By no means; but let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy sayings and overcome when thou art judged.

and that the nations should glorify God for mercy; as it is written, For this cause will I praise thee among nations, and sing to thy name.

For

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to rejoice.

And you being dead in trespasses and sins,??2 in which you formerly walked according to the life of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit which now operates in the children of disobedience,

General references

(Added verse not retained in Sawyer)

for the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost.

and they glorified God in me.