First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

do not cease to give thanks concerning you, making mention of you in my prayers:

taking recollection of the genuine faith [that is] in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.

and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

"I am indeed a Jew, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but having been brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been educated according to the exactness of the law of our forefathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.

But I confess this to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing in all things which are written throughout the Law and in the Prophets,

Therefore my way of life from my youth, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation in Jerusalem, all the Jews know,

For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong, whom also I serve,

And I was advancing in Judaism above many my own age, being far more zealous for the traditions of my forefathers.

Then Paul, looking intently at the council, said, "Men, brothers, I have lived with all good conscience toward God until this day."

And in this I myself am engaging, having a conscience blameless toward God and men through everything.

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,

I am speaking truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience witnessing with me in the Holy Spirit,

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we have conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward you.

Now the goal of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,

having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck,

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,

We give thanks to God always concerning you all, making mention of you in our prayers,

constantly remembering your work of faith, labor of love, and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and to perfect what is lacking in your faith?

and she [was] a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.