Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;