Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
Because of which I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and do not lie;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Do not be therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be a sharer of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.