who saved us, and 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,

whereunto I was appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher.

That good thing which was committed unto thee guard through the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.

The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

but, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might me fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.