But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: