¹⁴ How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?

²⁰ It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel^(A) where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.^(B)

² and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus,^(A) so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way,^(B) whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

⁹ But some of them^(A) became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way.^(B) So Paul left them. He took the disciples^(C) with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

The Riot in Ephesus

²³ About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.^(A)

⁴ I persecuted^(A) the followers of this Way^(B) to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,^(C)

¹⁴ However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors^(A) as a follower of the Way,^(B) which they call a sect.^(C) I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets,^(D)

²² Then Felix, who was well acquainted with the Way,^(A) adjourned the proceedings. “When Lysias the commander comes,” he said, “I will decide your case.”