The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach
For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting unt
So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.
“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving
Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defens
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense a
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.