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

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

when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and 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 for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers' Law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today.

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

My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know.

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

And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Then Paul, looking earnestly at the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience that is blameless toward God and men.

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 tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,

For our rejoicing is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.

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

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

Jesus Christ 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 for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,

remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and complete 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.