I believed, therefore I have spoken; I was greatly afflicted;
A false witness shall perish, but the man who hears speaks on and on.
For we, having the same spirit of faith (according as it is written, "I believed, and therefore I have spoken"); we also believed and therefore speak,
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
For not having followed fables having been cunningly devised, but becoming eyewitnesses of the majesty of Jesus Christ, we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord.
For prophecy was not borne at any time by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke being borne along by the Holy Spirit.