⁶ May the Lord be good and true to you: and I myself will see that your kind act is rewarded, because you have done this thing.

⁶ And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith;

¹⁶ May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;

¹⁷ But when he was in Rome, he went in search of me everywhere, and came to me

¹⁸ (May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.

¹⁶ See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

⁴⁴ But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;

⁷ Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

²² Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

³ He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.

²⁰ It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you.

² And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father was a friend to me. So David sent his servants, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

⁷ And David said to him, Have no fear: for truly I will be good to you, because of your father Jonathan, and I will give back to you all the land which was Saul's; and you will have a place at my table at all times.

³ And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a friend in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.

¹⁸ If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account.

¹⁹ I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.