¹⁹ They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?

²⁷ They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!"

²² Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, "You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.

¹⁸ Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

³⁴ A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

²⁰ For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."

²⁴ But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

²² Agrippa said to Festus, "I also would like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he said, "you shall hear him."

¹ Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.

⁷ Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

⁸ Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.