"Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

And [when he] saw [it], Peter replied to the people, "Men [and] Israelites, why are you astonished at this? Or why are you staring at us, as [if] by our own power or godliness we have made him walk?

And from there the brothers, [when they] heard the [news] about us, came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns. [When he] saw them, Paul gave thanks to God [and] took courage.

Thus let a person consider us as servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries.

now I ask [when I] am present [that I will] not [need] to be bold with the confidence [with] which I propose to show boldness toward some who consider us as behaving according to the flesh.

But we will not boast {beyond limits}, but according to the measure of the assignment that God has assigned to us as a measure to reach even as far as you.

Become fellow imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who walk in this way, just as you have us [as] an example.

For the will of God is as follows: [by] doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish people.