And the king H4428 called H7121 the Gibeonites, H1393 and said H559 to them; (now the Gibeonites H1393 were not of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 but of the remnant H3499 of the Amorites; H567 and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 had sworn H7650 to them: and Saul H7586 sought H1245 to slay H5221 them in his zeal H7065 to the children H1121 of Israel H3478 and Judah. H3063 )

And he said, H559 Come H3212 with me, and see H7200 my zeal H7068 for the LORD. H3068 So they made him ride H7392 in his chariot. H7393

And when they heard G191 it, they glorified G1392 the Lord, G2962 and said G2036 to him, You see, G2334 brother, G80 how G4214 many G4214 thousands G3461 of Jews G2453 there are which G3588 believe; G4100 and they are all G3956 zealous G2207 of the law: G3551

For I bear G3140 them record G3140 that they have G2192 a zeal G2205 of God, G2316 but not according G2596 to knowledge. G1922

For you have heard G191 of my conversation G391 in time G4218 past in the Jews' G2454 religion, G2454 how that beyond G2596 G5236 measure G5236 I persecuted G1377 the church G1577 of God, G2316 and wasted G4199 it:

And profited G4298 in the Jews' G2454 religion G2454 above G5228 many G4183 my equals G4915 in my G3450 own nation, G1085 being G5225 more G4056 exceedingly G4056 zealous G2207 of the traditions G3862 of my fathers. G3967

As for Saul, G4569 he made havoc G3075 of the church, G1577 entering G1531 into G1531 every G2596 house, G3624 and haling G4951 men G435 and women G1135 committed G3860 them to prison. G5438

And Saul, G4569 yet G2089 breathing G1709 out threatenings G547 and slaughter G5408 against G1519 the disciples G3101 of the Lord, G2962 went G4334 to the high G749 priest, G749

And as he journeyed, G4198 he came G1096 near G1448 Damascus: G1154 and suddenly G1810 there shined G4015 round G4015 about G4015 him a light G5457 from heaven: G3772

And he said, G2036 Who G5101 are G1488 you, Lord? G2962 And the Lord G2962 said, G2036 I am G1510 Jesus G2424 whom G3739 you persecute: G1377 it is hard G4642 for you to kick G2979 against G4314 the pricks. G2759

And the men G435 which G3588 journeyed G4922 with him stood G2476 speechless, G1769 hearing G191 a voice, G5456 but seeing G2334 no G3367 man. G3367

And he was three G5140 days G2250 without G3361 sight, G991 and neither G3756 did eat G5315 nor G3761 drink. G4095

And the Lord G2962 said to him, Arise, G450 and go G4198 into G1909 the street G4505 which G3588 is called G2564 Straight, G2117 and inquire G2212 in the house G3614 of Judas G2455 for one called G3686 Saul, G4569 of Tarsus: G5018 for, behold, G2400 he prays, G4336

Then G1161 Ananias G367 answered, G611 Lord, G2962 I have heard G191 by many G4183 of this G5127 man, G435 how G3745 much G3745 evil G2556 he has done G4160 to your saints G40 at G1722 Jerusalem: G2419

But the Lord G2962 said G2036 to him, Go G4198 your way: for he is a chosen G1589 vessel G4632 to me, to bear G941 my name G3686 before G1799 the Gentiles, G1484 and kings, G935 and the children G5207 of Israel: G2474

And Ananias G367 went G565 his way, and entered G1525 into G1519 the house; G3614 and putting G2007 his hands G5495 on G1909 him said, G2036 Brother G80 Saul, G4569 the Lord, G2962 even Jesus, G2424 that appeared G3700 to you in the way G3598 as you came, G2064 has sent G649 me, that you might receive G308 your sight, G308 and be filled G4130 with the Holy G40 Ghost. G4151

And when he had received G2983 meat, G5160 he was strengthened. G1765 Then G1161 was Saul G4569 certain G5100 days G2250 with the disciples G3101 which were at G1722 Damascus. G1154

I am G1510 truly G3303 a man G435 which am G1510 a Jew, G2453 born G1080 in Tarsus, G5019 a city in Cilicia, G2791 yet brought G397 up in this G5026 city G4172 at G3844 the feet G4228 of Gamaliel, G1059 and taught G3811 according G2596 to the perfect G195 manner G195 of the law G3551 of the fathers, G3971 and was zealous G2207 toward God, G2316 as you all G3956 are this G4594 day. G4594

And I persecuted G1377 this G5026 way G3598 to the death, G2288 binding G1195 and delivering G3860 into G1519 prisons G5438 both G5037 men G435 and women. G1135

I truly G3303 G3767 thought G1380 with myself, G1683 that I ought G1163 to do G4238 many G4183 things contrary G1727 to the name G3686 of Jesus G2424 of Nazareth. G3478

Which G3739 thing I also G2532 did in Jerusalem: G2414 and many G4183 of the saints G40 did G4160 I shut G2623 up in prison, G5438 having received G2983 authority G1849 from the chief G749 priests; G749 and when they were put G337 to death, G337 I gave G2702 my voice G5586 against G2702 them.

For I am G1510 the least G1646 of the apostles, G652 that am G1510 not meet G2425 to be called G2564 an apostle, G652 because G1360 I persecuted G1377 the church G1577 of God. G2316

Who G3588 was before G4386 a blasphemer, G989 and a persecutor, G1376 and injurious: G5197 but I obtained G1653 mercy, G1653 because G3754 I did it ignorantly G50 in unbelief. G570

For I say G3004 to you, That except G3362 your G5216 righteousness G1343 shall exceed G4052 the righteousness G1343 of the scribes G1122 and Pharisees, G5330 you shall in no G3364 case G3364 enter G1525 into G1519 the kingdom G932 of heaven. G3772

Woe G3759 to you, scribes G1122 and Pharisees, G5330 hypocrites! G5273 for you make G2511 clean G2511 the outside G1855 of the cup G4221 and of the platter, G3953 but within G2081 they are full G1073 of extortion G724 and excess. G192

And he answered G611 and said G2036 to him, Master, G1320 all G3956 these G5023 have I observed G5442 from my youth. G3503

Then G1161 Jesus G2424 beholding G1689 him loved G25 him, and said G2036 to him, One G1520 thing you lack: G5302 go G5217 your way, sell G4453 whatever G3745 you have, G2192 and give G1325 to the poor, G4434 and you shall have G2192 treasure G2344 in heaven: G3772 and come, G1204 take G142 up the cross, G4716 and follow G190 me.

And they were both G297 righteous G1342 before G1799 God, G2316 walking G4198 in all G3956 the commandments G1785 and ordinances G1345 of the Lord G2962 blameless. G273

Which knew G4267 me from the beginning, G509 if G1437 they would G2309 testify, G3140 that after G2596 the most strait G196 sect G139 of our religion G2356 I lived G2198 a Pharisee. G5330

For I was alive G2198 without G5565 the law G3551 once: G4218 but when the commandment G1785 came, G2064 sin G266 revived, G326 and I died. G599

But Israel, G2474 which followed G1377 after the law G3551 of righteousness, G1343 has not attained G5348 to the law G3551 of righteousness. G1343

Why? G1302 Because G3754 they sought G2212 it not by faith, G4102 but as it were by the works G2041 of the law. G3551 For they stumbled G4350 at that stumbling stone; G3037

For I bear G3140 them record G3140 that they have G2192 a zeal G2205 of God, G2316 but not according G2596 to knowledge. G1922

For Christ G5547 is the end G5056 of the law G3551 for righteousness G1343 to every G3956 one G3956 that believes. G4100