²² And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.

¹⁴ Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.

² A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

¹² Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.

² That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

²³ To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

² For by it the elders obtained a good report.

³⁸ Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

⁷ Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

¹⁸ And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;