However, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak?
And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas.
Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
All the saints greet you, but especially those who are of Caesar’s household.
Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”
So Paul departed from among them.