And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.

No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.

And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did [it,] as [did] also your rulers.

And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.

That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.

Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus.

Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all [men:] and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand [pieces] of silver.

Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.

And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

(For [the children] being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.

For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation [of the gospel] is committed unto me.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things [done] in [his] body, according to that he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.

[And] lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and [that] I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

But that ye also may know my affairs, [and] how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;