And in this I give advice: It is profitable for you not only to be doing what you began and were intending to do a year ago;

Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

Now it was Caiaphas who gave counsel to the Jews that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be enslaved under the power of any.

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things build up.

I have become foolish in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I inferior to the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing.

I say again, let no one think me to be foolish. Otherwise if not, at least receive me as being foolish, that I also may boast a little.

Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.

For you endure if someone brings you into bondage, if someone devours you, if someone takes from you, if someone exalts himself, if someone strikes you on the face.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.

From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one.

in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

besides the other things, that come upon me daily: the care of each of the churches.

If I must boast, I will boast of the things of my infirmity.

And so that I should not be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I should not be made haughty.

And He said, Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, Jehovah, reveal Myself to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream.

Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

the Word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the River Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was upon him there.

Also from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of calves' feet. They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze.

Their wings joined one to another. They did not turn when they went, but each one went straight forward.

Thus were their faces. Their wings stretched upward; two wings of each one were joined to one another, and two covered their bodies.

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, a wheel was on the earth beside the living creatures with its four faces.

When they moved, they went toward any one of four directions; they did not change directions as they went.

When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

When those went, these went; when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up alongside them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

And under the expanse their wings spread out straight, one toward another. Each one had two which covered one side, and each one had two which covered the other side of their bodies.

And there was a voice from the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood, they let down their wings.

Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.

Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to those of the captivity. And the vision that I had seen went up from me.

then I lifted up my eyes and looked: And behold, a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold from Uphaz.

And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision. For the men who were with me did not see the vision. But a great trembling fell on them so that they fled to hide themselves.

Yet I heard the sound of his words. And when I heard the sound of his words, then I was on my face, in a deep sleep, and my face was toward the ground.

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.

And also I will pour out My Spirit on the menservants and on the maidservants in those days.

Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, here I am, Lord.

And in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight.

And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind everyone who calls on Your name.

For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name.

Then the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent;

And it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance

So I said, Lord, they know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those believing on You.

Then He said to me, Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.

But the following night the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good courage, Paul; for as you have testified of Me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome.

at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from Heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.

So I said, Who are You, Sir? And He said, I am Jesus, whom you persecute.

I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the Heavenly vision,

For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but by a revelation of Jesus Christ.

And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.