²⁹ And now, Lord, ^(A)look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all ^(B)boldness, ³⁰ while ^(C)you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed ^(D)through the name of your ^(E)holy servant Jesus.”

^18 (A)to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from ^(B)the power of Satan to God, that they may receive ^(C)forgiveness of sins and ^(D)a place among those who are sanctified ^(E)by faith in me.’

¹⁸ praying ^(A)at all times ^(B)in the Spirit, ^(C)with all prayer and supplication. To that end, ^(D)keep alert with all perseverance, making ^(E)supplication for all the saints, ¹⁹ and ^(F)also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth ^(G)boldly to proclaim ^(H)the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I ^(I)am an ambassador ^(J)in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

²⁹ I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing^[a] of Christ.

³⁰ I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by ^(A)the love of the Spirit, ^(B)to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, ^31 (C)that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that ^(D)my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, ³² so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and ^(E)be refreshed in your company.

¹¹ To this end we ^(A)always pray for you, that our God may ^(B)make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every ^(C)work of faith by his power,

¹⁶ Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, ^(A)who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good ^(B)hope through grace, ¹⁷ comfort your hearts and ^(C)establish them in every good work and word.

² But we have renounced ^(A)disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice^[a] cunning or ^(B)to tamper with God's word, but ^(C)by the open statement of the truth ^(D)we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.