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Ask a QuestionAnd as he spoke these things and answered for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
Therefore, sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest; for as concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against.
Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel, Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant shall be saved;
Why? Because they followed it not by faith but, as it were, by the works (of the law); therefore, they stumbled on the stumblingstone;
(according as it is written, God has given them the spirit of anguish, eyes with which they do not see and ears with which they do not hear) unto this day.
And even if all Israel were saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall take away the ungodliness from Jacob;
For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
For the Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of those that reproached thee fell on me.
but that the Gentiles glorify God by mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess thee among the Gentiles and sing unto thy name.
but, as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see, and those that have not heard shall understand.
If anyone’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.
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;
Now as concerning things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but charity edifies.
Now all these things happened unto them as types, and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
even as I please everyone in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head, for that is even the same as if she were shaven.
For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also the Christ.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.
Even so ye, forasmuch as ye desire the things of the Spirit, earnestly pursue excellence unto the edification of the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}.