"For trulymy wordsare not false;One whois perfectin knowledgeis with you.
"But you smearwith lies;You are allworthlessphysicians.
"Will you speakwhatis unjustfor God,And speakwhatis deceitfulfor Him?
"Behold,I knowyour thoughts,And the plansby which you would wrongme.
"Howthen will you vainlycomfortme, For your answersremain[full of] falsehood?"
"My wordsare [from] the uprightnessof my heart,And my lipsspeakknowledgesincerely.
"Do you knowaboutthe layersof the thickclouds,The wondersof one perfectin knowledge,
"Nowpleaselookat me, And [see] ifI lieto your face.
My mouthwill speakwisdom,And the meditationof my heart[will be] understanding.
it seemed fittingfor me as well,having investigatedeverythingcarefullyfrom the beginning,to write[it] out for you in consecutive order,most excellentTheophilus;
But Felix,havinga more exactknowledgeaboutthe Way,put them off,saying,"WhenLysiasthe commandercomes down,I will decideyour case."
Brethren,do not be childrenin your thinking;yetin evilbe infants,but in your thinkingbe mature.
For we are not likemany,peddlingthe wordof God,but as from sincerity,but as from God,we speakin Christin the sightof God.
Epaphras,whois one of your number,a bondslaveof JesusChrist,sends you his greetings,alwayslaboring earnestlyfor you in his prayers,that you may standperfectand fully assuredin allthe willof God.
