and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:
`Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,
`Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defence now unto you;' --
And Agrippa said unto Paul, `It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;' then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:
And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, `Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;'
and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath,
what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed -- and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.
according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and `in' the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.
nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --
in regard to which I was set a preacher and apostle -- truth I say in Christ, I do not lie -- a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.
in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;
in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)