²⁴ And as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, ^(A)you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind.”

¹³ And we impart this ^(A)in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, ^(B)interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.^[a]

¹⁴ The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are ^(C)folly to him, and ^(D)he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

²³ but we preach Christ ^(A)crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,

¹³ For if we ^(A)are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

^10 (A)We are fools for Christ's sake, but ^(B)you are wise in Christ. ^(C)We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.

^21 (A)And when ^(B)his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He ^(C)is out of his mind.”

¹¹ And ^(A)I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them ^(B)blaspheme, and ^(C)in raging fury against them I ^(D)persecuted them even to foreign cities.

²⁶ ‘The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to have ^(A)charge in the house of the Lord ^(B)over every madman who prophesies, to put him in ^(C)the stocks and neck irons.

¹¹ When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, ^(A)“Is all well? Why did ^(B)this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the fellow and his talk.”

³² Now when they heard of ^(A)the resurrection of the dead, ^(B)some mocked. But others said, ^(C)“We will hear you again about this.”