for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

Simeon Sees God’s Salvation

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

And they said, “Cornelius the centurion, a just man, one who fears God and has a good reputation among all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to summon you to his house, and to hear words from you.”

“Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us,

Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled,