It has even become evident, not only to all the Imperial Guard, but to every one else, that it is for Christ's sake that I am in chains.

Give him, then, the heartiest of Christian welcomes, and hold such men in great honour.

As to zeal, I was a persecutor of the Church; as to such righteousness as is due to Law, I proved myself blameless.

But all the things which I once held to be gains I have now, for the Christ's sake, come to count as loss.

More than that, I count everything as loss, for the sake of the exceeding value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. And for his sake I have lost everything, and count it as refuse, if I may but gain Christ and be found in union with him;

The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.