⁵ Keep your lives free from the love of money^(A) and be content with what you have,^(B) because God has said,

⁶ So we say with confidence,

¹⁶ At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.^{(A) 17} But the Lord stood at my side^(B) and gave me strength,^(C) so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it.^(D) And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.^{(E) 18} The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack^(F) and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom.^(G) To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.^(H)

¹¹ The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage!^(A) As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”^(B)

The Plot to Kill Paul

¹² The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy^(C) and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.^(D)