«And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.»

«Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.»

«For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.»

«(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) / Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: / But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, / In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; / By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, / By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, / By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; / As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; / As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.»

«For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.»

«Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.»

«Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? / Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.»

«But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.»

«Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.»

«Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? / Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? / Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? / If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.»