So do not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, and do not be ashamed of a prisoner of the Lord like me; join me in bearing suffering for the gospel by the power of the God

Join the ranks of those who bear suffering, like a loyal soldier of Christ Jesus.

Now you have followed my teaching, my practice, my aims, my faith, my patience, my love, my stedfastness,

An

and started next morning for Caesarea, where we entered the house of Philip the evangelist (he belonged to the Seven,

he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,

Let no one slight you because you are a youth, but set the believers an example of speech, behaviour, love, faith, and purity.

Make full proof of

by the force of miracles and marvels, by the power of the Spirit of God. Thus from Jerusalem right round to Illyricum, I have been able to complete the preaching of the gospel of Christ ??20 my ambition always being to preach it only in places where there had been no mention of Christ's name, that I might not build on foundations laid by others,

for I am a minister of the church by the divine commission which has been granted me in your interests, to make a full presentation of God's message ??26 of that open secret which, though concealed from ages and generations of old, has now been disclosed to the saints of God.

And tell Archippus, 'Attend to the ministry you have received in the Lord; see that you fulfil it.'

General references

Keep on the watch then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.