Who saved us and who called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal.

for which I was appointed a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of Gentiles.

May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the sacred message might be brought to fullness, and all the Gentiles might hear. And I was rescued out of the mouth of the lion.