Jean Ann Williams | Author

“For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, ‘I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ’. Is Christ divided? […]

“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers” (Romans 1:28, 29 KJV) Father, the sins of people are great. […]

“‘I [Paul] verily thought with myself [before he became a follower of Christ], that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they […]

After using the English Standard Version for five years, I’m switching back to the King James Version. I’m finding serious errors in the ESV. Even though the KJV is odd on the tongue to read, someone I know learned to read out loud without stuttering from reading the KJV and grew in the Lord by […]

“After some days Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, and he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, ‘Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity I will summon […]

“They [Jews] went to the chief priests and elders and said, ‘We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul. Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more […]

“When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. There were more than forty who made this conspiracy” (Acts 23:12, 13 ESV).  Father, why did the Jews not believe Paul’s righteous intentions? Why do we at times not believe Yours? Please […]

“Up to this word they [Jewish crowd] listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, ‘Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live.’ And as they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air, the tribune ordered him [Paul] to be brought […]

“I [Paul] persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women, as the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brothers, and I journeyed toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds […]

“Then the tribune came up and arrested him [Paul] and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He [tribunal] inquired who he was and what he had done. Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be […]