⁹ He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord,^(A) the God of heaven,^(B) who made the sea^(C) and the dry land.^(D)”

The Faithful Remnant

¹⁶ Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard.^(A) A scroll^(B) of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared^(C) the Lord and honored his name.

¹² Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time, I know that it will go better^(A) with those who fear God,^(B) who are reverent before him.^(C)

² He and all his family were devout and God-fearing;^(A) he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly.

²² The men replied, “We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man,^(A) who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.”^(B)