American Standard Version of 1901
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And this report went forth concerning him in the whole of Judæa, and all the region round about.
Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty works of God.
Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;
saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable {Greek: sign.}miracle hath been wrought through them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown:
In like manner also the chief priests mocking him among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; {Or, can he not save himself?}himself he cannot save.
{Or, the true light, which lighteth every man, was coming}There was the true light, even the light which lighteth {Or, every man as he cometh}every man, coming into the world.
And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.
who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake,
him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of {Or, men without the law See Romans 2:12.}lawless men did crucify and slay:
to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.
for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the {Greek: sea-monster.}whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, {Greek: more than.}a greater than Jonah is here.
and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.
And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead.