Acts 5:21

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’ ”

But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.

Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.

Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.

“Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As Yahweh lives.’

The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them.

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.

“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today.

The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”

Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,

The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,

Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest. She has uttered her voice against me. Therefore I have hated her.

Then certain of the elders of the land rose up, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

“Therefore, you son of man, prepare your stuff for moving, and move by day in their sight. You shall move from your place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

If Gilead is wicked, surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.

On one of those days, he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

He said, “For this cause I have said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”

Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down and taught them.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”

“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly and from house to house,

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him,

Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.

For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.

The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

“I have forsaken my house. I have cast off my heritage. I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.

For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.”

He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.

But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.

As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,

make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?

to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people were gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

Pilate answered, “I’m not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?”

Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,

But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy

When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the apostles out for a little while.

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

“All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house! I will love them no more. All their princes are rebels.