And it came to pass after three days that Paul called those being chief of the Jews together. So when they had come together, he said to them: Men and brethren, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

Therefore I came without objection as soon as I was sent for. I ask, then, for what reason have you sent for me?

So I sent to you immediately, and you have done well to come. Now therefore, we are all present before God, to hear all the things commanded you by God.

But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!

I have hope in God, which they themselves also admit, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.

To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

And Paul said, I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these bonds.

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles;

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;

This salutation by my own hand: Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has deprived death of its power and brought life and incorruptibility to light through the gospel,

for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of bonds; but the Word of God is not bound.

I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my bonds,

whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my bonds of the gospel.