⁴ But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

⁴¹ Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

¹⁰ The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

²⁴ Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.

¹² For this cause he will have a heritage with the great, and he will have a part in the goods of war with the strong, because he gave up his life, and was numbered with the evil-doers; taking on himself the sins of the people, and making prayer for the wrongdoers.

²⁴ Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.

²⁴ And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts.

¹⁴ But praise be to God who makes us strong to overcome in Christ, and makes clear through us in every place the value of the knowledge of him.

¹⁵ For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;

¹⁶ To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?

¹⁷ For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

¹² Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

¹³ So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

¹⁴ And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

¹⁵ Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:

¹⁶ These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:

¹⁷ But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

¹⁸ What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

⁹ In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

¹⁰ But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.