I believed, even when[1] I spoke, "I am greatly afflicted";
Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we also speak,
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.
For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.