²¹ Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.

¹⁹ God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?

⁹ Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

¹ Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

³² Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

²¹ In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

⁷² To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,

⁵⁴ His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,

⁵⁵ As he gave his word to our fathers.

³⁵ Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

²⁶ Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.

² I will give worship before your holy Temple, praising your name for your mercy and for your unchanging faith: for you have made your word greater than all your name.

¹ Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.

¹⁴ Now I am about to go the way of all the earth: and you have seen and are certain, all of you, in your hearts and souls, that in all the good things which the Lord said about you, he has kept faith with you; everything has come true for you.

¹⁵ And you will see that, as all the good things which the Lord your God undertook to do for you, have come to you, so the Lord will send down on you all the evil things till he has made your destruction complete, and you are cut off from the good land which the Lord your God has given you.

⁵ Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

¹¹ Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord: