Here "if" is supplied as a component of the conditional adverbial participle ("wills")</note> God wills," he set sail from Ephesus. </verse>


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<verse num="22">And <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("arrived") which is understood as temporal</note> arrived at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the two previous participles ("went up" and "greeted") have been translated as finite verbs</note> went down to Antioch.</verse>


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<verse num="23">And <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("spending") which is understood as temporal</note> spending some time <transChange type="added">there</transChange>, he departed, traveling through one <transChange type="added">place</transChange> after another <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. </verse>


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<verse num="24">Now a certain Jew {named}<note>Literally "by name"</note> Apollos, {a native}<note>Literally "by nationality"</note> Alexandrian, arrived in Ephesus--an eloquent man who was well-versed in the scriptures.</verse>


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<verse num="25">This man had been instructed <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the way of the Lord, and being enthusiastic in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the <transChange type="added">things</transChange> about Jesus, <transChange type="added">although he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("knew") which is understood as concessive</note> knew only the baptism of John.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal</note> Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.</verse>


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<verse num="27">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("wanted")</note> he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("encouraged") has been translated as a finite verb</note> wrote to the disciples to welcome him. <transChange type="added">When he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("arrived") which is understood as temporal</note> arrived, {he}<note>Literally "who"</note> assisted greatly those who had believed through grace.</verse>


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<verse num="28">For he was vigorously refuting the Jews in public, demonstrating through the scriptures <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the Christ<note>Or "Messiah"</note> was Jesus. </verse>


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<verse num="1">And it happened that <transChange type="added">while</transChange> Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the inland regions <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("traveled through") has been translated as a finite verb</note> came<note>Some manuscripts have "<transChange type="added">and</transChange> came down"</note> to Ephesus and found some disciples.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit <transChange type="added">when you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("believed") which is understood as temporal</note> believed?" And they <transChange type="added">said</transChange> to him, "But we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit!"</verse>


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<verse num="3">And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into the baptism of John."</verse>


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<verse num="4">And Paul said, "John baptized <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the one who was to come after him--that is, in Jesus."</verse>


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<verse num="5">And <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal</note> heard <transChange type="added">this</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.</verse>


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<verse num="6">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("laid")</note> Paul laid hands<note>Some manuscripts have "placed his hands"</note> on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they began to speak<note>*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to speak")</note> in tongues and to prophesy.</verse>


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<verse num="7">(Now the total <transChange type="added">number</transChange> <transChange type="added">of</transChange> men was about twelve.) </verse>


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<verse num="8">So he entered into the synagogue <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("entered") has been translated as a finite verb</note> was speaking boldly for three months, discussing and attempting to convince<note>The present tense participle has been translated as a conative present ("attempting to convince")</note> <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> concerning<note>Some manuscripts have "<transChange type="added">of</transChange> the things concerning"</note> the kingdom of God.</verse>


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<verse num="9">But when some became hardened and were disobedient, reviling the Way before the congregation, he departed from them <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("departed") has been translated as a finite verb</note> took away the disciples, leading discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.</verse>


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<verse num="10">And this took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia<note>A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)</note> heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks. </verse>


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<verse num="11">And God was performing {extraordinary}<note>Literally "not the ordinary"</note> miracles by the hands of Paul,</verse>


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<verse num="12">so that even handkerchiefs or work aprons {that had touched his skin}<note>Literally "from his skin"</note> were carried away to those who were sick, and <transChange type="added">their</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> diseases left them and the evil spirits came out <transChange type="added">of them</transChange>.<note>*The words "<transChange type="added">of them</transChange>" are not in the Greek text but are implied</note></verse>


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<verse num="13">But some itinerant Jewish exorcists also attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches!"</verse>


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<verse num="14">(Now seven sons of a certain Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.)</verse>


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<verse num="15">But the evil spirit answered <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said to them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with, but who are you?"</verse>


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<verse num="16">And the man {who had the evil spirit}<note>Literally "in whom the evil spirit was"</note> leaped on them, subdued all of them, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "and" is supplied because the two previous participles ("leaped" and "subdued") have been translated as finite verbs</note> prevailed against them, so that they ran away from that house naked and wounded.</verse>


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<verse num="17">And this became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was exalted.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And many of those who had believed came, confessing and disclosing their practices,</verse>


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<verse num="19">and many of those who practiced magic brought together <transChange type="added">their</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> books <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("brought together") has been translated as a finite verb</note> burned <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> up in the sight of everyone. And they counted up their value and found <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> {fifty thousand silver coins}.<note>Literally "five ten thousands of silver coins"</note></verse>


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<verse num="21">Now when these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> were completed, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, "After I have been there, it is necessary <transChange type="added">for</transChange> me to see Rome also."</verse>


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<verse num="22">So <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("sending") which is understood as temporal</note> sending two of those who were assisting him, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed <transChange type="added">some</transChange> time in Asia.<note>A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)</note> </verse>


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<verse num="24">For someone {named}<note>Literally "by name"</note> Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver replicas of the temple of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen.</verse>


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<verse num="25">{These}<note>Literally "whom"</note> he gathered together, and the workers occupied with such things, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("gathered together") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said, "Men, you know that from this business {we get our prosperity},<note>Literally "prosperity is to us"</note></verse>


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<verse num="26">and you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia<note>A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)</note> this man Paul has persuaded <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("has persuaded") has been translated as a finite verb</note> turned away a large crowd <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saying") which is understood as means</note> saying that the <transChange type="added">gods</transChange> made by hands are not gods.</verse>


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<verse num="27">So not only is there a danger this line of business of ours <transChange type="added">will</transChange> come into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis <transChange type="added">will</transChange> be regarded as nothing--and <transChange type="added">she</transChange> is about to be brought down even from her grandeur, <transChange type="added">she</transChange> whom the whole <transChange type="added">of</transChange> Asia<note>A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)</note> and the <transChange type="added">entire</transChange> world worship!" </verse>


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<verse num="28">And <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal</note> heard <transChange type="added">this</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> and became full of rage, they began to shout,<note>*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to shout")</note> saying, "Great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Artemis of the Ephesians!"</verse>


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<verse num="29">And the city was filled with the tumult, and with one purpose they rushed into the theater, seizing Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians <transChange type="added">who were</transChange> traveling companions of Paul.</verse>


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<verse num="30">But <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("wanted")</note> Paul wanted to enter into the popular assembly, the disciples would not let him.</verse>


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<verse num="31">And even some of the Asiarchs<note>Or "provincial authorities"</note> who were his friends sent <transChange type="added">word</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to him <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("sent") has been translated as a finite verb</note> were urging <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> not to risk himself <transChange type="added">by going</transChange> into the theater.</verse>


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<verse num="32">So some were shouting <transChange type="added">one thing</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and the majority did not know {why}<note>Literally "on account of what"</note> they had assembled.</verse>


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<verse num="33">And <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the crowd advised<note>Or "concluded <transChange type="added">it was about</transChange>"</note> Alexander, <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("put ... forward")</note> the Jews put him forward. But Alexander, motioning <transChange type="added">with his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> hand, was wanting to defend himself to the popular assembly.</verse>


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<verse num="34">But <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("recognized") which is understood as temporal</note> recognized that he was a Jew, they were shouting with one voice from all <transChange type="added">of them</transChange> for about two hours, "Great <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Artemis of the Ephesians!"</verse>


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<verse num="35">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had quieted") which is understood as temporal</note> the city secretary had quieted the crowd, he said, "Ephesian men, for who is there among men who does not know the Ephesian city is honorary temple keeper of the great Artemis and of <transChange type="added">her</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> image fallen from heaven?</verse>


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<verse num="36">Therefore <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("are")</note> these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are undeniable, it is necessary <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you be quiet and do nothing rash!</verse>


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<verse num="37">For you have brought these men <transChange type="added">here</transChange> <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.</verse>


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<verse num="38">If then Demetrius and the craftsmen <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> with him have a complaint against anyone, the court days are observed and there are proconsuls--let them bring charges against one another!</verse>


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<verse num="39">But if you desire anything further, it will be settled in the lawful assembly.</verse>


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<verse num="40">For indeed we are in danger of being accused of rioting concerning today, <transChange type="added">since there</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">since</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("is")</note> is no cause in relation to which we will be able to give an account concerning this disorderly gathering!" And <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had said") which is understood as temporal</note> had said these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, he dismissed the assembly.<note>Verse 41 in the English Bible is included as part of v. 40 in the standard editions of the Greek text</note> </verse>


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<verse num="1">Now after the turmoil had ceased, Paul summoned<note>*Here the participle ("summoned") has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style</note> the disciples, and <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("encouraging") which is understood as temporal</note> encouraging <transChange type="added">them</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> he said farewell <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("departed") has been translated as a finite verb</note> departed to travel to Macedonia.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And <transChange type="added">after he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had gone through") which is understood as temporal</note> had gone through those regions and encouraged them {at length},<note>Literally "with many a word"</note> he came to Greece</verse>


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<verse num="3">and stayed<note>*Here the participle ("stayed") has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style</note> three months. <transChange type="added">Because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("was made")</note> a plot was made against him by the Jews <transChange type="added">as he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was about to") which is understood as temporal</note> was about to set sail for Syria, he came to a decision to return through Macedonia.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And Sopater <transChange type="added">son</transChange> of Pyrrhus from Berea, and Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, and Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia, were accompanying him.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And these had gone on ahead <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("had gone on ahead") has been translated as a finite verb</note> were waiting for us in Troas.</verse>


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<verse num="6">And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread and came to them at Troas within five days, where we stayed seven days. </verse>


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<verse num="7">And on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the week, <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("had assembled")</note> we had assembled to break bread, Paul began conversing<note>*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began conversing")</note> with them, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was going to") which is understood as causal</note> was going to leave on the next day, and he extended <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> message until midnight.</verse>


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<verse num="8">Now there were quite a few lamps in the upstairs room where we were gathered.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And a certain young man {named}<note>Literally "by name"</note> Eutychus who was sitting in the window was sinking into a deep sleep <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was conversing")</note> Paul was conversing at length. Being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.</verse>


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<verse num="10">But Paul went down <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("went down") has been translated as a finite verb</note> threw himself on him, and putting his arms around <transChange type="added">him</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> said, "Do not be distressed, for his life is in him."</verse>


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<verse num="11">So he went up and broke bread,<note>*This participle and the previous one ("went up") have been translated as finite verbs in keeping with English style</note> and <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had eaten") which is understood as temporal</note> had eaten and talked for a long <transChange type="added">time</transChange>, until dawn, then he departed.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And they led the youth away alive, and {were greatly}<note>Literally "were not moderately"</note> comforted. </verse>


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<verse num="13">But we went on ahead to the ship <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("went on ahead") has been translated as a finite verb</note> put out to sea for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there. For having made arrangements in this way, he himself was intending to travel by land.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("took ... on board") has been translated as a finite verb</note> went to Mitylene.</verse>


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<verse num="15">And we sailed from there on the next <transChange type="added">day</transChange>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("sailed") has been translated as a finite verb</note> arrived opposite Chios. And on the next <transChange type="added">day</transChange> we approached Samos, and on the following <transChange type="added">day</transChange> we came to Miletus.</verse>


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<verse num="16">For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so that he would not be <transChange type="added">having</transChange> to spend time in Asia.<note>A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)</note> For he was hurrying if it could be possible for him to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. </verse>


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<verse num="17">And from Miletus he sent <transChange type="added">word</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to Ephesus <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("sent") has been translated as a finite verb</note> summoned the elders of the church.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And when they came to him, he said to them, "You know from the first day on which I set foot in Asia<note>A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)</note> how I was the whole time with you--</verse>


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<verse num="19">serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews--</verse>


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<verse num="20">how I did not shrink from proclaiming to you anything that would be profitable, and <transChange type="added">from</transChange> teaching you in public and from house <transChange type="added">to house</transChange>,</verse>


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<verse num="21">testifying both to Jews and to Greeks with respect to repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. </verse>


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<verse num="22">"And now behold, bound by the Spirit I am traveling to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me {there},<note>Literally "in it"</note></verse>


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<verse num="23">except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in town <transChange type="added">after town</transChange>, saying that bonds and persecutions await me.</verse>


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<verse num="24">But I consider <transChange type="added">my</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> life <transChange type="added">as</transChange> worth {nothing}<note>Or "not a single word"; literally "not any thing"</note> to myself, in order to finish my mission and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the gospel of the grace of God. </verse>


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<verse num="25">"And now behold, I know that all <transChange type="added">of</transChange> you, among whom I went about proclaiming the kingdom, will see my face no more.</verse>


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<verse num="26">Therefore I testify to you on this very day that I am guiltless of the blood of all <transChange type="added">of you</transChange>,<note>*The words "<transChange type="added">of you</transChange>" are not in the Greek text but are implied</note></verse>


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<verse num="28">Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has appointed you <transChange type="added">as</transChange> overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he obtained through the blood of his own <transChange type="added">Son</transChange>.<note>Or "through his own blood"; the Greek construction can be taken either way, with "Son" implied if the meaning is "through the blood of his own"</note></verse>


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<verse num="29">I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.</verse>


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<verse num="30">And from among you yourselves men will arise, speaking {perversions of the truth}<note>Literally "crooked things"</note> in order to draw away the disciples after them.</verse>


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<verse num="31">Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day <transChange type="added">for</transChange> three years I did not stop warning each one <transChange type="added">of you</transChange><note>*The words "<transChange type="added">of you</transChange>" are not in the Greek text but are implied</note> with tears. </verse>


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<verse num="32">"And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build <transChange type="added">you</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> up and to give <transChange type="added">you</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.</verse>


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<verse num="34">You yourselves know that these hands served <transChange type="added">to meet</transChange><note>*The words "<transChange type="added">to meet</transChange>" are not in the Greek text but are supplied for clarity</note> my needs and <transChange type="added">the needs of</transChange><note>*The words "<transChange type="added">the needs of</transChange>" are supplied in keeping with English style to maintain the parallelism with the earlier phrase "my needs"</note> those who were with me.</verse>


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<verse num="35">I have shown you <transChange type="added">with respect to</transChange> all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("working hard") which is understood as means</note> working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."<note>Perhaps an allusion to Matt 10:8; these exact words are not found in the NT gospels</note> </verse>


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<verse num="36">And <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had said") which is understood as temporal</note> had said these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, he fell to his knees <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("fell to") has been translated as a finite verb</note> prayed with them all.</verse>


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<verse num="37">And there was considerable weeping by all, and {hugging}<note>Literally "falling on the neck of"</note> Paul, they kissed him,</verse>


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<verse num="38">especially distressed at the statement that he had said, that they were going to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship. </verse>


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<verse num="1">And it happened that after we tore ourselves away<note>*Here the participle ("tore ourselves away") has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style</note> from them, we put out to sea, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous infinitive ("put out to sea") has been translated as a finite verb</note> running a straight course we came to Cos and on the next <transChange type="added">day</transChange> to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And finding a ship that was crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("went aboard") has been translated as a finite verb</note> put out to sea.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And <transChange type="added">after we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("sighted") which is understood as temporal</note> sighted Cyprus and left it behind {on the port side},<note>Literally "left"</note> we sailed to Syria and arrived at Tyre, because the ship was to unload <transChange type="added">its</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> cargo there.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And we stayed there seven days <transChange type="added">after we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("found") which is understood as temporal</note> found the disciples, who kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And it happened that when our days were over, we departed <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("departed") has been translated as a finite verb</note> went on our way, <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("accompanied")</note> all <transChange type="added">of them</transChange> accompanied us, together with <transChange type="added">their</transChange><note>*The word "<transChange type="added">their</transChange>" is not in the Greek text but is implied</note> wives and children, as far as outside the city. And <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("falling to") which is understood as temporal</note> falling to our knees on the beach <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "and" is supplied to join this and the previous participle ("falling to") in keeping with English style</note> praying,</verse>


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<verse num="6">we said farewell to one another and embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own <transChange type="added">homes</transChange>. </verse>


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<verse num="7">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had completed") which is understood as temporal</note> we had completed the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. And <transChange type="added">after we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("greeted") which is understood as temporal</note> greeted the brothers, we stayed one day with them.</verse>


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<verse num="8">And on the next day we departed <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "and" is supplied to join this and the previous participle ("departed") in keeping with English style</note> came to Caesarea, and entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was <transChange type="added">one</transChange> of the seven, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "and" is supplied to join this and the previous participle ("was") in keeping with English style</note> stayed with him.</verse>


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<verse num="9">({Now this man had}<note>Literally "now to this man were"</note> four virgin daughters who prophesied.) </verse>


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<verse num="10">And <transChange type="added">while we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were staying")</note> were staying <transChange type="added">there</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> many days, a certain prophet {named}<note>Literally "by name"</note> Agabus came down from Judea.</verse>


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<verse num="11">And he came to us and took Paul's belt. Tying up his own feet and hands, he said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says: 'In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will deliver <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> into the hands of the Gentiles.'"</verse>


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<verse num="12">And when we heard these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, both we and the local residents urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.</verse>


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<verse num="13">Then Paul replied, "What are you doing weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus!"</verse>


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<verse num="14">And <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("be persuaded")</note> he would not be persuaded, we remained silent, saying, "The will of the Lord be done." </verse>


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<verse num="15">So after these days we got ready <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("got ready") has been translated as a finite verb</note> went up to Jerusalem.</verse>


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<verse num="16">And <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of the disciples from Caesarea also traveled together with us, bringing <transChange type="added">us</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to a certain Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple of long standing,<note>Or perhaps "one of the original disciples"</note> with whom we were to be entertained as guests. </verse>


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<verse num="17">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("came")</note> we came to Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And on the next <transChange type="added">day</transChange> Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("greeting") which is understood as temporal</note> greeting them, he began to relate<note>*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to relate")</note> {one after the other}<note>Literally "with respect to each one"</note> <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.</verse>


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<verse num="20">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal</note> they heard <transChange type="added">this</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> they began to glorify<note>*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to glorify")</note> God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many ten thousands there are among the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealous adherents of the law.</verse>


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<verse num="21">And they have been informed about you that you are teaching all the Jews <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> among the Gentiles <transChange type="added">the</transChange> abandonment of Moses, telling them not to circumcise <transChange type="added">their</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> children or to live according to <transChange type="added">our</transChange><note>Literally "according to the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> customs.</verse>


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<verse num="22">What then {is to be done}?<note>Literally "is it"</note> Doubtless they will all hear that you have come!</verse>


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<verse num="23">Therefore do this that we tell you: {we have}<note>Literally "there are to us"</note> four men who have <transChange type="added">taken</transChange> a vow upon themselves.<note>Some manuscripts have "on themselves"</note></verse>


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<verse num="24">Take these <transChange type="added">men</transChange> <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("take") has been translated as a finite verb</note> purify yourself along with them and {pay their expenses}<note>Literally "spend on them"</note> so that they can shave <transChange type="added">their</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> heads, and everyone will know that <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> which they had been informed about you are nothing, but you yourself also agree with observing the law.</verse>


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<verse num="25">But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("deciding") which is understood as temporal</note> deciding they should avoid food sacrificed to idols and blood and <transChange type="added">what has been</transChange> strangled and sexual immorality."</verse>


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<verse num="26">Then Paul took along the men on the next day, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" has been supplied in keeping with English style</note> <transChange type="added">after he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had purified") which is understood as temporal</note> had purified himself together with them, he entered into the temple <transChange type="added">courts</transChange>,<note>*Here "<transChange type="added">courts</transChange>" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself</note> announcing the completion of the days of purification until {the time}<note>Literally "which <transChange type="added">time</transChange>"</note> the offering would be presented on behalf of each one of them. </verse>


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<verse num="27">But when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia<note>A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)</note> who had seen him in the temple <transChange type="added">courts</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">courts</transChange>" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself</note> stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,</verse>


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<verse num="28">shouting, "Israelite men, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place! And furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"</verse>


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<verse num="29">(For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, whom they thought that Paul had brought into the temple.)</verse>


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<verse num="30">And the whole city was stirred up, and the people came running together, and they seized Paul <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("seized") has been translated as a finite verb</note> dragged him outside of the temple <transChange type="added">courts</transChange>,<note>*Here "<transChange type="added">courts</transChange>" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself</note> and immediately the doors were shut. </verse>


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<verse num="31">And <transChange type="added">as they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were seeking")</note> were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the military tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.</verse>


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<verse num="32">{He}<note>Literally "who"</note> immediately took along soldiers and centurions <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("took along") has been translated as a finite verb</note> ran down to them. And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal</note> they saw the military tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.</verse>


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<verse num="33">Then the military tribune came up <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("came up") has been translated as a finite verb</note> arrested him and ordered <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what it was that he had done.</verse>


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<verse num="34">But some in the crowd were shouting one thing <transChange type="added">and</transChange> others <transChange type="added">another</transChange>, and <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("able")</note> he was not able to find out the truth on account of the commotion, he gave orders to bring him into the barracks.<note>Or "headquarters"</note></verse>


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<verse num="35">And when he came to the steps, it happened that he had to be carried by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd,</verse>


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<verse num="36">for the crowd of people was following <transChange type="added">them</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> shouting, "Away with him!" </verse>


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<verse num="37">And <transChange type="added">as he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was about to") which is understood as temporal</note> was about to be brought into the barracks,<note>Or "headquarters"</note> Paul said to the military tribune, "Is it permitted for me to say something to you?" And he said, "Do you know Greek?</verse>


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<verse num="38">Then you are not the Egyptian who before these days raised a revolt and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?"<note>Also known as the "Sicarii" from the Latin word "sicarius" = dagger, after the short dagger used to assassinate political opponents</note></verse>


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<verse num="39">But Paul said, "I am a Jewish man from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no unimportant city. Now I ask you, allow me to speak to the people."</verse>


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<verse num="40">So <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("permitted")</note> he permitted <transChange type="added">him</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> Paul, standing there on the steps, motioned with <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> hand to the people. And <transChange type="added">when there</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was")</note> was a great silence, he addressed <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> in the Aramaic language, saying, </verse>


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<verse num="2">And <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal</note> heard that he was addressing them in the Aramaic language, {they became even more silent}.<note>Literally "they showed even more silence"</note> And he said,</verse>


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<verse num="3">"I am a Jewish man born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the exactness of the law received from our fathers, being zealous for God, just as all <transChange type="added">of</transChange> you are today.</verse>


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<verse num="4">{I}<note>Literally "who"</note> persecuted this Way to the death, tying up and delivering to prison both men and women,</verse>


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<verse num="5">as indeed the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me, from whom also I received letters to the brothers in Damascus, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("received") has been translated as a finite verb</note> was traveling <transChange type="added">there</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to lead away those who were there also tied up to Jerusalem so that they could be punished. </verse>


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<verse num="6">"And it happened that <transChange type="added">as</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was traveling") which is understood as temporal</note> I was traveling and approaching Damascus around noon, suddenly a very bright light from heaven flashed around me,</verse>


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<verse num="7">and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'</verse>


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<verse num="8">And I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' And he said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene whom you are persecuting.'</verse>


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<verse num="9">(Now those who were with me saw the light but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.)</verse>


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<verse num="10">So I said, 'What should I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Get up <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("get up") has been translated as a finite verb</note> proceed to Damascus, and there it will be told to you about all <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> that have been appointed for you to do.'</verse>


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<verse num="11">And as I could not see as a result of the brightness of that light, I arrived in Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live <transChange type="added">there</transChange>,</verse>


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<verse num="13">came to me and stood by <transChange type="added">me</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("stood by") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said to me, 'Brother Saul, regain <transChange type="added">your</transChange> sight!' And <transChange type="added">at that</transChange> same time I looked up at him <transChange type="added">and saw him</transChange>.<note>*The words "<transChange type="added">and saw him</transChange>" are not in the Greek text but are supplied in the translation for clarity</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">And he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth,</verse>


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<verse num="15">because you will be a witness for him<note>Or "to him"</note> to all people of what you have seen and heard.</verse>


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<verse num="16">And now why are you delaying? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name!' </verse>


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<verse num="17">"And it happened that <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("returned") which is understood as temporal</note> I returned to Jerusalem and I was praying in the temple courts,<note>*Here "<transChange type="added">courts</transChange>" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself</note> I was in a trance,</verse>


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<verse num="18">and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and depart {quickly}<note>Literally "with quickness"</note> from Jerusalem, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'</verse>


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<verse num="19">And I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that from synagogue <transChange type="added">to synagogue</transChange> I was imprisoning and beating those who believed in you.</verse>


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<verse num="20">And when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I myself also was standing near and was approving, and was guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.'</verse>


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<verse num="21">And he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles!'" </verse>


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<verse num="22">Now they were listening to him until this word, and they raised their voices, saying, "Away with such a man from the earth! For it is not fitting <transChange type="added">for</transChange> him to live!"</verse>


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<verse num="23">And <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were screaming")</note> they were screaming and throwing off <transChange type="added">their</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> cloaks and throwing dust into the air,</verse>


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<verse num="24">the military tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks,<note>Or "headquarters"</note> saying he was to be examined with a lash so that he could find out for what reason they were crying out against him in this way.</verse>


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<verse num="25">But when they had stretched him out for the lash,<note>Or "with straps" (in order to lash him)</note> Paul said to the centurion standing there, "Is it permitted for you to flog a man <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> a Roman citizen and uncondemned?"</verse>


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<verse num="26">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal</note> the centurion heard <transChange type="added">this</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> he went to the military tribune <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("went to") has been translated as a finite verb</note> reported <transChange type="added">it</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> saying, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen!"</verse>


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<verse num="27">So the military tribune came <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("came") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" And he said, "Yes."</verse>


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<verse num="28">And the military tribune replied, "I acquired this citizenship for a large sum of money." And Paul said, "But I indeed was born <transChange type="added">a citizen</transChange>.<note>*The words "<transChange type="added">a citizen</transChange>" are not in the Greek text but are implied</note></verse>


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<verse num="29">Then immediately those who were about to examine him kept away from him, and the military tribune also was afraid <transChange type="added">when he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("realized") which is understood as temporal</note> realized that he was a Roman citizen and that {he had tied him up}.<note>Literally "he was having tied him up"</note></verse>


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<verse num="30">But on the next day, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("wanted") which is understood as causal</note> wanted to know the true <transChange type="added">reason</transChange> why he was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble, and he brought down Paul <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("brought down") has been translated as a finite verb</note> had <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> stand before them. </verse>


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<verse num="1">And looking intently at the Sanhedrin, Paul said, "Men <transChange type="added">and</transChange> brothers, I have lived my life in all good conscience before God to this day."</verse>


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<verse num="2">So the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike his mouth.</verse>


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<verse num="3">Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> whitewashed wall! And are you sitting <transChange type="added">there</transChange> judging me according to the law, and acting contrary to the law do you order me to be struck?"</verse>


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<verse num="5">And Paul said, "I did not know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, 'You must not speak evil <transChange type="added">of</transChange> a ruler of your people.'"<note>A quotation from Exod 22:28</note> </verse>


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<verse num="6">Now <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("realized") which is understood as temporal</note> Paul realized that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he shouted out in the Sanhedrin, "Men <transChange type="added">and</transChange> brothers! I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am being judged concerning the hope and the resurrection of the dead!"</verse>


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<verse num="7">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("said")</note> he said this, a dispute developed between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.</verse>


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<verse num="8">(For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection or angel or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge <transChange type="added">them</transChange> all.)</verse>


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<verse num="9">And there was loud shouting, and some of the scribes from the party of the Pharisees stood up <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("stood up") has been translated as a finite verb</note> contended sharply, saying, "We find nothing wrong with this man! But <transChange type="added">what</transChange> if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"</verse>


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<verse num="10">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("became")</note> the dispute became severe, the military tribune, fearing lest Paul be torn apart by them, ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from their midst, and bring <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> into the barracks.<note>Or "headquarters"</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">And the next night the Lord stood by him <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("stood by") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said, "Have courage, for as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome." </verse>


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<verse num="12">And <transChange type="added">when it</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was")</note> was day, the Jews made a conspiracy <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("made") has been translated as a finite verb</note> bound themselves under a curse, saying <transChange type="added">they would</transChange><note>Literally "saying neither to eat nor to drink"; the words "they would" are supplied for smoother English style</note> neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.</verse>


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<verse num="13">Now there were more <transChange type="added">than</transChange> forty who had made this conspiracy,</verse>


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<verse num="14">who went to the chief priests and the elders <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("went to") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said, "We have bound ourselves under a curse to partake of nothing until we have killed Paul.</verse>


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<verse num="15">Therefore, now you along with the Sanhedrin explain to the military tribune that he should bring him down to you, as <transChange type="added">if you</transChange> were going to determine more accurately the things concerning him. And we are ready to do away with him before he comes near." </verse>


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<verse num="16">But <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard about") which is understood as temporal</note> the son of Paul's sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered into the barracks<note>Or "headquarters"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "and" is supplied because the two previous participles ("came" and "entered") have been translated as finite verbs</note> reported <transChange type="added">it</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to Paul.</verse>


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<verse num="17">So Paul called one of the centurions <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("called") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said, "Bring this young man to the military tribune, because he has something to report to him."</verse>


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<verse num="18">So he took him <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("took") has been translated as a finite verb</note> brought <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to the military tribune and said, "The prisoner Paul called me <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("called") has been translated as a finite verb</note> asked <transChange type="added">me</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to bring this young man to you <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has") which is understood as causal</note> has something to tell you."</verse>


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<verse num="19">And the military tribune, taking hold of his hand and withdrawing privately, asked, "What is it that you have to report to me?"</verse>


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<verse num="20">And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you that you bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as <transChange type="added">if they</transChange> were going to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.</verse>


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<verse num="21">You therefore do not be persuaded by them, because more <transChange type="added">than</transChange> forty men of {their number}<note>Literally "them"</note> are lying in wait <transChange type="added">for</transChange> him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have done away with him. And now they are ready, waiting for {you to agree}."<note>Literally "the assurance of agreement from you"</note></verse>


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<verse num="22">So the military tribune sent the young man away, directing <transChange type="added">him</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> "Tell no one that you have revealed these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to me." </verse>


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<verse num="23">And he summoned two of the centurions <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("summoned") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said, "Make ready from the third hour of the night two hundred soldiers and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen,<note>A word of uncertain meaning, probably a military technical term</note> in order that they may proceed as far as Caesarea.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And provide mounts so that they can put Paul on them <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("put ... on") has been translated as a finite verb</note> bring <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> safely to Felix the governor."</verse>


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<verse num="25">{He wrote}<note>Literally "writing"</note> a letter that had this form:<note>Or "content"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="27">This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came upon") which is understood as temporal</note> came upon <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> with the detachment <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("came upon") has been translated as a finite verb</note> rescued <transChange type="added">him</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> <transChange type="added">because I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("learned") which is understood as causal</note> learned that he was a Roman citizen.</verse>


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<verse num="28">And <transChange type="added">because I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("wanted") which is understood as causal</note> wanted to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> down to their Sanhedrin.<note>Or "council"</note></verse>


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<verse num="29">I found {he}<note>Literally "whom"</note> was accused concerning controversial questions of their law, but having no charge deserving death or imprisonment.</verse>


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<verse num="30">And <transChange type="added">when it</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was made known") which is understood as temporal</note> was made known to me there would be a plot against the man, I sent <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to you immediately, also ordering <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> accusers to speak against him<note>Some manuscripts have "to state the charges against him" (literally, "to speak the <transChange type="added">things</transChange> against him")</note> before you. </verse>


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<verse num="31">Therefore the soldiers, in accordance with {their orders},<note>Literally "what was ordered to them"</note> took Paul <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("took") has been translated as a finite verb</note> brought <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to Antipatris during the night.</verse>


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<verse num="32">And on the next day they let the horsemen go on with him, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("let") has been translated as a finite verb</note> they returned to the barracks.<note>Or "headquarters"</note></verse>


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<verse num="33">{The horsemen},<note>Literally "who"</note> <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came") which is understood as temporal</note> came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, also presented Paul to him.</verse>


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<verse num="34">So <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("reading") which is understood as temporal</note> reading <transChange type="added">the letter</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> and asking what province he was from, and learning that <transChange type="added">he was</transChange> from Cilicia,</verse>


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<verse num="35">he said, "I will give you a hearing whenever your accusers arrive also," giving orders <transChange type="added">for</transChange> him to be guarded in the praetorium<note>The "praetorium" of Herod refers to the palace of Herod the Great in Caesarea Maritima</note> of Herod. </verse>


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<verse num="1">And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney, a certain Tertullus, all of whom brought charges against Paul to the governor.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("had been summoned")</note> he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse <transChange type="added">him</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> saying, "We have experienced<note>*Here this participle ("have experienced") and the following participle ("are taking place") have been translated as finite verbs in keeping with English style</note> much<note>Or "many <transChange type="added">years</transChange>," with "years" understood</note> peace through you, and reforms are taking place in this nation through your foresight.</verse>


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<verse num="3">Both in every <transChange type="added">way</transChange> and everywhere we acknowledge <transChange type="added">this</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> most excellent Felix, with all gratitude.</verse>


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<verse num="4">But so that I may not impose on you for longer, I implore you to hear us briefly with your <transChange type="added">customary</transChange> graciousness.</verse>


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<verse num="5">For we have found<note>*Here this participle ("found") has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style</note> this man <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> a public menace and one who causes riots among all the Jews throughout the Roman Empire<note>Literally "the inhabited earth," but here this is probably rhetorical hyperbole for the Roman Empire, especially since Felix, the Roman governor, is being addressed</note> and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,</verse>


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<verse num="6">who even attempted to desecrate the temple, and we arrested {him<note>Literally "whom"</note>}.<note>Some later manuscripts include the following additional material between v. 6 and v. 8: "and we wanted to judge him according to our law, (24:7) but Lysius the military tribune came and took him from our hands with much violence, (24:8) ordering his accusers to come before you."</note></verse>


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<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">When</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("examine") which is understood as temporal</note> you yourself examine <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> you will be able to find out from {him}<note>Literally "whom"</note> about all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> of which we are accusing him."</verse>


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<verse num="9">And the Jews also joined in the attack, asserting these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> were so. </verse>


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<verse num="10">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("gestured")</note> the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, "<transChange type="added">Because I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I defend myself cheerfully <transChange type="added">with respect to</transChange> the things concerning myself.</verse>


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<verse num="11">You can ascertain that {it has not been more than}<note>Literally "there are not to me more than"</note> twelve days {since}<note>Literally "from which <transChange type="added">time</transChange>"</note> I went up to Jerusalem to worship.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And neither did they find me arguing with anyone or making a crowd develop in the temple <transChange type="added">courts</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">courts</transChange>" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself</note> nor in the synagogues nor throughout the city.</verse>


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<verse num="13">Nor can they prove <transChange type="added">the things</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to you concerning which they are now accusing me.</verse>


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<verse num="14">But I do confess this to you, that according to the Way (which they call a sect), so I worship the God of our fathers, believing all things <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> in accordance with the law and that are written in the prophets,</verse>


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<verse num="15">having a hope in God which these <transChange type="added">men</transChange> also themselves await: <transChange type="added">that</transChange> there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.</verse>


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<verse num="16">{For this reason}<note>Literally "by this"</note> also <transChange type="added">I</transChange> myself {always}<note>Literally "through everything"</note> do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and people.</verse>


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<verse num="17">So after many years, I came to practice charitable giving and offerings to my people,<note>Or "nation"</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">in which they found me purified in the temple <transChange type="added">courts</transChange>,<note>*Here "<transChange type="added">courts</transChange>" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself</note> not with a crowd or with a disturbance.</verse>


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<verse num="19">But <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> some Jews from Asia<note>A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)</note> who ought to be present before you and bring charges against <transChange type="added">me</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> if they have anything against me,</verse>


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<verse num="20">or these <transChange type="added">men</transChange> themselves should say what crime they found <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("stood")</note> I stood before the Sanhedrin,<note>Or "council"</note></verse>


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<verse num="21">other than concerning this one declaration that I shouted <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("standing there") which is understood as temporal</note> standing there before them: 'I am being judged before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead!'" </verse>


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<verse num="22">But Felix, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("understood") which is understood as causal</note> understood the <transChange type="added">facts</transChange> concerning the Way more accurately, put them off, saying, "When Lysias the military tribune comes down, I will decide {your case}."<note>Literally "the <transChange type="added">case</transChange> with respect to you"</note></verse>


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<verse num="23"><transChange type="added">He</transChange> ordered<note>*Here this participle ("ordered") has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style</note> the centurion <transChange type="added">for</transChange> him to be guarded and to have some freedom, and in no way to prevent any of his own <transChange type="added">people</transChange><note>This could refer to either friends or relatives</note> <transChange type="added">from</transChange> serving him. </verse>


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<verse num="24">And after some days, <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("arrived") which is understood as temporal</note> Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him concerning faith in Christ Jesus.</verse>


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<verse num="25">And <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was discussing")</note> he was discussing about righteousness and self control and the judgment that is to come, Felix became afraid <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("became") has been translated as a finite verb</note> replied, "Go away for the present, and <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as temporal</note> have an opportunity, I will summon you."</verse>


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<verse num="26">At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul. For this reason also he sent for him as often as possible <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("sent for") has been translated as a finite verb</note> talked with him.</verse>


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<verse num="27">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("had passed")</note> two years had passed, Felix received as successor Porcius Festus. And <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("wanted") which is understood as causal</note> wanted to do a favor for the Jews, Felix left Paul behind {as a prisoner}.<note>Literally "bound"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="1">Now <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("set foot in") which is understood as temporal</note> Festus set foot in the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought charges against Paul to him, and were urging him,</verse>


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<verse num="3">asking for a favor against him, that he summon him to Jerusalem, <transChange type="added">because they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were preparing ") which is understood as causal</note> were preparing an ambush to do away with him along the way.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Then Festus replied <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and <transChange type="added">he</transChange> himself was about to go <transChange type="added">there</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> in a short time.</verse>


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<verse num="5">So he said, "Let those among you <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> prominent go down with <transChange type="added">me</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("go down with") has been translated as a finite verb</note> if there is any wrong in the man, let them bring charges against him." </verse>


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<verse num="6">And <transChange type="added">after he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had stayed") which is understood as temporal</note> had stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea. On the next day he sat down on the judgment seat <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("sat down") has been translated as a finite verb</note> gave orders <transChange type="added">for</transChange> Paul to be brought.</verse>


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<verse num="7">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("arrived")</note> he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges that they were not able to prove,</verse>


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<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("said in his defense")</note> Paul said in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews nor against the temple nor against Caesar have I sinned with reference to anything!"</verse>


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<verse num="9">But Festus, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("wanted") which is understood as causal</note> wanted to do a favor for the Jews, answered <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said to Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be tried before me there concerning these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>?"</verse>


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<verse num="10">But Paul said, "I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where it is necessary <transChange type="added">for</transChange> me to be judged. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.</verse>


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<verse num="11">If then I am doing wrong<note>Or "I am in the wrong"</note> and have done anything deserving death, I am not trying to avoid<note>*Here the present tense has been translated as conative ("trying to avoid")</note> dying. But if there is nothing <transChange type="added">true</transChange> of <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> which these <transChange type="added">people</transChange> are accusing me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!"</verse>


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<verse num="12">Then Festus, <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("discussing") which is understood as temporal</note> discussing <transChange type="added">this</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> with <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> council, replied, "You have appealed to Caesar--to Caesar you will go!" </verse>


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<verse num="13">Now <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("had passed")</note> some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to welcome Festus.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And while they were staying there many days, Festus laid out the <transChange type="added">case</transChange> against Paul to the king, saying, "There is a certain man left behind by Felix <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a prisoner,</verse>


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<verse num="15">concerning whom <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was")</note> I was in Jerusalem the chief priests and the elders of the Jews presented evidence, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.</verse>


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<verse num="16">To {them}<note>Literally "whom"</note> I replied that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up any man before the one who had been accused met <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> accusers face to <transChange type="added">face</transChange> and received an opportunity for a defense concerning the accusation.</verse>


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<verse num="17">Therefore, <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("had assembled")</note> they had assembled here, <transChange type="added">I</transChange> made<note>*Here this participle ("made") has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style</note> no delay; on the next <transChange type="added">day</transChange> I sat down on the judgment seat <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "and" is supplied because the two previous participles ("made" and "sat down") have been translated as finite verbs</note> gave orders <transChange type="added">for</transChange> the man to be brought.</verse>


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<verse num="18"><transChange type="added">When they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("stood up") which is understood as temporal</note> stood up, <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> accusers began bringing<note>*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began bringing")</note> no charge concerning {him}<note>Literally "whom"</note> of the evil deeds that I was suspecting,</verse>


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<verse num="19">but they had some issues with him concerning their own religion, and concerning a certain Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive.</verse>


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<verse num="20">And <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was at a loss") which is understood as causal</note> I was at a loss with regard to the investigation concerning these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and to be judged there concerning these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="21">But <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("appealed")</note> Paul appealed <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he be kept under guard for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I gave orders <transChange type="added">for</transChange> him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar."</verse>


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<verse num="22">So Agrippa <transChange type="added">said</transChange> to Festus, "I want to hear the man myself also." "Tomorrow," he said, "you will hear him." </verse>


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<verse num="23">So on the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pageantry and entered into the audience hall, along with military tribunes and the most prominent men of the city. And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("gave the order")</note> Festus gave the order, Paul was brought in.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And Festus said, "King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole population of the Jews appealed to me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he must not live any longer.</verse>


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<verse num="25">But I understood <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he had done nothing deserving death himself, and <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("appealed to")</note> this man appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send <transChange type="added">him</transChange>.<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note></verse>


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<verse num="26">I do not have anything definite to write to <transChange type="added">my</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> lord about {him}.<note>Literally "whom"</note> Therefore I have brought him before you <transChange type="added">all</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">all</transChange>" is supplied in the translation to indicate that the pronoun ("you") is plural</note>--and especially before you, King Agrippa--so that <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("has taken place")</note> this preliminary hearing has taken place, I may have something to write.</verse>


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<verse num="27">For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner and not to indicate the charges against him." </verse>


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<verse num="1">So Agrippa said to Paul, "It is permitted for you to speak for yourself." Then Paul extended <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> hand <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("extended") has been translated as a finite verb</note> began to defend himself:<note>*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to defend himself")</note> </verse>


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<verse num="2">"Concerning all <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate <transChange type="added">that</transChange> before you I am about to defend myself today,</verse>


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<verse num="3"><transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as causal</note> you are especially acquainted with both all the customs and controversial questions with respect to the Jews. Therefore I beg <transChange type="added">you</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to listen to me with patience. </verse>


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<verse num="4">"Now all the Jews know my manner of life from <transChange type="added">my</transChange> youth, that had taken place from the beginning among my <transChange type="added">own</transChange> people<note>Or "nation"</note> and in Jerusalem,</verse>


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<verse num="5">having known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that in accordance with the strictest party of our religion I lived <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a Pharisee.</verse>


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<verse num="6">And now I stand here on trial on the basis of hope in the promise made by God to our fathers,</verse>


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<verse num="7">to which our twelve tribes hope to attain as <transChange type="added">they</transChange> earnestly serve <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> night and day. Concerning this hope I am being accused by the Jews, O king!</verse>


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<verse num="8">Why is it thought incredible by you <transChange type="added">people</transChange><note>*Here "people" is supplied in the translation to indicate that the pronoun ("you") is plural</note> that God raises the dead?</verse>


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<verse num="9">Indeed, I myself thought it was necessary to do many <transChange type="added">things</transChange> opposed to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,</verse>


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<verse num="10">which I also did in Jerusalem, and not only did I lock up many of the saints in prison, having received authority from the chief priests, but also <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were being executed")</note> they were being executed, I cast <transChange type="added">my</transChange> vote<note>Literally "voting pebble," but here "vote" rather than "voting pebble" is used in the translation to avoid the idea that this small stone was actually thrown at the accused (it was used as a method of voting)</note> against <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">And throughout all the synagogues I punished them often <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("punished") has been translated as a finite verb</note> tried to force<note>*The imperfect tense has been translated as conative here ("tried to force")</note> <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to blaspheme, and <transChange type="added">because I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was enraged") which is understood as causal</note> was enraged at them beyond measure, I was pursuing <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> even as far as to foreign cities.</verse>


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<verse num="12">In {this activity}<note>Literally "which"</note> I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and full power of the chief priests.</verse>


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<verse num="13">In the middle of the day along the road, O king, I saw a light from heaven, more than the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who were traveling with me.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("had ... fallen")</note> we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Aramaic language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> hard for you to kick against the goads!'</verse>


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<verse num="15">So I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.</verse>


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<verse num="16">But get up and stand on your feet, because for this <transChange type="added">reason</transChange> I have appeared to you, to appoint you a servant and witness both <transChange type="added">to the things</transChange> in which you saw me and <transChange type="added">to the things</transChange> in which I will appear to you,</verse>


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<verse num="17">rescuing you from the people and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you,</verse>


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<verse num="18">to open their eyes <transChange type="added">so that they</transChange> may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, <transChange type="added">so that</transChange> they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.' </verse>


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<verse num="20">but to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem and all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, I proclaimed <transChange type="added">that they should</transChange> repent and turn to God, doing deeds worthy of repentance.</verse>


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<verse num="21">On account of these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> the Jews seized me in<note>Some manuscripts have "while I was in"</note> the temple <transChange type="added">courts</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">courts</transChange>" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("seized") has been translated as a finite verb</note> were attempting to kill <transChange type="added">me</transChange>.<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note></verse>


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<verse num="22">Therefore I have experienced help from God until this day, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("have experienced") has been translated as a finite verb</note> I stand here testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what both the prophets and Moses have said were going to happen,</verse>


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<verse num="23">that the Christ<note>Or "Messiah"</note> was to suffer <transChange type="added">and</transChange> that <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the first of the resurrection from the dead, he was going to proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles." </verse>


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<verse num="24">And <transChange type="added">as</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was saying ... in his defense")</note> he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "You are out of your mind, Paul! <transChange type="added">Your</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> great learning {is driving}<note>Literally "is turning"</note> you {insane}!"<note>Literally "to madness"</note></verse>


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<verse num="25">But Paul said, "I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but am speaking words of truth and rationality.</verse>


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<verse num="26">For the king knows about these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, to whom also I am speaking freely, for I am not convinced <transChange type="added">that</transChange> these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in any way have escaped<note>Some manuscripts have "that any of these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in any way has escaped"</note> his notice, because this {was}<note>Literally "is"</note> not {done}<note>Literally "having been done"</note> in a corner.</verse>


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<verse num="28">But Agrippa <transChange type="added">said</transChange> to Paul, "In a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?"<note>Or "In a short time you are persuading me to become a Christian"</note></verse>


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<verse num="29">And Paul <transChange type="added">replied</transChange>, "I pray to God, whether in a short time or in a long time, not only you but also all those who are listening to me today may become such <transChange type="added">people</transChange> as I also am, except for these bonds!" </verse>


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<verse num="30">Both the king and the governor got up, and Bernice and those who were sitting with them.</verse>


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<verse num="31">And <transChange type="added">as they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were going out")</note> were going out, they were talking to one another, saying, "This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment."</verse>


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<verse num="32">And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar." </verse>


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<verse num="1">And when it was decided <transChange type="added">that</transChange> we would sail away to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion {named}<note>Literally "by name"</note> Julius of the Augustan<note>The meaning and significance of the title "Augustan" is highly debated, as is the precise identification of this military unit; it may be an honorary unit designation given to auxiliary or provincial troops</note> Cohort.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And we went aboard a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to the places along the <transChange type="added">coast</transChange><note>*The word "<transChange type="added">coast</transChange>" is not in the Greek text but is implied</note> of Asia<note>A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("went aboard") has been translated as a finite verb</note> put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And on the next <transChange type="added">day</transChange>, we put in at Sidon. And Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed <transChange type="added">him</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> to go to <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> friends {to be cared for}.<note>Literally "to experience care"</note></verse>


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<verse num="4">And from there we put out to sea <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("put out to sea") has been translated as a finite verb</note> sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against <transChange type="added">us</transChange>.<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note></verse>


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<verse num="5">And <transChange type="added">after we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had sailed across") which is understood as temporal</note> had sailed across the open sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia.</verse>


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<verse num="6">And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("found") has been translated as a finite verb</note> put us {on board}<note>Literally "into"</note> it.</verse>


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<verse num="7">And sailing slowly, in many days and with difficulty we came<note>*Here this participle ("came") has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style</note> to Cnidus. <transChange type="added">Because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("permit ... to go further")</note> the wind did not permit us to go further, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.</verse>


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<verse num="8">And sailing along its coast with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near which was the town <transChange type="added">of</transChange> Lasea. </verse>


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<verse num="9">And <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("had passed")</note> considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because even the Fast<note>A reference to the Jewish Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) which occurs in mid-autumn</note> was already over, Paul strongly recommended,</verse>


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<verse num="10">saying to them, "Men, I perceive that the voyage is going {to end}<note>Literally "to be"</note> with disaster and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives!"</verse>


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<verse num="11">But the centurion was convinced even more by the shipmaster and the shipowner than by what was said by Paul.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("was")</note> the harbor was unsuitable for spending the winter in, the majority decided on a plan to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could arrive at Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing toward the southwest and toward the northwest, to spend the winter <transChange type="added">there</transChange>.<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> </verse>


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<verse num="13">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("began to blow gently")</note> a southwest wind began to blow gently, <transChange type="added">because they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("thought") which is understood as causal</note> thought <transChange type="added">they</transChange> could accomplish their purpose, they weighed anchor <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("weighed anchor") has been translated as a finite verb</note> sailed close along Crete.</verse>


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<verse num="14">But not long afterward a wind like a hurricane, called the northeaster,<note>Literally "Euraquilo," a violent northern wind</note> rushed down from it.<note>That is, from the island of Crete</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("was caught")</note> the ship was caught and <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not able to head into the wind, we gave way <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("gave way") has been translated as a finite verb</note> were driven <transChange type="added">along</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="16">And running under the lee of a certain small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship's boat under control.</verse>


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<verse num="17"><transChange type="added">After</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("hoisting") which is understood as temporal</note> hoisting {it up},<note>Literally "which"</note> they made use of supports to undergird the ship. And <transChange type="added">because they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were afraid") which is understood as causal</note> were afraid lest they run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("lowered") has been translated as a finite verb</note> thus were driven <transChange type="added">along</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("battered by the storm")</note> we were violently battered by the storm, on the next <transChange type="added">day</transChange> {they began}<note>Literally "they began to carry out"</note> jettisoning <transChange type="added">the cargo</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note></verse>


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<verse num="19">and on the third <transChange type="added">day</transChange> they threw overboard the gear of the ship with their own hands.</verse>


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<verse num="20">But <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("appeared")</note> neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and <transChange type="added">with</transChange> not a little bad weather confronting <transChange type="added">us</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> finally all hope was abandoned <transChange type="added">that</transChange> we would be saved. </verse>


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<verse num="21">And <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("were experiencing")</note> many were experiencing lack of appetite, at that time Paul stood up in their midst <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("stood up") has been translated as a finite verb</note> said, "Men, <transChange type="added">you</transChange> ought to have followed my <transChange type="added">advice</transChange> not to put out to sea from Crete, and <transChange type="added">thus</transChange> avoided this damage and loss!</verse>


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<verse num="22">And now I urge you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life from among you, but only of the ship.</verse>


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<verse num="24">saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul! It is necessary <transChange type="added">for</transChange> you to stand before Caesar, and behold, God has graciously granted you all who are sailing with you.'</verse>


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<verse num="25">Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will be like this--according to {the}<note>Literally "which"</note> way it was told to me.</verse>


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<verse num="26">But it is necessary <transChange type="added">that</transChange> we run aground on some island." </verse>


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<verse num="27">And when the fourteenth night had come, <transChange type="added">as</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were being driven")</note> we were being driven in the Adriatic Sea about the middle of the night, the sailors suspected {they were approaching some land}.<note>Literally "some land was approaching them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="28">And taking soundings, they found twenty fathoms. So going on a little <transChange type="added">further</transChange> and taking soundings again, they found fifteen fathoms.</verse>


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<verse num="29">And <transChange type="added">because they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were afraid") which is understood as causal</note> were afraid lest somewhere we run aground against rough places, they threw down four anchors from the stern <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("threw down") has been translated as a finite verb</note> prayed for day to come.</verse>


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<verse num="30">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were seeking")</note> the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship's boat into the sea, pretending as if they were going to lay out anchors from the bow,</verse>


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<verse num="31">Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these <transChange type="added">men</transChange> remain with the ship, you cannot be saved!"</verse>


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<verse num="32">Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it fall away.<note>Or "let it drift away"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="33">And until the day was about to come, Paul was urging <transChange type="added">them</transChange> all to take <transChange type="added">some</transChange> food, saying, "Today <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> fourteenth day you have waited <transChange type="added">anxiously</transChange>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("have waited") has been translated as a finite verb</note> you have continued without eating, having taken nothing.</verse>


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<verse num="34">Therefore I urge you to take <transChange type="added">some</transChange> food, for this is necessary for your preservation. For not a hair from your head will be lost."</verse>


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<verse num="35">And <transChange type="added">after he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("said") which is understood as temporal</note> said these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> and took bread, he gave thanks to God in front of <transChange type="added">them</transChange> all, and <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("breaking") which is understood as temporal</note> breaking <transChange type="added">it</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> he began to eat.</verse>


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<verse num="36">So they all were<note>*Here this participle ("were") has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style</note> encouraged and partook of food themselves.</verse>


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<verse num="37">(Now we were <transChange type="added">in</transChange> all two hundred seventy six persons on the ship.)</verse>


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<verse num="38">And <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had eaten their fill") which is understood as temporal</note> had eaten their fill of food, they lightened the ship <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("throwing") which is understood as means</note> throwing the wheat<note>Or "grain"</note> into the sea. </verse>


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<verse num="39">Now when day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay having a beach, onto which they decided to run the ship ashore if they could.</verse>


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<verse num="40">And slipping the anchors, they left <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes<note>Or "bands" (referring to the linkage that tied the steering oars together)</note> of the steering oars. And hoisting the foresail to the <transChange type="added">wind</transChange> that was blowing, they held course for the beach.</verse>


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<verse num="41">But falling into a place of crosscurrents,<note>Or "a reef"; literally "a place of two seas," an expression of uncertain meaning but most likely a nautical technical term for some adverse sea condition</note> they ran the ship aground. And the bow stuck fast <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("stuck fast") has been translated as a finite verb</note> stayed immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence.<note>Some manuscripts have "the violence of the waves"</note></verse>


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<verse num="42">Now the plan of the soldiers was that they would kill the prisoners lest any escape <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("swimming away") which is understood as means</note> swimming away,</verse>


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<verse num="43">but the centurion, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("wanted") which is understood as causal</note> wanted to save Paul, prevented them {from doing what they intended},<note>Literally "of the intention"</note> and gave orders <transChange type="added">that</transChange> those who were able to swim should jump in first to get to the land,</verse>


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<verse num="44">and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> the rest, <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of whom <transChange type="added">floated</transChange><note>*The word "<transChange type="added">floated</transChange>" is not in the Greek text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity</note> on planks and <transChange type="added">some</transChange> of whom on anything <transChange type="added">that was</transChange> from the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to the land. </verse>


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<verse num="1">And <transChange type="added">after we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were brought safely through") which is understood as temporal</note> were brought safely through, then we found out that the island was called Malta.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And the local inhabitants showed {extraordinary}<note>Literally "not the ordinary"</note> kindness to us, for they lit a fire <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("lit") has been translated as a finite verb</note> welcomed us all, because of the rain that had begun and because of the cold.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("had gathered")</note> Paul had gathered a large number of sticks and was placing <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("came out") has been translated as a finite verb</note> fastened itself on his hand.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And when the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying<note>*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began saying")</note> to one another, "Doubtless this man is a murderer whom, <transChange type="added">although he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was rescued") which is understood as concessive</note> was rescued from the sea, Justice<note>*Here personified as a goddess</note> has not permitted to live!"</verse>


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<verse num="5">He, in turn, shook off the creature into the fire <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("shook off") has been translated as a finite verb</note> suffered no harm.</verse>


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<verse num="6">But they were expecting <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he was going to swell up<note>Or "to burn with fever" (either meaning is possible here)</note> or suddenly to fall down dead. So <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("had waited")</note> they had waited for a long <transChange type="added">time</transChange> and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("changed their minds") has been translated as a finite verb</note> began saying<note>*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began saying")</note> <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he was a god. </verse>


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<verse num="7">Now in the <transChange type="added">regions</transChange> around that place were fields belonging to the chief official of the island, {named}<note>Literally "by name"</note> Publius, who welcomed us <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("welcomed") has been translated as a finite verb</note> entertained <transChange type="added">us</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> hospitably <transChange type="added">for</transChange> three days.</verse>


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<verse num="8">And it happened that the father of Publius was lying down, afflicted with fever and dysentery. Paul went<note>*Here this participle ("went") has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style</note> to {him}<note>Literally "whom"</note> and <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("praying") which is understood as temporal</note> praying, he placed <transChange type="added">his</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> hands on him <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("placed") has been translated as a finite verb</note> healed him.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("had taken place")</note> this had taken place, the rest of those on the island who had diseases were coming and being healed also.</verse>


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<verse num="10">They also honored us with many honors, and <transChange type="added">when we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("putting out to sea") which is understood as temporal</note> were putting out to sea, they gave <transChange type="added">us</transChange><note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> the <transChange type="added">things</transChange> {we needed}.<note>Literally "for the needs"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="11">Now after three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered at the island, an Alexandrian <transChange type="added">one</transChange> {with the twin gods Castor and Pollux as its insignia}.<note>Literally "marked with the Dioscuri" (a joint name for the twin gods Castor and Pollux)</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">And putting in at Syracuse, we stayed <transChange type="added">there</transChange> three days.</verse>


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<verse num="13">From there we got underway<note>Or "we sailed along" (with "the coast" understood); the exact meaning of the text as it stands is disputed and various additional terms have to be supplied in any case</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("got underway") has been translated as a finite verb</note> arrived at Rhegium, and after one day a south wind came up <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("came up") has been translated as a finite verb</note> on the second day we came to Puteoli,</verse>


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<verse num="14">where we found brothers, <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("found") has been translated as a finite verb</note> were implored to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.</verse>


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<verse num="15">And from there the brothers, <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal</note> heard the <transChange type="added">news</transChange> about us, came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns. <transChange type="added">When he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal</note> saw them, Paul gave thanks to God <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("gave thanks") has been translated as a finite verb</note> took courage.</verse>


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<verse num="16">And when we entered into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who was guarding him. </verse>


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<verse num="17">Now it happened that after three days, he called together those who were the most prominent of the Jews. And <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("had assembled")</note> they had assembled, he said to them, "Men <transChange type="added">and</transChange> brothers, <transChange type="added">although</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had done") which is understood as concessive</note> I had done nothing against <transChange type="added">our</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> people or the customs of our fathers, from Jerusalem I was delivered <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a prisoner into the hands of the Romans,</verse>


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<verse num="18">who, <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had examined") which is understood as temporal</note> had examined me, were wanting to release <transChange type="added">me</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> because there was no basis for an accusation <transChange type="added">worthy</transChange> of death with me.</verse>


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<verse num="19">But <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("objected")</note> the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar (not as <transChange type="added">if I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had") which is understood as concessive</note> had any <transChange type="added">charge</transChange> to bring against my <transChange type="added">own</transChange> people).<note>Or "nation"</note></verse>


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<verse num="20">Therefore for this reason I have requested to see you and to speak with <transChange type="added">you</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation</note> for because of the hope of Israel I am wearing this chain!"</verse>


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<verse num="21">And they said to him, "We have received no letters about you from Judea, nor has any of the brothers come <transChange type="added">and</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">and</transChange>" is supplied because the previous participle ("come") has been translated as a finite verb</note> reported or spoken anything evil about you.</verse>


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<verse num="22">But we would like to hear from you what you think, for concerning this sect it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere." </verse>


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<verse num="23">And <transChange type="added">when they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had set") which is understood as temporal</note> had set a day with him, many more came to him at his lodging place, to whom he was explaining from early in the morning until evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and attempting to convince<note>*Here the present tense has been translated as conative ("attempting to convince")</note> them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And <transChange type="added">some</transChange> were convinced <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("what was said") which is understood as means</note> what was said, but <transChange type="added">others</transChange> refused to believe.</verse>


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<verse num="25">So being in disagreement with one another, they began to leave <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("made")</note> Paul made one statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,</verse>


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<verse num="27">For the heart of this people has become dull, and with <transChange type="added">their</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> ears they hear with difficulty, and they have shut their eyes, lest they see with <transChange type="added">their</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> eyes, and hear with <transChange type="added">their</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> ears, and understand with <transChange type="added">their</transChange><note>*Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun</note> heart, and turn, and I would heal them." '<note>A quotation from Isa 6:9-10</note></verse>


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<verse num="28">Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles. They also will listen!"<note>Some later manuscripts include v. 29: "And when he had said these things, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves."</note> </verse>


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<verse num="30">So he stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and welcomed all who came to him,</verse>


book: Acts
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<verse num="31">proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching the <transChange type="added">things</transChange> concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance. </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="1">Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,</verse>


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<verse num="3">concerning his Son, who was born {a descendant}<note>Literally "of the seed"</note> of David according to the flesh,</verse>


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<verse num="4">who was declared Son of God in power according to {the Holy Spirit}<note>Literally "the Spirit of holiness"</note> by the resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ our Lord,</verse>


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<verse num="5">through whom we have received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles<note>Or "nations"; the same Greek word can be translated "nations" or "Gentiles" depending on the context</note> on behalf of his name,</verse>


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<verse num="6">among whom you also are <transChange type="added">the</transChange> called of Jesus Christ.</verse>


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<verse num="7">To all those in Rome who are loved by God, called <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="8">First, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed in the whole world.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="9">For God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, is my witness, how constantly I make mention of you,</verse>


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<verse num="10">always asking in my prayers if somehow now at last I may succeed to come to you in the will of God.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="11">For I desire to see you, in order that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, in order to strengthen you,</verse>


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<verse num="12">that is, to be encouraged together with you through {our mutual faith}<note>Literally "the in one another faith"</note>, both yours and mine.</verse>


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<verse num="13">Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that often I intended to come to you, and was prevented until now, in order that I might have some fruit among you also, just as also among the rest of the Gentiles.<note>Or "nations"; the same Greek word can be translated "nations" or "Gentiles" depending on the context</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.</verse>


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<verse num="15">Thus {I am eager}<note>Literally "the according to me eagerness"</note> to proclaim the gospel also to you who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in Rome. </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="16">For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="17">For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, just as it is written, "But the one who is righteous by faith will live."<note>Or "But the one who is righteous will live by faith" (differing only in word order)</note> </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="18">For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and unrighteousness of people, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="19">because what can be known about God is evident among<note>Or "in"; or "within"</note> them, for God made <transChange type="added">it</transChange> clear to them.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="20">For from the creation of the world, his invisible <transChange type="added">attributes</transChange>, both his eternal power and deity, are discerned clearly, being understood in the things created, so that they are without excuse.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="21">For <transChange type="added">although they</transChange> knew God, they did not honor <transChange type="added">him</transChange> as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasoning, and their senseless hearts were darkened.</verse>


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<verse num="23">and exchanged the glory of the immortal God with the likeness of an image of mortal human beings and birds and quadrupeds and reptiles. </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="24">Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to immorality, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> their bodies would be dishonored among themselves,</verse>


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<verse num="25">who exchanged the truth of God with a lie, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed for eternity. Amen. </verse>


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<verse num="26">Because of this, God gave them over to degrading passions, for their females exchanged the natural relations for those contrary to nature,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="27">and likewise also the males, abandoning the natural relations with the female, were inflamed in their desire toward one another, males with males committing the shameless deed, and receiving in themselves the penalty that was necessary for their error.</verse>


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<verse num="28">And just as they did not see fit {to recognize God}<note>Literally "to have God in recognition"</note>, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do the things <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> not proper,</verse>


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<verse num="29">being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greediness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malevolence. <transChange type="added">They are</transChange> gossipers,</verse>


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<verse num="30">slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boasters, contrivers of evil, disobedient to parents,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="32">who, <transChange type="added">although they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as concessive</note> know the requirements of God, that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only do they do the same <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, but also they approve of those who do <transChange type="added">them</transChange>. </verse>


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<verse num="1">Therefore you are without excuse, O man, every one <transChange type="added">of you</transChange> who passes judgment. For in that which you pass judgment on someone else, you condemn yourself, for you who are passing judgment are doing the same <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="2">Now we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who do such things.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="3">But do you think this, O man who passes judgment on those who do such things, and who does the same <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, that you will escape the judgment of God?</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="4">Or do you despise the wealth of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="5">But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="7">to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life,</verse>


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<verse num="8">but to those <transChange type="added">who act</transChange> from selfish ambition and who disobey the truth, but who obey unrighteousness, wrath and anger.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="9"><transChange type="added">There will be</transChange> affliction and distress for every {human being}<note>Literally "soul of man"</note> who does evil, of the Jew first and of the Greek,</verse>


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<verse num="10">but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and to the Greek.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="11">For <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is no partiality with God. </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="12">For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.</verse>


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<verse num="13">For it is not the hearers of the law <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> righteous in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.<note>Or "will be justified"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things of the law, these, <transChange type="added">although they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as concessive</note> do not have the law, are a law to themselves,</verse>


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<verse num="15">who show the work of the law written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts <transChange type="added">one</transChange> after another accusing or even defending them</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="16">on the day when God judges the secret things of people, according to my gospel, through<note>Or "by"</note> Christ Jesus. </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="18">and know his will and approve the things that are superior, <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are instructed") which is understood as causal</note> are instructed by the law,</verse>


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<verse num="19">and are confident <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="20">an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth in the law.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="21">Therefore, the one who teaches someone else, do you not teach yourself? The one who preaches not to steal, do you steal?</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="22">The one who says not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? The one who abhors idols, do you rob temples?</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="23">Who boast in the law, by the transgression of the law you dishonor God!<note>Or "do you dishonor God?" (a number of translators and interpreters take this phrase as a final rhetorical question; the present translation regards it as a final summary statement to be taken ironically)</note></verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="24">For just as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."<note>A quotation from Isa 52:5</note> </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="25">For circumcision is of value if you do the law, but if you should be a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="26">Therefore, if the uncircumcised person follows the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be credited for circumcision?</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="27">And the uncircumcised person by nature who carries out the law will judge you who, <transChange type="added">though provided</transChange> with {the precise written code}<note>Literally "the letter"</note> and circumcision <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a transgressor of the law.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="28">For the Jew is not {one outwardly}<note>Literally "in the open"</note>, nor <transChange type="added">is</transChange> circumcision {outwardly}<note>Literally "in the open"</note>, in the flesh.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="29">But the Jew {is one inwardly}<note>Literally "in secret"</note>, and circumcision <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter, whose praise <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not from people but from God. </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="1">Therefore, what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the advantage of the Jew, or what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the use of circumcision?</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="2">Much in every way. For first, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="3">{What is the result}<note>Literally "for what"</note> if some refused to believe? Their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, <transChange type="added">will it</transChange>?</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="4">May it never be! But let God be true but every human being a liar, just as it is written, </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="5">But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God, who inflicts wrath, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not unjust, <transChange type="added">is he</transChange>? (I am speaking according to a human perspective.)</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="7">But if by my lying, the truth of God abounded to his glory, why am I also still condemned as a sinner?</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="8">And <transChange type="added">why</transChange> not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, in order that good may come <transChange type="added">of it</transChange>? Their<note>Literally "whose"</note> condemnation is just! </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="9">What then? Do we have an advantage? Not at all. For we have already charged both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="11"><transChange type="added">there</transChange> is no one who understands; <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is no one who seeks God.</verse>


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<verse num="12">All have turned aside together; they have become worthless; <transChange type="added">There</transChange> is no one who practices kindness; <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is not even one.<note>Verses 10-12 are a quotation from Ps 14:1-3</note></verse>


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<verse num="13">Their throat <transChange type="added">is</transChange> an opened grave; they deceive with their tongues; the venom of asps <transChange type="added">is</transChange> under their lips,<note>A quotation from Ps 5:9 and Ps 140:3</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.<note>A quotation from Ps 10:7</note></verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="16">destruction and distress <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in their paths,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="17">and they have not known the way of peace.<note>Verses 15-17 are a quotation from Isa 59:7-8</note></verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="18">The fear of God is not before their eyes."<note>A quotation from Ps 36:1</note></verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="19">Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those under the law, in order that every mouth may be closed and the whole world may become accountable to God.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="20">For by the works of the law {no person will be declared righteous}<note>Literally "all flesh will not be declared righteous"</note> before him, for through the law <transChange type="added">comes</transChange> knowledge of sin. </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="21">But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified about by the law and the prophets--</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="22">that is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ<note>Or "through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ"</note> to all who believe. For <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is no distinction,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="24">being justified as a gift by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="25">whom God made publicly available as the mercy seat<note>Or "as the place of propitiation"</note> through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness, because of the passing over of previously committed sins,</verse>


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<verse num="26">in the forbearance of God, for the demonstration of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just and the one who justifies the <transChange type="added">person</transChange> by faith<note>Or "by Jesus' faithfulness"</note> in Jesus. </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="27">Therefore, where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> boasting? It has been excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law<note>Or "a principle"</note> of faith.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="28">For we consider a person to be justified by faith apart from the works of the law.</verse>


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<verse num="29">Or <transChange type="added">is God</transChange> the God of the Jews only? <transChange type="added">Is he</transChange> not also <transChange type="added">the God</transChange> of the Gentiles? Yes, also of the Gentiles,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="30">since God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> one, who will justify {those who are circumcised}<note>Literally "circumcision"</note> by faith and {those who are uncircumcised}<note>Literally "uncircumcision"</note> through faith.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="31">Therefore, do we nullify the law through faith? May it never be! But we uphold the law. </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="1">What then shall we say <transChange type="added">that</transChange> Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has found?</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="2">For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="3">For what does the scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness."<note>A quotation from Gen 15:6</note></verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="4">Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited according to grace, but according to his due.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="5">But to the one who does not work, but who believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited for righteousness,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="6">just as David also speaks about the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="7">"Blessed <transChange type="added">are they</transChange> whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, and whose sins are covered over.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="8">Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the person against whom the Lord will never count sin."<note>A quotation from Ps 32:1-2</note></verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="9">Therefore, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this blessing for {those who are circumcised}<note>Literally "the circumcision"</note>, or also for {those who are uncircumcised}<note>Literally "the uncircumcision"</note>? For we say, "Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness."<note>A quotation from Gen 15:6</note></verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="10">How then was it credited? <transChange type="added">While he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as temporal</note> was {circumcised}<note>Literally "in circumcision"</note> or {uncircumcised}<note>Literally "in uncircumcision"</note>? Not {while circumcised}<note>Literally "in circumcision"</note> but {while uncircumcised}<note>Literally "in uncircumcision"</note>!</verse>


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<verse num="11">And he received the sign of circumcision <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a seal<note>Or "confirmation"</note> of the righteousness by faith which <transChange type="added">he had</transChange> {while uncircumcised}<note>Literally "in uncircumcision"</note>, so that he could be the father of all who believe {although they are uncircumcised}<note>Literally "through uncircumcision"</note>, so that righteousness could be credited to them,<note>Some manuscripts have "could be credited to them also"</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">and the father {of those who are circumcised}<note>Literally "of the circumcision"</note> to those who are not only from the circumcision, but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham {which he had while uncircumcised}<note>Literally "of the in uncircumcision faith of our father Abraham"</note>. </verse>


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<verse num="13">For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> he would be heir of the world, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not through the law, but through the righteousness by faith.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="14">For if those of the law <transChange type="added">are</transChange> heirs, faith is rendered void and the promise is nullified.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="15">For the law produces wrath, but where <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is no law, neither <transChange type="added">is there</transChange> transgression.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="16">Because of this, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> by faith, in order that <transChange type="added">it may be</transChange> according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all</verse>


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<verse num="17">(just as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations")<note>A quotation from Gen 17:5</note> before God, in whom he believed, the one who makes the dead alive and who calls the things that are not as <transChange type="added">though</transChange> they are,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="18">who against hope believed in hope, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was said, "so will your descendants be."<note>A quotation from Gen 15:5</note></verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="19">And not being weak in faith, he considered his own body as good as dead, <note>Some manuscripts have "already as good as dead"</note> <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was") which is understood as causal</note> was approximately a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="20">And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="21">and being fully convinced that what he had promised, he was also able to do.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="22">Therefore<note>Some manuscripts have "Therefore, indeed,"</note> it was credited to him for righteousness.</verse>


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content:
<verse num="23">But it was not written for the sake of him alone that it was credited to him,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="24">but also for the sake of us to whom it is going to be credited, to those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="25">who was handed over on account of our trespasses, and was raised up in the interest of our justification.<note>Or "vindication"; or "acquittal"</note> </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="1">Therefore, <transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have been declared righteous") which is understood as causal</note> have been declared righteous by faith, we have<note>Although a number of important manuscripts read the subjunctive mood here ("let us have"), almost all English versions prefer the indicative mood ("we have") which is supported by many other manuscripts</note> peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="2">through whom also we have <transChange type="added">obtained</transChange> access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="3">And not only <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, but we also boast in our afflictions, <transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know that affliction produces patient endurance,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="5">and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="6">For <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were") which is understood as temporal</note> we were still helpless, yet at the proper time Christ died for the ungodly.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="7">For only rarely will someone die on behalf of a righteous person (for on behalf of a good person possibly someone might even dare to die),</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="8">but God demonstrates his own love for us, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> that <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were") which is understood as temporal</note> we were still sinners, Christ died for us.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="9">Therefore, by much more, <transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have been declared righteous") which is understood as causal</note> have been declared righteous now by his blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="10">For if, <transChange type="added">while we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were") which is understood as temporal</note> were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, by much more, having been reconciled, we will be saved by his life.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="11">And not only <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, but also <transChange type="added">we are</transChange> boasting in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="12">Because of this, just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death spread to all people because all sinned.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="13">For until the law, sin was in the world, but sin is not charged to one's account <transChange type="added">when there</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as temporal</note> is no law.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="14">But death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who is to come.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="15">{But the gift is not like the trespass}<note>Literally "but not like the trespass so also the gift"</note>, for if by the trespass of the one, the many died, by much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, multiply to the many.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="16">And the gift <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not as through the one who sinned, for on the one hand, judgment from the one <transChange type="added">sin</transChange> <transChange type="added">led</transChange> to condemnation, but the gift, from many trespasses, <transChange type="added">led</transChange> to justification.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="17">For if by the trespass of the one <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, death reigned through the one <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="18">Consequently therefore, as through one trespass <transChange type="added">came</transChange> condemnation to all people, so also through one righteous deed <transChange type="added">came</transChange> justification of life to all people.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="19">For just as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one, the many will be made righteous.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="20">Now the law came in as a side issue, in order that the trespass could increase, but where sin increased, grace was present in greater abundance,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="21">so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="1">What therefore shall we say? Shall we continue in sin, in order that grace may increase?</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="3">Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="4">Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may live {a new way of life}<note>Literally "in newness of life"</note>.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="5">For if we have become identified with <transChange type="added">him</transChange> in the likeness of his death, certainly also we will be <transChange type="added">identified with him in the likeness</transChange><note>The elliptical phrase "identified with him in the likeness" has been supplied in the translation for clarity</note> of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> resurrection,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="6">knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, in order that the body of sin may be done away with, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> we may no longer be enslaved to sin.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="9">knowing that Christ, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has been raised") which is understood as causal</note> has been raised from the dead, is going to die no more, death no longer being master over him.</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="10">For that <transChange type="added">death</transChange> he died, he died to sin once and never again, but that <transChange type="added">life</transChange> he lives, he lives to God.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="11">So also you, consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="12">Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that <transChange type="added">you</transChange> obey its desires,</verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="13">and do not present your members to sin <transChange type="added">as</transChange> instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your members to God <transChange type="added">as</transChange> instruments of righteousness.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="14">For sin will not be master over you, because you are not under law, but under grace. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="15">What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="16">Do you not know that to whomever you present yourselves <transChange type="added">as</transChange> slaves for obedience, you are slaves to whomever you obey, whether sin, <transChange type="added">leading</transChange> to death, or obedience, <transChange type="added">leading</transChange> to righteousness?</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="17">But thanks <transChange type="added">be</transChange> to God that you were slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="19">(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you presented your members <transChange type="added">as</transChange> slaves to immorality and lawlessness, <transChange type="added">leading</transChange> to lawlessness, so now present your members <transChange type="added">as</transChange> slaves to righteousness, <transChange type="added">leading</transChange> to sanctification.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="20">For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with respect to righteousness. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="21">Therefore what sort of fruit did you have then, about which you are now ashamed? For the end of those <transChange type="added">things</transChange> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> death.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="22">But now, having been set free from sin and having been enslaved to God, you have your fruit <transChange type="added">leading</transChange> to sanctification, and its end <transChange type="added">is</transChange> eternal life.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="23">For the compensation due sin <transChange type="added">is</transChange> death, but the gift of God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="1">Or do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is master of a person for as long a time <transChange type="added">as</transChange> he lives?</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="2">For the married woman is bound by law to <transChange type="added">her</transChange> husband while he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the husband.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="3">Therefore as a result, if she belongs to another man <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is living") which is understood as temporal</note> her husband is living, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress <transChange type="added">if she</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("belongs") which is understood as conditional</note> belongs to another man.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="4">So then, my brothers, you also were brought to death with respect to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="5">For when we were in the flesh, sinful desires were working through the law in our members, to bear fruit for death.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="6">But now we have been released from the law, <transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have died") which is understood as causal</note> have died <transChange type="added">to that</transChange> by which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter <transChange type="added">of the law</transChange>. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="7">What then shall we say? <transChange type="added">Is</transChange> the law sin? May it never be! But I would not have known sin except through the law, for I would not have known covetousness if the law had not said, "Do not covet."<note>A quotation from Exod 20:17; Deut 5:21</note></verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="8">But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all <transChange type="added">kinds of</transChange> covetousness. For apart from the law, sin <transChange type="added">is</transChange> dead.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="9">And I was alive once, apart from the law, but <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came") which is understood as temporal</note> the commandment came, sin sprang to life</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="10">and I died, and this commandment which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> to <transChange type="added">lead to</transChange> life was found with respect to me to <transChange type="added">lead to</transChange> death.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="11">For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed <transChange type="added">me</transChange>.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="12">So then, the law <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy, and the commandment <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy and righteous and good. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="13">Therefore, <transChange type="added">did that which is</transChange> good become death to me? May it never be! Rather <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> sin, in order that it might be recognized <transChange type="added">as</transChange> sin, producing death through <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> good for me, in order that sin might become sinful to an extraordinary degree through the commandment.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="14">For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, {sold into slavery to sin}<note>Literally "sold under sin"</note>.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="15">For what I am doing I do not understand, because what I want <transChange type="added">to do</transChange>, this I do not practice, but what I hate, this I do.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="16">But if what I do not want <transChange type="added">to do</transChange>, this I do, I agree with the law that <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> good.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="18">For I know that good does not live in me, that is, in my flesh. For the willing is present in me, but the doing <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the good <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="19">For the good that I want <transChange type="added">to do</transChange>, I do not do, but the evil that I do not want <transChange type="added">to do</transChange>, this I do.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="20">But if what I do not want <transChange type="added">to do</transChange>, this I am doing, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that lives in me. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="21">Consequently, I find the principle with me, the one who wants to do good, that evil is present with me.<note>Or "in me"</note></verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="23">but I observe another law in my members, at war with the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that exists in my members.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="24">Wretched man <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>! Who will rescue me from this body of death?</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="25">Thanks <transChange type="added">be</transChange><note>Some manuscripts have "But thanks <transChange type="added">be</transChange>"</note> to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself with my mind am enslaved to the law of God, but with my flesh <transChange type="added">I am enslaved</transChange> to the law of sin. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="1">Consequently, <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> now no condemnation for those <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> in Christ Jesus.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="2">For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="3">For what <transChange type="added">was</transChange> impossible for the law, in that it was weak through the flesh, God <transChange type="added">did</transChange>. <transChange type="added">By</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("sending") which is understood as means</note> sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="4">in order that the requirement of the law would be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="5">For those who are <transChange type="added">living</transChange> according to the flesh are intent on the things of the flesh, but those <transChange type="added">who are living</transChange> according to the Spirit <transChange type="added">are intent on</transChange> the things of the Spirit.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="6">For the mindset of the flesh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> death, but the mindset of the Spirit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> life and peace,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="7">because the mindset of the flesh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> enmity toward God, for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not subjected to the law of God, for <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not able <transChange type="added">to do so</transChange>,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="9">But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person {does not belong to him}<note>Literally "is not of him"</note>.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="10">But if Christ <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in you, the body <transChange type="added">is</transChange> dead because of sin, but the Spirit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> life because of righteousness.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="11">And if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ Jesus<note>Some manuscripts omit "Jesus"</note> from the dead will also make alive your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="12">So then, brothers, we are obligated not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="13">For if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="15">For you have not received a spirit of slavery <transChange type="added">leading</transChange> to fear again, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, "Abba!<note>"Abba" means "father" in Aramaic</note> Father!"</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="17">and if children, also heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together <transChange type="added">with him</transChange> so that we may also be glorified together <transChange type="added">with him</transChange>. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="18">For I consider that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy <transChange type="added">to be compared</transChange> with the glory that is about to be revealed to us.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="19">For the eagerly expecting creation awaits eagerly the revelation of the sons of God.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="20">For the creation has been subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of the one who subjected <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, in hope</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="21">that the creation itself also will be set free from its servility to decay, into the glorious freedom of the children of God.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="22">For we know that the whole creation groans together and suffers agony together until now.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="23">Not only <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, but we ourselves also, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves <transChange type="added">while we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("await eagerly") which is understood as temporal</note> await eagerly <transChange type="added">our</transChange> adoption, the redemption of our body.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="24">For in hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="25">But if we hope for what we do not see, we await <transChange type="added">it</transChange> eagerly with patient endurance. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="26">And likewise also, the Spirit helps <transChange type="added">us</transChange> in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as one ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes <transChange type="added">for us</transChange> <transChange type="added">with</transChange> unexpressed groanings.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="27">And the one who searches our hearts knows what the mindset of the Spirit <transChange type="added">is</transChange>, because he intercedes on behalf of the saints according to <transChange type="added">the will of</transChange> God.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="28">And we know that all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to <transChange type="added">his</transChange> purpose,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="29">because <transChange type="added">those</transChange> whom he foreknew, he also predestined <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brothers.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="30">And <transChange type="added">those</transChange> whom he predestined, these <transChange type="added">he</transChange> also called, and <transChange type="added">those</transChange> whom he called, these <transChange type="added">he</transChange> also justified, and <transChange type="added">those</transChange> whom he justified, these <transChange type="added">he</transChange> also glorified. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="31">What then shall we say about these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>? If God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for us, who <transChange type="added">can be</transChange> against us?</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="32">Indeed, <transChange type="added">he</transChange> who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also, together with him, freely give us all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>?</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="33">Who will bring charges against God's elect? God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the one who justifies.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="34">Who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the one who condemns? Christ<note>Some manuscripts have "Christ Jesus"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the one who died, and more than that, who was raised, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="35">Who will separate us from the love of Christ? <transChange type="added">Will</transChange> affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="37"><transChange type="added">No</transChange>, but in all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> we prevail completely through the one who loved us.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="38">For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="39">nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="1">I am telling the truth in Christ--<transChange type="added">I am</transChange> not lying; my conscience bears witness to me in the Holy Spirit--</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="2">that my grief is great and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> constant distress in my heart.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="3">For I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my fellow countrymen according to the flesh,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="4">who are Israelites, <transChange type="added">to</transChange> whom <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the <transChange type="added">temple</transChange> service, and the promises,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="5"><transChange type="added">to</transChange> whom <transChange type="added">belong</transChange> the patriarchs, and from whom <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the Christ according to human descent, who is God over all, blessed {forever}<note>Literally "for eternity"</note>! Amen. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="6">But <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not as if the word of God had failed. For not all those <transChange type="added">who are descended</transChange> from Israel <transChange type="added">are truly</transChange> Israel,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="7">nor <transChange type="added">are they</transChange> all children because they are descendants of Abraham, but "In Isaac will your descendants be named."<note>A quotation from Gen 21:12</note></verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="8">That is, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> not the children {by human descent}<note>Literally "of the flesh"</note> <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="9">For the statement of the promise <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this: "At this time I will return and {Sarah will have}<note>Literally "there will be to Sarah"</note> a son."<note>A quotation from Gen 18:10, 14</note></verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="10">And not only <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, but also <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("having conception" = "conceived") which is understood as temporal</note> Rebecca conceived children by one <transChange type="added">man</transChange>,<note>Or perhaps "by one <transChange type="added">act of sexual intercourse</transChange>"</note> Isaac our father--</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="11">for <transChange type="added">although they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("been born") which is understood as concessive</note> had not yet been born, or done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God according to election might remain,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="12">not by works but by the one who calls--it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger,"<note>A quotation from Gen 25:23</note></verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="13">just as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."<note>A quotation from Mal 1:2-3</note> </verse>


book: Rom
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<verse num="14">What then shall we say? <transChange type="added">There is</transChange> no injustice with God, <transChange type="added">is there</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note> May it never be!</verse>


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<verse num="15">For to Moses he says, "I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion."<note>A quotation from Exod 33:19</note></verse>


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<verse num="16">Consequently therefore, {it does not depend on the}<note>Literally "not of the"</note> one who wills or on the one who runs, but on God who shows mercy.</verse>


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<verse num="17">For the scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very <transChange type="added">reason</transChange> I have raised you up, so that I may demonstrate my power in you, and so that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."<note>A quotation from Exod 9:16</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">Consequently therefore, he has mercy on whomever he wishes, and he hardens whomever he wishes. </verse>


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<verse num="19">Therefore you will say to me, "Why then does he still find fault? For who has resisted<note>Or "who resists"</note> his will?</verse>


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<verse num="20">On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, "Why did you make me like this"?<note>A quotation from Isa 29:16; 45:9</note></verse>


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<verse num="21">Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for {honorable use}<note>Literally "honor"</note> and <transChange type="added">one</transChange> that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for {ordinary use}<note>Literally "dishonor"</note>?</verse>


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<verse num="22">And <transChange type="added">what</transChange> if God, wanting to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?</verse>


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<verse num="23">And <transChange type="added">he did so</transChange><note>*The words "he did so" are not in the Greek text, but are an understood repetition from the previous clause</note> in order that he could make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he prepared beforehand for glory,</verse>


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<verse num="26">And it will be in the place where it was said to them, 'You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"<note>A quotation from Hos 1:10</note></verse>


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<verse num="28">{for the Lord will execute his sentence thoroughly and decisively}<note>Literally "for the Lord will act, closing the account and cutting short"</note> upon the earth."<note>A paraphrased quotation from Isa 10:22-23</note></verse>


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<verse num="30">What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness--even the righteousness <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> by faith.</verse>


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<verse num="32">Why that? Because <transChange type="added">they did</transChange> not <transChange type="added">pursue it</transChange> by faith, but as <transChange type="added">if</transChange> by works. They stumbled over the {stone that causes people to stumble}<note>Literally "stone of stumbling"</note>,</verse>


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<verse num="1">Brothers, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God on behalf of them <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for <transChange type="added">their</transChange> salvation.</verse>


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<verse num="2">For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.</verse>


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<verse num="3">For ignoring the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own,<note>Some manuscripts have "their own righteousness"</note> they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.</verse>


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<verse num="4">For Christ <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. </verse>


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<verse num="5">For Moses writes about the righteousness <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> from the law: "The person who does <transChange type="added">this</transChange><note>Some manuscripts explicitly state "these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>"</note> will live by it."<note>A quotation from Lev 18:5</note><note>Some manuscripts have "them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="6">But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: "Do not say in your heart,<note>A quotation from Deut 9:4</note> 'Who will ascend into heaven?'"<note>A quotation from Deut 30:12</note> (that is, to bring Christ down),</verse>


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<verse num="7">or "Who will descend into the abyss?"<note>A quotation from Deut 30:13</note> (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).</verse>


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<verse num="8">But what does it say? "The word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart"<note>A quotation from Deut 30:14</note> (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim),</verse>


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<verse num="9">that<note>Or "because"</note> if you confess with your mouth "Jesus <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Lord" and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.</verse>


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<verse num="10">For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.</verse>


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<verse num="11">For the scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."<note>A quotation from Isa 28:16</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">For <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same <transChange type="added">Lord</transChange> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Lord of all, who is rich to all who call upon him.</verse>


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<verse num="13">For "everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved."<note>A quotation from Joel 2:32</note> </verse>


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<verse num="14">How then will they call upon <transChange type="added">him</transChange> in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe <transChange type="added">in him</transChange> about whom they have not heard? And how will they hear about <transChange type="added">him</transChange> without one who preaches <transChange type="added">to them</transChange>?</verse>


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<verse num="15">And how will they preach, unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "How timely <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the feet of those who bring good news of good things."<note>A quotation from Isa 52:7; Nah 1:15</note></verse>


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<verse num="16">But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"<note>A quotation from Isa 53:1</note></verse>


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<verse num="17">Consequently, faith <transChange type="added">comes</transChange> by hearing, and hearing through the word about Christ. </verse>


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<verse num="18">But I say, they have not heard, have they?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note> On the contrary, </verse>


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<verse num="19">But I say, Israel did not know, did they?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note> First, Moses says, </verse>


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<verse num="1">Therefore I say, God has not rejected his people, has he?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note> May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, from the descendants of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.</verse>


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<verse num="2">God has not rejected his people, whom he foreknew! Or do you not know, in <transChange type="added">the passage about</transChange><note>*The words "the passage about" are not in the Greek text, but are supplied for clarity</note> Elijah, what the scripture says--how he appeals to God against Israel?</verse>


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<verse num="3">"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life!"<note>A quotation from 1 Kgs 19:10, 14</note></verse>


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<verse num="4">But what does the divine response say to him? "I have left for myself seven thousand people<note>Or perhaps "males," referring to men only</note> who have not bent the knee to Baal."<note>A quotation from 1 Kgs 19:18</note></verse>


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<verse num="5">So in this way also at the present time, there is a remnant {selected by grace}<note>Literally "according to selection of grace"</note>.</verse>


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<verse num="6">But if by grace, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> no longer by works, for otherwise grace would no longer be grace. </verse>


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<verse num="7">What then? What Israel was searching for, this it did not obtain. But the elect obtained <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and the rest were hardened,</verse>


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<verse num="10">let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and cause their backs to bend {continually}<note>Literally "throughout everything"</note>."<note>A quotation from Ps 69:22-23</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">I say then, they did not stumble so that they fell, <transChange type="added">did they</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note> May it never be! But by their trespass, salvation <transChange type="added">has come</transChange> to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them <transChange type="added">to jealousy</transChange>.<note>*The words "to jealousy" are not in the Greek text, but are supplied for clarity</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">And if their trespass <transChange type="added">means</transChange> riches for the world and their loss <transChange type="added">means</transChange> riches for the Gentiles, how much more <transChange type="added">will</transChange> their fullness <transChange type="added">mean</transChange>? </verse>


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<verse num="13">Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Therefore, inasmuch as I am apostle to the Gentiles, I promote my ministry,</verse>


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<verse num="15">For if their rejection <transChange type="added">means</transChange> the reconciliation of the world, what <transChange type="added">will</transChange> their acceptance <transChange type="added">mean</transChange> except life from the dead?</verse>


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<verse num="16">Now if the first fruits <transChange type="added">are</transChange> holy, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the <transChange type="added">whole</transChange> batch of dough, and if the root <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> also <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the branches. </verse>


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<verse num="17">Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, <transChange type="added">although you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were") which is understood as concessive</note> were a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a sharer of the root of the olive tree's richness,</verse>


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<verse num="18">do not boast against the branches. But if you boast against <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, you do not support the root, but the root <transChange type="added">supports</transChange> you.</verse>


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<verse num="19">Then you will say, "Branches were broken off in order that I could be grafted in."</verse>


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<verse num="20">Well said! They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand firm because of faith. Do not think arrogant <transChange type="added">thoughts</transChange>, but be afraid.</verse>


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<verse num="21">For if God did not spare the {natural}<note>Literally "according to nature"</note> branches, neither will he spare you.<note>Some manuscripts have "perhaps he will not spare you either"</note></verse>


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<verse num="22">See, then, the kindness and severity of God: severity upon those who have fallen, but upon you the kindness of God--if you continue in his kindness, for otherwise you also will be cut off.</verse>


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<verse num="23">And those also, if they do not persist in unbelief, will be grafted in, because God is able to graft them in again.</verse>


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<verse num="24">For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are {natural branches}<note>Literally "by nature"</note> be grafted into their own olive tree? </verse>


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<verse num="25">For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you will not be wise {in your own sight},<note>Literally "in yourselves"</note> that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,</verse>


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<verse num="27">And this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the covenant from me with them<note>A quotation from Isa 59:20-21</note> when I take away their sins."<note>A quotation from Isa 27:9; Jer 31:33-34</note></verse>


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<verse num="28">With respect to the gospel, <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> enemies for your sake, but with respect to election, <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.</verse>


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<verse num="29">For the gifts and the calling of God <transChange type="added">are</transChange> irrevocable.</verse>


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<verse num="30">For just as you formerly were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of the disobedience of these,</verse>


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<verse num="31">so also these have now been disobedient for your mercy, in order that they also may now be shown mercy.</verse>


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<verse num="32">For God confined them all in disobedience, in order that he could have mercy on them all. </verse>


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<verse num="33">Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his judgments and <transChange type="added">how</transChange> incomprehensible <transChange type="added">are</transChange> his ways!</verse>


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<verse num="34">"For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?<note>A quotation from Isa 40:13</note></verse>


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<verse num="35">Or who has given in advance to him, and it will be paid back to him?"<note>A quotation from Job 41:11</note></verse>


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<verse num="36">For from him and through him and to him <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>. To him <transChange type="added">be</transChange> glory for eternity! Amen.</verse>


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<verse num="1">Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a living sacrifice, holy <transChange type="added">and</transChange> pleasing to God, <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> your reasonable service.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God. </verse>


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<verse num="3">For by the grace given to me I say to everyone who is among you not to think more highly of yourself than what one ought to think, but to think {sensibly}<note>Literally "so as to be sensible"</note>, as God has apportioned a measure of faith to each one.</verse>


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<verse num="4">For just as in one body we have many members, but all the members do not have the same function,</verse>


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<verse num="5">in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ, and {individually}<note>Literally "with respect to one"</note> members of one another,</verse>


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<verse num="6">but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> prophecy, according to the proportion of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> faith;</verse>


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<verse num="7">if <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> service, by service; if <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> one who teaches, by teaching;</verse>


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<verse num="8">if <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. </verse>


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<verse num="9">Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> evil; be attached to what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good,</verse>


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<verse num="10">being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another <transChange type="added">more highly</transChange> in honor,</verse>


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<verse num="14">Bless those who persecute,<note>Some manuscripts have "who persecute you"</note> bless and do not curse <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="16">Think the same <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> toward one another; {do not think arrogantly}<note>Literally "think not the arrogant"</note>, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise {in your own sight}<note>Literally "in the sight of yourselves"</note>.</verse>


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<verse num="17">Pay back no one evil for evil. Take thought for <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> good in the sight of all people.</verse>


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<verse num="18">If <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> possible on your <transChange type="added">part</transChange>, be at peace with all people.</verse>


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<verse num="19">Do not take revenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to <transChange type="added">God's</transChange> wrath, for it is written, "Vengeance <transChange type="added">is</transChange> mine, I will repay,"<note>A quotation from Deut 32:35</note> says the Lord.</verse>


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<verse num="20">But "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him <transChange type="added">something</transChange> to drink; for <transChange type="added">by</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">by</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("doing") which is understood as means</note> doing this, you will heap up coals of fire upon his head."<note>A quotation from Prov 25:21-22</note></verse>


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<verse num="1">Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is no authority except by God, and those that exist are put in place by God.</verse>


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<verse num="2">So then, the one who resists authority resists the ordinance <transChange type="added">which is</transChange> from God, and those who resist will receive condemnation on themselves.</verse>


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<verse num="3">For rulers are not a <transChange type="added">cause of</transChange> terror for a good deed, but for bad <transChange type="added">conduct</transChange>. So do you want not to be afraid of authority? Do what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good, and you will have praise from it,</verse>


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<verse num="4">for it is God's servant to you for what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good. But if you do what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> bad, be afraid, because it does not bear the sword to no purpose. For it is God's servant, the one who avenges for punishment on the one who does <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> bad.</verse>


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<verse num="5">Therefore <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath but also because of conscience.</verse>


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<verse num="6">For because of this you also pay taxes, for <transChange type="added">the authorities</transChange><note>Literally "they"</note> are servants of God, busily engaged in this very <transChange type="added">thing</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="7">Pay to everyone <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> owed: <transChange type="added">pay</transChange> taxes to whom taxes <transChange type="added">are due</transChange>; <transChange type="added">pay</transChange> customs duties to whom customs duties <transChange type="added">are due</transChange>; <transChange type="added">pay</transChange> respect to whom respect <transChange type="added">is due</transChange>; <transChange type="added">pay</transChange> honor to whom honor <transChange type="added">is due</transChange>.<note>Due to the very compressed style in this verse, many words must be supplied to make sense in English</note> </verse>


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<verse num="8">Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another, for the one who loves someone else has fulfilled the law.</verse>


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<verse num="9">For the <transChange type="added">commandments</transChange>, "You shall not commit adultery, you shall not commit murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet,"<note>A quotation from Exod 20:13-15, 17; Deut 5:17-19, 21</note> and if <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> any other commandment, are summed up in this statement: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."<note>A quotation from Lev 19:18</note></verse>


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<verse num="10">Love does not commit evil against a neighbor. Therefore love <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> fulfillment of the law. </verse>


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<verse num="11">And <transChange type="added">do</transChange> this <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know the time, that <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> nearer now than when we believed.</verse>


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<verse num="12">The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. Therefore let us throw off<note>Some manuscripts have "let us lay aside"</note> the deeds of darkness and put on the weapons of light.</verse>


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<verse num="13">Let us live decently, as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy.</verse>


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<verse num="14">But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh. </verse>


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<verse num="1">Now receive the one who is weak in faith, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> not for quarrels about opinions.</verse>


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<verse num="2">One believes <transChange type="added">he may</transChange> eat all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, but the one who is weak eats <transChange type="added">only</transChange> vegetables.</verse>


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<verse num="3">The one who eats must not despise the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat must not judge the one who eats, because God has accepted him.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Who are you, who passes judgment on the domestic slave belonging to someone else? To his own master he stands or falls, and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. </verse>


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<verse num="5">One person<note>Some manuscripts have "For one person"</note> prefers <transChange type="added">one</transChange> day over <transChange type="added">another</transChange> day, and another person regards every day <transChange type="added">alike</transChange>. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind.</verse>


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<verse num="6">The one who is intent on the day is intent on <transChange type="added">it</transChange> for the Lord, and the one who eats eats for the Lord, because he is thankful to God, and the one who does not eat does not eat for the Lord, and he is thankful to God.</verse>


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<verse num="8">For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore whether we live <transChange type="added">or</transChange> whether we die, we are the Lord's.</verse>


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<verse num="9">For Christ died and became alive again for this <transChange type="added">reason</transChange>, in order that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. </verse>


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<verse num="10">But why do you judge your brother? Or also, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.</verse>


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<verse num="12">So<note>Some manuscripts have "So then,"</note> each one of us will give an account concerning himself.<note>Some manuscripts have "an account concerning himself to God"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="13">Therefore, let us no longer pass judgment on one another, but rather decide this: not to place a cause for stumbling or a temptation before a brother.</verse>


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<verse num="14">I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> unclean of itself, except to the one who considers something to be unclean; to that person <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> unclean.</verse>


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<verse num="15">For if because of food, your brother is grieved, you are no longer living according to love. Do not destroy by your food that person for whom Christ died.</verse>


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<verse num="17">For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.</verse>


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<verse num="18">For the one who serves Christ in this <transChange type="added">way</transChange> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> well-pleasing to God and approved by people. </verse>


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<verse num="19">So then, let us pursue {what promotes peace}<note>Literally "the things of peace"</note> and {what edifies one another}<note>Literally "the things of edification toward one another"</note>.</verse>


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<verse num="20">Do not destroy the work of God on account of food. All <transChange type="added">things</transChange> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> clean, but <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> wrong for the person {who eats and stumbles in the process}<note>Literally "who eats with stumbling"</note>.</verse>


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<verse num="21"><transChange type="added">It is</transChange> good not to eat meat or to drink wine or <transChange type="added">to do anything</transChange> by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is weakened.<note>Some manuscripts omit "or is offended or is weakened"</note></verse>


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<verse num="22">The faith that you have, have with respect to yourself before God. Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the one who does not pass judgment on himself by what he approves.</verse>


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<verse num="23">But the one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not <transChange type="added">do so</transChange> from faith, and everything that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not from faith is sin. </verse>


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<verse num="1">But we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.</verse>


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<verse num="2">Let each one of us please his neighbor for his good, for the purpose of edification.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="3">For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."<note>A quotation from Ps 69:9</note></verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="4">For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="5">Now may the God of patient endurance and of encouragement grant you {to be in agreement}<note>Literally "to think the same"</note> with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="6">so that with one mind you may glorify with one mouth the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="7">Therefore accept one another, just as Christ also has accepted you, to the glory of God. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="8">For I say, Christ has become a servant of the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises to the fathers,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="9">and that the Gentiles may glorify God for <transChange type="added">his</transChange> mercy, just as it is written, </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="13">Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="14">Now I myself also am convinced about you, my brothers, that <transChange type="added">you</transChange> yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to instruct one another.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="15">But I have written to you more boldly on <transChange type="added">some</transChange> points, so as to remind you <transChange type="added">again</transChange> because of the grace that has been given to me by God,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="16">with the result that I am a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving the gospel of God as a priest, in order that the offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="17">Therefore I have a reason for boasting in Christ Jesus regarding the things concerning God.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="18">For I will not dare to speak about anything except <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="19">by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit,<note>Some manuscripts have "of the Spirit of God"</note> so that from Jerusalem and <transChange type="added">traveling</transChange> around as far as Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="20">And so, having as my ambition to proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, in order that I will not build on the foundation belonging to someone else,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="22">For this reason also I was hindered many <transChange type="added">times</transChange> from coming to you,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="23">and now, no longer having a place in these regions, but having a desire for many years to come to you</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="24">whenever I travel to Spain. For I hope <transChange type="added">while I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("passing through") which is understood as temporal</note> am passing through to see you and to be sent on my way by you, whenever I have first enjoyed your <transChange type="added">company</transChange> for a while.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="26">For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="27">For they were pleased <transChange type="added">to do so</transChange>, and they are obligated to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, they ought also to serve them in material <transChange type="added">things</transChange>.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="28">Therefore, <transChange type="added">after I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have accomplished") which is understood as temporal</note> have accomplished this and sealed this fruit <transChange type="added">for delivery</transChange> to them, I will depart by way of you for Spain,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="29">and I know that <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("come") which is understood as temporal</note> come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="30">Now I exhort you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to contend along with me in your prayers on my behalf to God,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="31">that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="33">Now <transChange type="added">may</transChange> the God of peace <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with all of you. Amen. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="1">Now I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is also a servant<note>Or "a deaconess"; some interpreters understand this term to refer to a specific office (deacon/deaconess) which Phoebe held in the local church at Cenchrea</note> of the church in Cenchrea,</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="2">in order that you may welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever task she may have need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, even me myself. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="4">who risked their own necks for my life, for which not only I am thankful, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="5">also <transChange type="added">greet</transChange><note>The verb is supplied as an understood repetition from v. 3</note> the church in their house. Greet Epenetus my dear <transChange type="added">friend</transChange>, who is {the first convert}<note>Literally "the first fruits"</note> of Asia for Christ.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="6">Greet Mary, who {has worked hard}<note>Literally "has labored much"</note> for you.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="7">Greet Andronicus and Junia,<note>Or "Junias," the masculine form of the same name</note> my compatriots<note>Or "relatives"</note> and my fellow prisoners, who are well known to<note>Or "are outstanding among"</note> the apostles, who were also in Christ before me.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="8">Greet Ampliatus, my dear <transChange type="added">friend</transChange> in the Lord.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="9">Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my dear <transChange type="added">friend</transChange> Stachys.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="10">Greet Apelles, who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> approved in Christ. Greet those of the <transChange type="added">household</transChange> of Aristobulus.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="11">Greet Herodion my compatriot.<note>Or "relative"</note> Greet those of the <transChange type="added">household</transChange> of Narcissus who are in the Lord.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="12">Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, the laborers in the Lord. Greet Persis, the dear <transChange type="added">friend</transChange> who {has worked hard}<note>Literally "has labored much"</note> in the Lord.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="14">Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="15">Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> with them.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="17">Now I exhort you, brothers, to look out for those who cause dissensions and temptations contrary to the teaching which you learned, and stay away from them.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="18">For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own stomach, and by smooth speech and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="19">For <transChange type="added">the report of</transChange> your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, and I want you to be wise toward what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> good, but innocent toward what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> evil.</verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="20">And in a short time the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ<note>Some manuscripts omit "Christ"</note> <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with you. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="21">Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my compatriots.<note>Or "relatives"</note> </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="23">Gaius, my host and <transChange type="added">the host</transChange> of the whole church, greets you. Erastus the city treasurer greets you, and Quartus the brother. </verse>


book: Rom
content:
<verse num="24">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with all of you. Amen.<note>Some manuscripts include vv. 25-27, "25 Now to the one who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for eternal ages, 26 but now has been revealed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known according to the command of the eternal God, resulting in obedience of faith to all the Gentiles, 27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom <transChange type="added">be</transChange> the glory for eternity. Amen."</note> </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Paul, called <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">to the church of God sanctified in Christ Jesus that is in Corinth,<note>Some manuscripts have "to the church of God that is in Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus"</note> called <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> saints, together with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their <transChange type="added">Lord</transChange><note>*Here "Lord" must be supplied to indicate the referent; otherwise this could be understood as "their place and ours"</note> and ours.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="4">I give thanks to my God always concerning you, because of the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5">that<note>*Or "because"; the conjunction either (1) introduces a content clause ("that") giving the content of Paul's thanks, or (2) introduces a causal clause ("because") giving the reason for Paul's thanks</note> in everything you were made rich in him, in all speech and all knowledge,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">so that you do not lack in any spiritual gift <transChange type="added">as you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">as</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("eagerly await") which is understood as temporal</note> eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="9">God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> faithful, by whom you were called to fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">Now I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all say the same <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> and there not be divisions among you, and that you be made complete in the same mind and with the same purpose.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">For it has been made clear to me concerning you, my brothers, by {Chloe's people}<note>Literally "those of Chloe"</note>, that there are quarrels among you.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">But I say this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," and "I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with Apollos," and "I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with Cephas," and "I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with Christ."</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13">Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note> Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="14">I give thanks<note>Some manuscripts have "I give thanks to God"</note> that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="16">(Now I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Beyond that I do not know if I baptized anyone else.)</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="17">For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not with {clever speech}<note>Literally "wisdom of word"</note>, lest the cross of Christ be emptied. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="18">For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="20">Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the wise person? Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the scribe? Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="21">For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="23">but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a cause for stumbling, but to the Gentiles foolishness,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="24">but to those <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the power of God and the wisdom of God.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="25">For the foolishness of God is wiser than human <transChange type="added">wisdom</transChange>,<note>Literally "man"</note> and the weakness of God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> stronger than human <transChange type="added">strength</transChange>.<note>Literally "man"</note> </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="26">For consider your calling, brothers, that not many <transChange type="added">were</transChange> wise according to human standards,<note>Literally "according to flesh"</note> not many <transChange type="added">were</transChange> powerful, not many <transChange type="added">were</transChange> well born.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="27">But the foolish <transChange type="added">things</transChange> of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the wise, and the weak <transChange type="added">things</transChange> of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the strong,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="28">and the insignificant of the world, and the despised, God chose, the things that are not, in order that he might abolish the things that are,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="30">But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="31">so that, just as it is written, "The one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."<note>A quotation from Jer 9:24</note> </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">And I, <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came") which is understood as temporal</note> came to you, brothers, did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony<note>Some manuscripts have "mystery"</note> of God.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">For I decided not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="4">and my speech and my preaching <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not with the persuasiveness<note>Some manuscripts have "with persuasive words"</note> of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and power,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5">in order that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="6">Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but wisdom not of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">which none of the rulers of this age knew. For if they had known <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">For<note>Some manuscripts have "But to us God has revealed <transChange type="added">them</transChange>"</note> to us God has revealed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, even the depths of God.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in him? Thus also no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from God, in order that we may know the things freely given to us by God,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13"><transChange type="added">things</transChange> which we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in <transChange type="added">words</transChange> taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to spiritual <transChange type="added">people</transChange>.<note>Or "in spiritual <transChange type="added">words</transChange>"</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="14">But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, because they are spiritually discerned.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="15">Now the spiritual <transChange type="added">person</transChange> discerns all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, but he himself is judged by no one.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="16">"For who has known the mind of the Lord; who has advised him?"<note>A quotation from Isa 40:13</note> But we have the mind of Christ. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual <transChange type="added">people</transChange>, but as to fleshly <transChange type="added">people</transChange>, as to infants in Christ.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able <transChange type="added">to eat it</transChange>. But now you are still not able,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="3">for you are still fleshly. For where <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and do you not live like <transChange type="added">unregenerate</transChange> people?<note>That is, like people who do not possess the Spirit at all</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="4">For whenever anyone says, "I am with Paul," and another, "I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with Apollos," are you not <transChange type="added">merely</transChange> human? </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5">Therefore, what is Apollos and what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="6">I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to grow.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who is causing <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to grow.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one, but each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon <transChange type="added">it</transChange>. But each one must direct his attention to how he is building upon <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">For no one is able to lay another foundation than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">Now if anyone builds upon the foundation <transChange type="added">with</transChange> gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13">the work of each one will become evident. For the day will reveal <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the work of each one, of what sort it is.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="14">If anyone's work that he has built upon <transChange type="added">it</transChange> remains, he will receive a reward.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="15">If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but so as through fire. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="16">Do you not know that you are God's temple and the Spirit of God dwells in you?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="17">If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy this one. For God's temple is holy, which you are. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="18">Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks <transChange type="added">himself</transChange> to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, in order that he may become wise.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="19">For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, "The one who catches the wise in their craftiness,"<note>A quotation from Job 5:13</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="20">and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."<note>A quotation from Ps 94:11</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="21">So then, let no one boast in people. For all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are yours,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="22">whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> yours,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="23">and you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> Christ's, and Christ <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God's. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Thus let a person consider us as servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="3">But to me it is a very little matter that I be judged by you or by a human court,<note>Literally "day"</note> but I do not <transChange type="added">even</transChange> judge myself.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="4">For I am conscious of nothing against myself, but not by this am I vindicated. But the one who judges me is the Lord.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5">Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord should come, who will both enlighten the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the counsels of hearts, and then praise will come to each one from God. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="6">Now I have applied these things, brothers, to myself and Apollos for your sake, in order that in us you may learn not <transChange type="added">to go</transChange> beyond what is written, lest someone be inflated with pride on behalf of one <transChange type="added">person</transChange> against the other.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">For who concedes you <transChange type="added">superiority</transChange>? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if indeed you received <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, why do you boast as <transChange type="added">if you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("receive") which is understood as conditional</note> did not receive <transChange type="added">it</transChange>?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">Already you are satiated! Already you are rich! Apart from us you reign as kings! And would that indeed you reigned as kings, in order that we also might reign as kings with you!</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="9">For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world and to angels and to people.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> fools for the sake of Christ, but you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> prudent in Christ! We <transChange type="added">are</transChange> weak, but you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> strong! You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> honored, but we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> dishonored!</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">Until the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty and poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">and we toil, working with our own hands. <transChange type="added">When we are</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("reviled") which is understood as temporal</note> reviled, we bless; <transChange type="added">when we are</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("persecuted") which is understood as temporal</note> persecuted, we endure;</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13"><transChange type="added">when we are</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("slandered") which is understood as temporal</note> slandered, we encourage. We have become like the refuse of the world, the offscouring of all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, until now. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="14">I am not writing these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to shame you, but admonishing <transChange type="added">you</transChange> as my dear children.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="15">For if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, yet <transChange type="added">you do</transChange> not <transChange type="added">have</transChange> many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I fathered you through the gospel.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="17">Because of this, I have sent to you Timothy, who is my dear and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="18">But some have become arrogant, as <transChange type="added">if</transChange> I were not coming to you.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="19">But I am coming to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will know not the talk of the ones who have become arrogant, but the power.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="20">For the kingdom of God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not with talk, but with power.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="21">What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness? </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">It is reported everywhere <transChange type="added">that there</transChange> is sexual immorality among you, and sexual immorality of such a kind which <transChange type="added">does</transChange> not <transChange type="added">even exist</transChange> among the Gentiles, so that someone has the wife of <transChange type="added">his</transChange> father.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">And you are inflated with pride, and should you not rather have mourned, so that the one who has done this deed would be removed from your midst?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="3">For <transChange type="added">although I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am absent") which is understood as concessive</note> am absent in body but present in spirit, I have already passed judgment on the one who has done this in this way, as <transChange type="added">if I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("were present") which is understood as conditional</note> were present.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="4">In the name of our Lord Jesus, <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("are assembled")</note> you are assembled, and my spirit, together with the power of our Lord Jesus,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5"><transChange type="added">I have decided</transChange><note>*The words "I have decided" are implied from the statement "I have already passed judgment" in v. 3</note> to hand over such a person to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, in order that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="6">Your boasting <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole batch of dough?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">Clean out the old leaven in order that you may be a new batch of dough, just as you are unleavened. For Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">So then, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old leaven or with the leaven of wickedness and sinfulness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">By no means <transChange type="added">did I mean</transChange> the sexually immoral people of this world or the greedy people and swindlers or idolaters, since then you would have to depart out of the world.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">But now I have written to you not to associate with any so-called brother, if he is a sexually immoral person or a greedy person or an idolater or an abusive person or a drunkard or a swindler--with such a person not even to eat.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">For what <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> to me to judge those outside? Should you not judge those inside?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13">But those outside God will judge. Remove the evil person {from among yourselves}<note>Literally "from you of them"</note>. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Does anyone among you, <transChange type="added">if he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("has") which is understood as conditional</note> has a matter against someone else, dare to go to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if by you the world is judged, are you unworthy of the most insignificant courts?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="4">Therefore, if you have courts with regard to ordinary matters, do you seat<note>Or "seat" (imperative); the Greek verb can be either indicative mood or imperative mood by its form</note> these despised <transChange type="added">people</transChange> in the church?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5">I say <transChange type="added">this</transChange> to your shame. So is there not anyone wise among you who will be able to render a decision between his brothers?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">Therefore it is already completely a loss for you that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">But you wrong and defraud, and <transChange type="added">do</transChange> this <transChange type="added">to</transChange> brothers! </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="9">Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Neither sexually immoral people, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor passive homosexual partners, nor dominant homosexual partners,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">nor thieves, nor greedy persons, not drunkards, not abusive persons, not swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">And some of you were these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus<note>Some manuscripts have "of the Lord Jesus Christ"</note> and by the Spirit of our God. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">All <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are permitted for me, but not all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are profitable. All <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are permitted for me, but I will not be controlled by anything.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13">Food <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the stomach, and the stomach for food, but God will abolish {both of them}<note>Literally "both this and these"</note>. Now the body <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="15">Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Therefore, shall I take away the members of Christ <transChange type="added">and</transChange> make <transChange type="added">them</transChange> members of a prostitute? May it never be!</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="16">Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body <transChange type="added">with her</transChange>? For it says, "The two will become one flesh."<note>A quotation from Gen 2:24</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="17">But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit <transChange type="added">with him</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="18">Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a person commits is outside his body, but the one who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="19">Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Now concerning <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> about which you wrote: "<transChange type="added">It is</transChange> good for a man not to touch<note>I.e., in a sexual sense</note> a woman."</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">But because of sexual immorality, let each man have<note>I.e., in the sense of "have sexual relations with"</note> his own wife and let each woman have her own husband.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="3">The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="4">The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband <transChange type="added">does</transChange>. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife <transChange type="added">does</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5">Do not defraud one another, except perhaps by agreement, for a time, in order that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> you should be {together}<note>Literally "at the same"</note> again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self control.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">I wish all people could be like myself, but each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that way. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows: <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> good for them if they remain as I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="9">But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn <transChange type="added">with sexual desire</transChange>. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">To the married I command--not I, but the Lord--a wife must not separate from <transChange type="added">her</transChange> husband.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">But if indeed she does separate, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce <transChange type="added">his</transChange> wife. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">Now to the rest I say--not the Lord--if any brother has an unbelieving wife and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13">And if any wife has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce her husband.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="14">For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother, since otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="15">But if the unbeliever leaves, let him leave. The brother or the sister is not bound in such <transChange type="added">cases</transChange>. But God has called us<note>Some manuscripts have "you" (plural)</note> in peace.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="16">For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="17">But to each one as the Lord has apportioned. As God has called each one, thus let him live--and thus I order in all the churches.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="18">Was anyone called <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("being circumcised") which is understood as temporal</note> being circumcised? He must not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called in uncircumcision? He must not become circumcised.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="19">Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="21">Were you called <transChange type="added">while</transChange> a slave? Do not let it be a concern to you. But if indeed you are able to become free, rather make use of <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="22">For the one who is called in the Lord <transChange type="added">while</transChange> a slave is the Lord's freedperson. Likewise the one who is called <transChange type="added">while</transChange> free is a slave of Christ.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="24">Each one in <transChange type="added">the situation</transChange> in which he was called, brothers--in this he should remain with God. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="25">Now concerning virgins I do not have a command from the Lord, but I am giving an opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="26">Therefore, I consider this to be good because of the impending distress, that <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> good for a man to be thus.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="27">Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek release. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="28">But if you marry, you have not sinned, and if the virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have affliction in the flesh, and I would spare you.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="29">But I say this, brothers: the time is shortened, that from now on even those who have wives should be as <transChange type="added">if they</transChange> do not have <transChange type="added">wives</transChange>,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="30">and those who weep as <transChange type="added">if they</transChange> do not weep, and those who rejoice as <transChange type="added">if they</transChange> do not rejoice, and those who buy as <transChange type="added">if they</transChange> do not possess,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="31">and those who make use of the world as <transChange type="added">if they</transChange> do not make full use of <transChange type="added">it</transChange>. For the present form of this world is passing away. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="32">But I want you to be free from care. The unmarried person cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="33">But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="34">and he is divided. And the unmarried woman or the virgin cares for the things of the Lord, in order that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="35">Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not that I may put a restriction on you, but to promote appropriate and devoted service to the Lord without distraction. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="36">But if anyone thinks he is behaving dishonorably concerning his virgin, if she is past her prime<note>Or "if his passions are strong" (it is not clear in context whether this term refers to the man or to the woman)</note> and it ought to be thus, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin. Let them marry.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="37">But he who stands firm in his heart, not having necessity, but has authority concerning his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin, he will do well.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="38">So then, the one who marries<note>Or perhaps "the one who gives in marriage"</note> his own virgin does well, and the one who does not marry <transChange type="added">her</transChange> will do better. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="39">A wife is bound for as long a time <transChange type="added">as</transChange> her husband lives. But if her husband {dies}<note>Literally "falls asleep"</note>, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only in the Lord.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="40">But she is happier if she remains thus, according to my opinion--and I think I have the Spirit of God. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Now concerning food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge."<note>Considered by many interpreters to be a slogan used by the Corinthians to justify their behavior</note> Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">If anyone thinks he knows anything, he has not yet known as it is necessary to know.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="4">Therefore, concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that "an idol <transChange type="added">is</transChange> nothing in the world" and that "<transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no God except one."<note>Considered by many interpreters to be slogans used by the Corinthians to justify their behavior</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5">For even if after all <transChange type="added">there</transChange> are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, just as <transChange type="added">there</transChange> are many gods and many lords, </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="6">yet to us <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> one God, the Father, from whom <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for him, and <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> through him.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">But this knowledge <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not in everyone. But some, being accustomed until now to the idol, eat <transChange type="added">this food</transChange> as food sacrificed to idols, and their conscience, <transChange type="added">because it</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as causal</note> is weak, is defiled.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">But food does not bring us close to God. For neither if we eat do we have more, nor if we do not eat do we lack.<note>Some manuscripts omit "For" and have "Neither if we do not eat do we lack, nor if we do eat do we have more"</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="9">But watch out lest somehow this right of yours becomes a cause for stumbling to the weak.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">For if someone should see you who has knowledge reclining for a meal in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, <transChange type="added">because it</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as causal</note> is weak, be strengthened so that <transChange type="added">he</transChange> eats the food sacrificed to idols?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">For the one who is weak--the brother for whom Christ died--is destroyed by your knowledge.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">Now <transChange type="added">if you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("sin") which is understood as conditional</note> sin in this way against the brothers and wound their conscience, which is weak, you sin against Christ.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13">Therefore, if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat {forever}<note>Literally "for the age"</note>, in order that I may not cause my brother to sin. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">If to others I am not an apostle, yet indeed I am to you, for you are my seal of apostleship in the Lord.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5">Do we not have the right to take along a sister <transChange type="added">as</transChange> wife, like the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="6">Or do only I and Barnabas not have the right {to refrain from working}<note>Literally "not to work"</note>?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Who<note>Some manuscripts have "Or who"</note> shepherds a flock and does not drink<note>Literally "eat"</note> from the milk of the flock?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">I am not saying these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> according to a human perspective. Or does the law not also say these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="9">For in the law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox <transChange type="added">while it</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("threshing") which is understood as temporal</note> is threshing."<note>A quotation from Deut 25:4</note> It is not about oxen God is concerned, is it?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">Or doubtless does he speak {for our sake}<note>Literally "for the sake of us"</note>? For it is written {for our sake}<note>Literally "for the sake of us"</note>, because the one who plows ought to plow in hope and the one who threshes <transChange type="added">ought to do so</transChange> in hope of a share.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">If we have sown spiritual <transChange type="added">things</transChange> among you, <transChange type="added">is it too</transChange> great <transChange type="added">a thing</transChange> if we reap material <transChange type="added">things</transChange> from you?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">If others share this right over you, do we not <transChange type="added">do so</transChange> even more? Yet we have not made use of this right, but we endure all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, in order that we may not cause any hindrance to the gospel of Christ. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13">Do you not know that those performing the holy services eat the things from the temple, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> those attending to the altar have a share with the altar?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="14">In the <transChange type="added">same</transChange> way also the Lord ordered those who proclaim the gospel to live from the gospel.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="15">But I have not made use of any of these <transChange type="added">rights</transChange>. And I am not writing these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in order that it may be thus with me. For <transChange type="added">it would be</transChange> better to me rather to die than <transChange type="added">for</transChange> anyone to deprive me of my reason for boasting.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="16">For if I proclaim the gospel, it is not to me a reason for boasting, for necessity is imposed on me. For woe is to me if I do not proclaim the gospel.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="17">For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward, but if <transChange type="added">I do so</transChange> unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a stewardship.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="18">What then is my reward? That <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("proclaim the gospel") which is understood as temporal</note> proclaim the gospel, I may offer the gospel free of charge, in order not to make full use of my right in the gospel. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="19">For <transChange type="added">although I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am") which is understood as concessive</note> am free from all <transChange type="added">people</transChange>, I have enslaved myself to all, in order that I may gain more.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="20">I have become like a Jew to the Jews, in order that I may gain the Jews. To those under the law <transChange type="added">I became</transChange> as under the law (<transChange type="added">although I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am") which is understood as concessive</note> myself am not under the law) in order that I may gain those under the law.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="21">To those outside the law <transChange type="added">I became</transChange> as outside the law (<transChange type="added">although I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("am") which is understood as concessive</note> am not outside the law of God, but subject to the law of Christ) in order that I may gain those outside the law.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="22">To the weak I became weak, in order that I may gain the weak. I have become all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to all <transChange type="added">people</transChange>, in order that by all means I may save some.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="23">I do all <transChange type="added">this</transChange> for the sake of the gospel, in order that I may become a participant with it. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="24">Do you not know that those who run in the stadium all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="25">And everyone who competes exercises self-control in all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>. Thus those <transChange type="added">do so</transChange> in order that they may receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable <transChange type="added">one</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="26">Therefore I run in this way, not as <transChange type="added">running</transChange> aimlessly; I box in this way, not as beating the air.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="27">But I discipline my body and subjugate <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, lest somehow <transChange type="added">after</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("preaching") which is understood as temporal</note> preaching to others, <transChange type="added">I</transChange> myself should become disqualified. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all went through the sea,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="4">and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, and the rock was Christ.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5">But God was not pleased with the majority of them, for they were struck down in the desert. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="6">Now these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> happened <transChange type="added">as</transChange> examples for us, so that we should not be desirers of evil <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, just as those also desired <transChange type="added">them</transChange>,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">and not become idolaters, as some of them <transChange type="added">did</transChange>, just as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play,"<note>A quotation from Exod 32:6</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">nor commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed sexual immorality, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="9">nor put Christ to the test, as some of them tested <transChange type="added">him</transChange>, and were destroyed by snakes,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">nor grumble, just as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">Now these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> happened to those <transChange type="added">people</transChange> as an example, but are written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13">Temptation has not come upon you except <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> common to humanity. But God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but will also make a way out together with the temptation, <transChange type="added">so that you</transChange> may be able to endure <transChange type="added">it</transChange>. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="15">I am speaking as to sensible <transChange type="added">people</transChange>; you judge what I am saying.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="16">The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="17">Because <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> one bread, <transChange type="added">we</transChange> who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> many are one body, for <transChange type="added">we</transChange> all share from the one bread.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="18">Consider Israel according to the flesh: are not the ones who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="19">Therefore, what am I saying? That food sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="20"><transChange type="added">No</transChange>, but that <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> which they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become sharers with demons.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="21">You are not able to drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You are not able to share the table of the Lord and the table of demons.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="22">Or are we attempting to provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than he <transChange type="added">is, are we</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note> </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="23">All <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are permitted, but not all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are profitable. All <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are permitted, but not all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> build up.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="24">Let no one seek {his own good}<note>Literally "the <transChange type="added">-</transChange> of himself"; "good" is implied</note> but the <transChange type="added">good</transChange> of the other.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="25">Eat everything that is sold in the meat market, {asking no questions}<note>Literally "questioning nothing"</note> for the sake of the conscience,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="26">for "the earth <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the Lord's, and its fullness."<note>A quotation from Ps 24:1, and an allusion to Ps 50:12; 89:11</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="27">If any of the unbelievers invites you, and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, {asking no questions}<note>Literally "questioning nothing"</note> for the sake of the conscience.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="28">But if someone says to you, "This is offered to idols," do not eat <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, for the sake of that one who informed <transChange type="added">you</transChange> and the conscience.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="29">Now I am not speaking about your own conscience, but the <transChange type="added">conscience</transChange> of the other <transChange type="added">person</transChange>. For why <transChange type="added">is</transChange> my freedom judged by another's conscience?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="30">If I partake with thankfulness, why am I slandered concerning that for which I give thanks? </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="31">Therefore, whether you eat or you drink or whatever you do, do all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> for the glory of God.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="32">{Give no offense}<note>Literally "be blameless"</note> both to Jews and to Greeks and to the church of God,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="33">just as I also please all <transChange type="added">people</transChange> in all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, not seeking my own benefit, but the <transChange type="added">benefit</transChange> of the many, in order that they may be saved. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Become imitators of me, just as I also <transChange type="added">am</transChange> of Christ. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">Now I praise you that you remember me <transChange type="added">in</transChange> all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and just as I handed over to you the traditions, you hold fast to <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="3">But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man <transChange type="added">is the</transChange> head of the woman, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> head of Christ <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="4">Every man who prays or prophesies <transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("having") which is understood as temporal</note> having <transChange type="added">something</transChange><note>*Here the direct object must be supplied from context, but the exact nature of the object is not clear from the context, so "<transChange type="added">something</transChange>" is used in the English translation</note> on <transChange type="added">his</transChange> head dishonors his head,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5">but every woman who prays or prophesies with uncovered head dishonors her head, for she is one and the same with the one whose <transChange type="added">head</transChange> is shaved.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="6">For if a woman does not cover herself, let her <transChange type="added">hair</transChange> be shorn off. But if <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> shameful for a woman to <transChange type="added">have her head</transChange><note>Literally "to be"</note> shorn or shaved, let her cover her <transChange type="added">head</transChange>.<note>Literally "herself"</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">For indeed a man ought not to cover his head, <transChange type="added">because he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as causal</note> is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="9">For indeed man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">Because of this, the woman ought to have <transChange type="added">a symbol of</transChange> authority on her head, on account of the angels.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">Nevertheless, neither <transChange type="added">is</transChange> woman <transChange type="added">anything</transChange> apart from man, nor <transChange type="added">is</transChange> man <transChange type="added">anything</transChange> apart from woman in the Lord.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">For just as the woman <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from the man, thus also the man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> through the woman. But all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> from God.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13">You judge {for yourselves}<note>Literally "in you yourselves"</note>: is it fitting for a woman to pray to God <transChange type="added">with her head</transChange><note>*Here the words "<transChange type="added">with her head</transChange>" have been supplied as a necessary clarification</note> uncovered?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="14">And does not nature itself teach you that a man, if he wears long hair, it is a dishonor to him?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="15">But a woman, if she wears long hair, it is her glory, because her hair is given<note>Some manuscripts have "is given to her"</note> for a covering.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="16">But if anyone is disposed to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="17">But in giving this instruction I do not praise <transChange type="added">you</transChange>, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="18">For in the first place, <transChange type="added">when you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("come together")</note> come together as a church, I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="19">For indeed it is necessary that there be factions among you, in order that those who are approved may become evident among you.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="20">Therefore, <transChange type="added">when</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("come together")</note> you come together in the same <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, it is not to eat the Lord's supper.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="21">For <transChange type="added">when you</transChange><note>*Here "when" is supplied as a component of the temporal infinitive ("eat")</note> eat <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, each one of you goes ahead to take his own supper, and one is hungry and another is drunk.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="22">For do you not have houses for eating and drinking? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who do not have <transChange type="added">anything</transChange>? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise <transChange type="added">you</transChange>! </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="23">For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night in which he was betrayed, took bread,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="24">and <transChange type="added">after he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had given thanks") which is understood as temporal</note> had given thanks, he broke <transChange type="added">it</transChange> and said, "This is my body which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for you. Do this in remembrance of me."</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="25">Likewise also the cup, after they had eaten, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, in remembrance of me."</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="26">For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="27">So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="28">But let a person examine himself, and in this way let him eat from the bread and let him drink from the cup.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="29">For the one who eats and drinks, <transChange type="added">if he</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("recognize") which is understood as conditional</note> does not recognize the body, eats and drinks judgment against himself.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="30">Because of this, many <transChange type="added">are</transChange> weak and sick among you, and quite a few {have died}<note>Literally "have fallen asleep"</note>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="32">But <transChange type="added">if we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">if</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are judged") which is understood as conditional</note> are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined, in order that we will not be condemned with the world. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="33">So then, my brothers, <transChange type="added">when you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("come together") which is understood as temporal</note> come together in order to eat <transChange type="added">the Lord's supper</transChange>,<note>*Here the direct object ("the Lord's supper") is supplied from context in the English translation</note> wait for one another.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="34">If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And I will give directions about the remaining <transChange type="added">matters</transChange> whenever I come. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Now concerning spiritual <transChange type="added">gifts</transChange>,<note>Or "spiritual <transChange type="added">things</transChange>"; possibly "those who possess spiritual gifts"</note> brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the speechless idols, however you were led.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="3">Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus <transChange type="added">is</transChange> accursed," and no one is able to say "Jesus <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Lord" except by the Holy Spirit. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="6">and there are varieties of activities, but the same God, who works all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> in all <transChange type="added">people</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for what is beneficial <transChange type="added">to all</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">For to one is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another a word of knowledge by the same Spirit,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="9">to another faith by the same Spirit, to another<note>Some manuscripts have "and to another"</note> gifts of healing by the one Spirit,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">to another<note>Some manuscripts have "and to another"</note> {miraculous powers}<note>Literally "activities of power"</note>, to another<note>Some manuscripts have "and to another"</note> prophecy, to another<note>Some manuscripts have "and to another"</note> distinguishing of spirits, to another kinds of tongues, to another<note>Some manuscripts have "and to another"</note> interpretation of tongues.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">But in all these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> one and the same Spirit is at work, distributing to each one individually just as he wishes. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">For just as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, <transChange type="added">although they</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are") which is understood as concessive</note> are many, are one body, thus also Christ.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13">For by<note>Or "in"</note> one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free <transChange type="added">persons</transChange>, and all were made to drink one Spirit.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="15">If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not <transChange type="added">a part</transChange> of the body," not because of this is it not <transChange type="added">a part</transChange> of the body.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="16">And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not <transChange type="added">a part</transChange> of the body, not because of this is it not <transChange type="added">a part</transChange> of the body.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="17">If the whole body <transChange type="added">were</transChange> an eye, where <transChange type="added">would</transChange> the hearing <transChange type="added">be</transChange>? If the whole <transChange type="added">were</transChange> hearing, where <transChange type="added">would</transChange> the sense of smell <transChange type="added">be</transChange>?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="18">But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body just as he wanted.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="19">And if they all were one member, where <transChange type="added">would</transChange> the body <transChange type="added">be</transChange>?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="20">But now <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> many members, but one body. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="21">Now the eye is not able to say to the hand, "I do not have need of you," or again, the head to the feet, "I do not have need of you."</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="22">But by much more the members of the body which are thought to be weaker are necessary,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="23">and <transChange type="added">the parts</transChange> of the body which we think to be less honorable, these we clothe with more abundant honor, and our unpresentable <transChange type="added">parts</transChange> come to have more abundant presentability,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="24">but our presentable <transChange type="added">parts</transChange> do not have need <transChange type="added">of this</transChange>. Yet God composed the body by giving more abundant honor to the part which lacked <transChange type="added">it</transChange>,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="25">in order that there not be a division in the body, but the members would have the same concern for one another.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="26">And if one member suffers, all the members suffer together; if a member<note>Some manuscripts have "one member"</note> is honored, all the members rejoice with <transChange type="added">it</transChange>. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="27">Now you are the body of Christ, and members {of it individually}<note>Literally "by part"</note>,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="28">and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="29">Not all <transChange type="added">are</transChange> apostles, <transChange type="added">are they</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note> Not all <transChange type="added">are</transChange> prophets, <transChange type="added">are they</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note> Not all <transChange type="added">are</transChange> teachers, <transChange type="added">are they</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note> Not all <transChange type="added">are workers of</transChange> miracles, <transChange type="added">are they</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="30">Not all have gifts of healing, <transChange type="added">do they</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note> Not all speak with tongues, <transChange type="added">do they</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note> Not all interpret, <transChange type="added">do they</transChange>?<note>*The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="31">But strive<note>Or "you are striving" (some understand the form of this verb to be indicative mood rather than imperative mood)</note> for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a ringing brass gong or a clashing cymbal.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">And if I have <transChange type="added">the gift of</transChange> prophecy and I know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that <transChange type="added">I can</transChange> remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="3">And if I parcel out all my possessions, and if I hand over my body in order that I will be burned,<note>Some manuscripts have "in order that I may boast"</note> but do not have love, it benefits <transChange type="added">me</transChange> nothing. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="4">Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, <transChange type="added">it</transChange> does not boast, <transChange type="added">it</transChange> does not become conceited,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5"><transChange type="added">it</transChange> does not behave dishonorably, <transChange type="added">it</transChange> {is not selfish}<note>Literally "does not seek the things of itself"</note>, <transChange type="added">it</transChange> does not become angry, <transChange type="added">it</transChange> does not keep a record of wrongs,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="6"><transChange type="added">it</transChange> does not rejoice at unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">bears all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, believes all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, hopes all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, endures all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">Love never ends. But if <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> prophecies, they will pass away. If <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> tongues, they will cease. If <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> knowledge, it will pass away.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside the things of a child.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">For now we see through a mirror {indirectly}<note>Literally "in an indirect image"</note>, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know completely, just as I have also been completely known.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13">And now these three <transChange type="added">things</transChange> remain: faith, hope, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> love. But the greatest of these <transChange type="added">is</transChange> love. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Pursue love, and strive for spiritual <transChange type="added">gifts</transChange>, but especially that you may prophesy.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands, but by the Spirit<note>Or "in the Spirit"; or "in <transChange type="added">his</transChange> spirit"</note> he speaks mysteries.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="3">But the one who prophesies speaks to people edification and encouragement and consolation.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="4">The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5">Now I want you all to speak with tongues, but even more that you may prophesy. The one who prophesies <transChange type="added">is</transChange> greater than the one who speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, in order that the church may receive edification. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="6">But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with tongues, how do I benefit you, unless I speak to you either with a revelation or with knowledge or with a prophecy or with a teaching?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">Likewise, the inanimate things which produce a sound, whether flute or lyre, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the lyre?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">For indeed, if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare for battle?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="9">And so you through the tongue, unless you produce a clear message, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">There are probably so many kinds of languages in the world, and none without meaning.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a barbarian to the one who is speaking, and the one who is speaking <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> a barbarian in my <transChange type="added">judgment</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">In this way also you, since you are zealous of spiritual <transChange type="added">gifts</transChange>, seek for the edification of the church, in order that you may abound. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="15">{Therefore what should I do}<note>Literally "what therefore is it"</note>? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will also sing praise with my mind.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="16">For otherwise, if you praise in <transChange type="added">your</transChange> spirit, how will the one who fills the place of the outsider say the "amen" at your thanksgiving, because he does not know what you are saying?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="18">I give thanks to God <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I speak with tongues more than all of you,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="19">but in the church I prefer to speak five words with my mind, in order that I may instruct other <transChange type="added">people</transChange>, than ten thousand words in a tongue. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="20">Brothers, do not become children in <transChange type="added">your</transChange> understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in <transChange type="added">your</transChange> understanding be mature.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="22">So then, tongues are for a sign not to those who believe, but to unbelievers, but prophecy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="23">Therefore, if the whole church comes together at the same <transChange type="added">time</transChange> and all speak with tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="24">But if all prophesy, and some unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is judged by all,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="25">the secret things of his heart become evident, and so, falling on <transChange type="added">his</transChange> face, he will worship God, proclaiming, "God is truly among you!" </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="26">{Therefore what should you do}<note>Literally "what therefore is it"</note>, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. All <transChange type="added">things</transChange> must be <transChange type="added">done</transChange> for edification.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="27">If anyone speaks in a tongue, <transChange type="added">it must be</transChange> on one occasion two or at most three, and {one after the other}<note>Literally "in turn"</note>, and one must interpret.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="28">But if there is no interpreter, he must be silent in the church, but let him speak to himself and to God.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="30">And if <transChange type="added">something</transChange> is revealed to another who is seated, the first must be silent.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="31">For you are all able to prophesy {in turn}<note>Literally "one at a time</note>, in order that all may learn and all may be encouraged,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="33">For God is not <transChange type="added">a God of</transChange> disorder but of peace. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="34">the women must be silent in the churches, for it is not permitted for them to speak, but they must be in submission, just as the law also says.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="35">But if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="37">If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual,<note>Or "or one who possesses the Spirit"</note> he should recognize that <transChange type="added">the things</transChange> which I am writing to you are of the Lord.<note>Some manuscripts have "are a command of the Lord"</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="38">But if anyone ignores <transChange type="added">this</transChange>, he is ignored.<note>Or "if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant"</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="39">So then, my brothers, desire to prophesy, and do not prevent speaking with tongues.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="40">But let all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> be <transChange type="added">done</transChange> decently and according to proper procedure. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed to you, which you have also received, in which you also stand,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">by which you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the message I proclaimed to you, unless you believed to no purpose.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="3">For I passed on to you {as of first importance}<note>Literally "among the first <transChange type="added">things</transChange>"</note> what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="4">and that he was buried, and that he was raised up on the third day according to the scriptures,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="6">then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, the majority of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="8">and last of all, as it were to one born at the wrong time, he appeared also to me.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="9">For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">Therefore whether I or those, in this way we preached, and in this way you believed. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">Now if Christ is preached as raised up from the dead, how do some among you say that <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is no resurrection of the dead?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="13">But if <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is no resurrection of the dead, Christ has not been raised <transChange type="added">either</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="14">But if Christ has not been raised, then<note>Some manuscripts have "then both"</note> our preaching <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in vain, and your faith <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in vain.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="15">And also we are found <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if after all, then, the dead are not raised.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="16">For if the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised <transChange type="added">either</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="17">But if Christ has not been raised, your faith <transChange type="added">is</transChange> empty; you are still in your sins.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="18">And as a further result, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="19">If {we have put our hope}<note>Literally "we are having put our hope"</note> in Christ in this life only, we are of all people most pitiable. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="20">But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="21">For since through a man <transChange type="added">came</transChange> death, also through a man <transChange type="added">came</transChange> the resurrection of the dead.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="23">But each in his own group: Christ the first fruits, then those <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> Christ's at his coming,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="24">then the end, when he hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="25">For it is necessary for him to reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="26">The last enemy to be abolished <transChange type="added">is</transChange> death.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="27">For "he subjected all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> under his feet."<note>A quotation from Ps 8:6</note> But when it says "all <transChange type="added">things</transChange>" are subjected, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> clear that the one who subjected all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to him <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not included.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="28">But whenever all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected<note>Some manuscripts have "also will be subjected"</note> to the one who subjected all <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to him, in order that God may be all in all. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="29">Otherwise, why do they do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, those who are being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why indeed are they being baptized on behalf of them?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="31">I die every day--yes indeed, by my boasting in you,<note>Some manuscripts have "in you, brothers,"</note> which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord!</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="32">If according to a human perspective I fought wild beasts at Ephesus, what benefit <transChange type="added">is it</transChange> to me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.<note>An allusion to Isa 22:13; 56:12</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="33">Do not be deceived! "Bad company corrupts good morals."<note>A quotation from the Greek poet Menander's comedy Thais, 218</note></verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="34">Sober up correctly and {stop sinning}<note>Literally "do not sin"</note>, for some have no knowledge of God--I say <transChange type="added">this</transChange> to your shame. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="35">But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? And with what sort of body do they come?"</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="37">And what you sow <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not the body which it will become, but you sow the bare seed, whether perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="38">But God gives to it a body just as he wishes, and to each one of the seeds its own body.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="39">Not all flesh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the same, but <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> one flesh of human beings, and another flesh of animals, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="40">and heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly <transChange type="added">bodies</transChange> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of one kind, and the <transChange type="added">glory</transChange> of the earthly <transChange type="added">bodies</transChange> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> of another kind.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="41"><transChange type="added">There is</transChange> one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="42">Thus also <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="43">It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="44">It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is a natural body, <transChange type="added">there</transChange> is also a spiritual <transChange type="added">body</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="45">Thus also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul";<note>A quotation from Gen 2:7</note> the last Adam <transChange type="added">became</transChange> a life-giving spirit.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="46">But the spiritual <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="47">The first man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from the earth, made of earth; the second man <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from heaven.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="48">As the one <transChange type="added">who is</transChange> made of earth, so also <transChange type="added">are</transChange> those <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> made of earth, and as the heavenly, so also <transChange type="added">are</transChange> those <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> heavenly.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="49">And just as we have borne the image of the <transChange type="added">one who is</transChange> made of earth, we will also bear the image of the heavenly. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="50">But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruptibility.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="51">Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="52">in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="53">For it is necessary <transChange type="added">for</transChange> this perishable <transChange type="added">body</transChange> to put on incorruptibility, and this mortal <transChange type="added">body</transChange> to put on immortality.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="54">But whenever this perishable <transChange type="added">body</transChange> puts on incorruptibility and this mortal <transChange type="added">body</transChange> puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="55">Where, O death, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your victory? Where, O death, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> your sting?</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="56">Now the sting of death <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sin, and the power of sin <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="57">But thanks <transChange type="added">be</transChange> to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="58">So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, <transChange type="added">because you</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know that your labor is not <transChange type="added">in</transChange> vain in the Lord. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Now concerning the collection for the saints: just as I gave directions about <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to the churches of Galatia, so you do also.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="2">On the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the week, each one of you {put aside}<note>Literally "put from himself"</note> <transChange type="added">something</transChange>, saving up {to whatever extent he has prospered}<note>Literally "whatever if anything he has been prospered"</note>, in order that whenever I come, at that time collections do not take place.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="3">And whenever I arrive, whomever you approve by letters, I will send these to take your gift to Jerusalem.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="5">But I will come to you whenever I go through Macedonia (for I am going through Macedonia),</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="6">and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I may go.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="7">For I do not want to see you now in passing, for I hope to remain some time with you, if the Lord allows <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="9">for a great and effective door has opened for me, and <transChange type="added">there are</transChange> many opponents. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="10">But if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without cause to fear, for he is carrying out the Lord's work, as I also <transChange type="added">am</transChange>.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="11">Therefore do not let anyone disdain him, but send him <transChange type="added">on his way</transChange> in peace in order that he may come to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="12">Now concerning Apollos our brother, I urged him many <transChange type="added">times</transChange> that he should come to you with the brothers, and he was not at all willing that he should come now, but he will come whenever he has <transChange type="added">an</transChange> opportunity. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="14">All your <transChange type="added">actions</transChange> must be done in love. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="15">Now I urge you, brothers--you know about the household of Stephanas, that they are the first fruits of Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the ministry for the saints--</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="16">that you also be subject to such people, and to all those who work together and labor.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="17">Now I rejoice over the arrival of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because these make up for your absence,</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="18">for they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore recognize such people. </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="19">The churches of <transChange type="added">the province of</transChange> Asia<note>That is, the Roman province of Asia, known today as Asia Minor</note> greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you in the Lord many <transChange type="added">times</transChange>, together with the church in their house.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="22">If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. O Lord, come!<note>The Aramaic expression marana tha ("O Lord, come!") can also be rendered maran atha ("our Lord has come"); it is used here by Paul without explanation</note> </verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="23">The grace of the Lord Jesus <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with you.</verse>


book: 1Cor
content:
<verse num="24">My love <transChange type="added">be</transChange> with all of you in Christ Jesus. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, together with all the saints who are in all Achaia.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="3">Blessed <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="4">who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> in all affliction with the comfort with which <transChange type="added">we</transChange> ourselves are comforted by God.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="5">For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, thus through Christ our comfort overflows also.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="6">But if we are afflicted, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> for your comfort that is at work in the patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="7">And our hope for you <transChange type="added">is</transChange> firm, <transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("is") which is understood as causal</note> know that as you are sharers in the sufferings, so also <transChange type="added">you will be sharers</transChange> in the comfort. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="8">For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction that happened in the <transChange type="added">province of</transChange> Asia,<note>A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)</note> that we were burdened to an extraordinary degree, beyond <transChange type="added">our</transChange> strength, so that we were in despair even of living.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="9">But <transChange type="added">we</transChange> ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we would not be putting confidence in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="10">who delivered us from so great <transChange type="added">a risk</transChange> of death, and will deliver <transChange type="added">us</transChange>, in whom we have put our hope that he will also deliver <transChange type="added">us</transChange> again,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="11"><transChange type="added">while</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("join in helping")</note> you also join in helping {on our behalf}<note>Literally "on behalf of us"</note> by prayer, so that thanks may be given {on our behalf}<note>Literally "on behalf of us"</note> by many persons for this gracious gift <transChange type="added">given</transChange> to us through <transChange type="added">the help</transChange> of many. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="12">For our reason for boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, in holiness<note>Some manuscripts have "sincerity"</note> and purity of motive from God, not<note>Some manuscripts have "and not"</note> in merely human wisdom, but by the grace of God.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="13">For we are not writing <transChange type="added">anything</transChange> else to you except what you can read or also understand. But I hope that you will understand {completely}<note>Literally "to the end"</note>,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="14">just as you have also understood us in part, that we are your reason for boasting, just as you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> also ours in the day of our Lord Jesus. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="15">And with this confidence, I was wanting to come to you previously, in order that you may have a second proof of my goodwill,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="16">and through you to go to Macedonia, and to come to you again from Macedonia, and to be sent on my way by you to Judea.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="17">Therefore, <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was wanting") which is understood as temporal</note> was wanting <transChange type="added">to do</transChange> this, perhaps then was I making use of vacillation? Or was I deciding what I was deciding according to the flesh, in order that with me my "yes" may be "yes" and my "no" <transChange type="added">may be</transChange> "no" <transChange type="added">at the same time</transChange>?<note>*The words "at the same time" are supplied for clarity</note></verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="18">But God <transChange type="added">is</transChange> faithful, so that our word to you is not "yes" and "no."</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="19">For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, did not become "yes" and "no," but has become "yes" in him.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="20">For as many as <transChange type="added">are the</transChange> promises of God, in him <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> "yes"; therefore also through him <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the "amen" to the glory of God through us.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="21">Now the one who establishes us together with you in Christ and who anoints us <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="22"><transChange type="added">who</transChange> also sealed us and gave the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="23">But I call upon God <transChange type="added">as</transChange> witness against my life, that <transChange type="added">in order to</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">in order to</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("spare") which is understood as purpose</note> spare you, I did not come again to Corinth.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="24">Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, because by faith you stand firm. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="2">For if I <transChange type="added">cause</transChange> you sorrow, then who will make me glad except the one who is caused to be sad by me?</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="3">And I wrote this very <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> in order that <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came") which is understood as temporal</note> came, I would not experience sorrow from those who ought to have made me glad, <transChange type="added">because I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have confidence") which is understood as causal</note> have confidence about you all, that my joy {belongs to all of you}<note>Literally "is of all of you"</note>.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="4">For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not so that you may be caused to be sad, but so that you may know the love that I have especially for you. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="5">But if anyone has caused sorrow, he has not caused me sorrow, but {to some degree}<note>Literally "in part"</note>--{in order not to say too much}<note>Literally "in order not to burden"</note>--<transChange type="added">to</transChange> all <transChange type="added">of</transChange> you.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="6">This punishment by the majority <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sufficient for such a person.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="7">So then, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow this person should be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="8">Therefore I urge you to confirm <transChange type="added">your</transChange> love for him.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="9">Because for this <transChange type="added">reason</transChange> also I wrote, in order that I could know your proven character, whether you are obedient in everything.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="10">Now to whomever you forgive anything, I also <transChange type="added">do</transChange>; for indeed, whatever I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> {for your sake}<note>Literally "for the sake of you"</note> in the presence of Christ,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="11">in order that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes). </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="12">Now <transChange type="added">when I</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">when</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("arrived") which is understood as temporal</note> arrived in Troas for the gospel of Christ and a door was opened for me by the Lord,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="13">I did not experience rest in my spirit, <transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>This infinitive ("find") is understood as causal</note> I did not find Titus my brother, but saying farewell to them, I departed for Macedonia.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="14">But thanks <transChange type="added">be</transChange> to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ, and who reveals the fragrance of the knowledge of him through us in every place.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="15">For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="16">to those on the one hand an odor from death to death, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> to those on the other hand a fragrance from life to life. And who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> qualified for these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>?</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="17">For we are not like the majority who peddle the word of God, but as from pure motives--but as from God--we speak before God in Christ. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or <transChange type="added">do we</transChange>, like some, need letters of recommendation to you or from you?</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="3">revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, inscribed not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="5">Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as from ourselves, but our adequacy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> from God,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="6">who also makes us adequate <transChange type="added">as</transChange> servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="7">But if the ministry of death in letters carved on stone came with glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look intently into the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was transitory,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="9">For if <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> glory in the ministry of condemnation, by much more will the ministry of righteousness overflow with glory.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="10">For indeed what had been glorified has not been glorified in this case, on account of the glory that surpasses <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="11">For if what was transitory <transChange type="added">came</transChange> with glory, by much more what remains <transChange type="added">is</transChange> with glory. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="12">Therefore, <transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal</note> have such a hope, we use much boldness,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="13">and not as Moses used to place a veil over his face, in order that the sons of Israel would not stare at the end of what was transitory.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="14">But their minds were hardened. For until this very day, the same veil remains upon the reading of the old covenant, not being uncovered, because it is done away with in Christ.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="15">But until today, whenever Moses is read aloud, a veil lies upon their heart,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="17">Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord <transChange type="added">is, there is</transChange> freedom.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="18">And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting<note>Or "contemplating"</note> the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="1">Because of this, <transChange type="added">since we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">since</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal</note> have this ministry, just as we have been shown mercy, we do not lose heart,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="2">but we have renounced shameful hidden things, not behaving with craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but with the open proclamation of the truth commending ourselves to every person's conscience before God.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="3">But if indeed our gospel is veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="4">among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they would not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="5">For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus<note>Some manuscripts have "Jesus Christ"</note> <transChange type="added">as</transChange> Lord, and ourselves <transChange type="added">as</transChange> your slaves for the sake of Jesus.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="6">For God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness,"<note>An allusion to Gen 1:3</note> <transChange type="added">is the one</transChange> who has shined in our hearts for the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.<note>Some manuscripts have "in the face of Jesus Christ"</note> </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="7">But we have this treasure in earthenware jars, in order that the extraordinary degree of the power may be from God and not from us.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="8">We are afflicted in every <transChange type="added">way</transChange>, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="10">always carrying around the death of Jesus in our body, in order that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="11">For we who are alive <transChange type="added">are</transChange> continually being handed over to death because of Jesus, in order that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="13">But <transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have") which is understood as causal</note> have the same spirit of faith in accordance with <transChange type="added">what is</transChange> written, "I believed, therefore I spoke,"<note>A quotation from Ps 116:10</note> we also believe, therefore we also speak,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="14"><transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know that the one who raised Jesus<note>Some manuscripts have "the Lord Jesus"</note> will also raise us together with Jesus and present <transChange type="added">us</transChange> together with you.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="15">For all <transChange type="added">these things</transChange> {are for your sake}<note>Literally "for the sake of you"</note>, in order that the grace that is increasing through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="16">Therefore we do not lose heart, but even if our outer person is being destroyed, yet our inner <transChange type="added">person</transChange> is being renewed day after day.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="17">For our momentary light affliction is producing in us an eternal weight of glory {beyond all measure and proportion}<note>Literally "according to an extraordinary degree to an extraordinary degree"</note>,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="18"><transChange type="added">because</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the causal genitive absolute participle ("looking at")</note> we are not looking at what is seen, but what is not seen. For what is seen <transChange type="added">is</transChange> temporary, but what is not seen <transChange type="added">is</transChange> eternal. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="1">For we know that if our earthly house, the tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="2">For indeed, in this <transChange type="added">house</transChange> we groan, <transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("desire") which is understood as causal</note> desire to put on our dwelling from heaven,</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="3">if indeed, even <transChange type="added">after we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">after</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("have taken off") which is understood as temporal</note> have taken <transChange type="added">it</transChange> off,<note>A number of important early manuscripts read "have put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on" here</note> we will not be found naked.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="4">For indeed we who are in this tent groan, being burdened {for this reason, that}<note>Literally "in that"</note> we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="5">Now the one who has prepared us for this very <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> God, who has given us the down payment, the Spirit. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="6">Therefore, <transChange type="added">although we are</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">although</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("confident") which is understood as concessive</note> always confident and know that <transChange type="added">while we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">while</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("are at home") which is understood as temporal</note> are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord--</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="8">so we are confident and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="9">Therefore indeed we have as our ambition, whether at home <transChange type="added">in the body</transChange> or absent <transChange type="added">from the body</transChange>, to be acceptable to him.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="10">For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive back the <transChange type="added">things</transChange> through the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad. </verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="11">Therefore, <transChange type="added">because we</transChange><note>*Here "<transChange type="added">because</transChange>" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal</note> know the fear of the Lord, we are attempting to persuade people, but we are revealed to God, and I hope to be revealed in your consciences.</verse>


book: 2Cor
content:
<verse num="12">We are not commending ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to boast about us, in order that you may have <transChange type="added">an answer</transChange> for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.</verse>


