TOPICAL BIBLE
Zeal, Religious
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Acts 20:26Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.Acts 20:27For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.Acts 20:31Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears.Acts 20:33I coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.Acts 20:34Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.Acts 21:20And they, when they heard it, glorified God; and they said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of them that have believed; and they are all zealous for the law:Acts 24:14But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;Acts 24:15having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.Acts 24:16Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.Acts 24:17Now after some years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings:Acts 24:18amidst which they found me purified in the temple, with no crowd, nor yet with tumult: but there were certain Jews from Asia—Acts 24:19who ought to have been here before thee, and to make accusation, if they had aught against me.Acts 24:20Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found when I stood before the council,Acts 24:21except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question before you this day.Acts 24:22But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will determine your matter.Acts 24:23And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and not to forbid any of his friends to minister unto him.Acts 24:24But after certain days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.Acts 24:25And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me.Acts 26:1And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:Acts 26:2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews:Acts 26:3especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.Acts 26:4My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;Acts 26:5having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.Acts 26:6And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;Acts 26:7unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!Acts 26:8Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?Acts 26:9I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.Acts 26:10And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.Acts 26:11And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.Acts 26:12Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,Acts 26:13at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.Acts 26:14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.Acts 26:15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.Acts 26:16But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;Acts 26:17delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,Acts 26:18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.Acts 26:19Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:Acts 26:20but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judæa, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.Acts 26:21For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.Acts 26:22Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come;Acts 26:23how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.Acts 26:24And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning is turning thee mad.Acts 26:25But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.Acts 26:26For the king knoweth of these things, unto whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him; for this hath not been done in a corner.Acts 26:27King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.Acts 26:28And Agrippa said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.Acts 26:29And Paul said, I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.Acts 28:23And when they had appointed him a day, they came to him into his lodging in great number; to whom he expounded the matter, testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.Acts 28:24And some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.Acts 28:25And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet unto your fathers,Acts 28:26saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:Acts 28:27For this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.Acts 28:28Be it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles: they will also hear.Acts 28:30And he abode two whole years in his own hired dwelling, and received all that went in unto him,Acts 28:31preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, none forbidding him.Romans 1:1Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.Romans 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you, always in my prayersRomans 1:10making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by the will of God to come unto you.