You know that everyone in the province of Asia, including Phygelus and Hermogenes, has deserted me.

Inexperienced people die because they reject wisdom. Stupid people are destroyed by their own lack of concern.

"But my people stubbornly refused to listen. They closed their minds

With a loud cry the Council members covered their ears with their hands. Then they all rushed at him at once,

May God's grace be with you all.

Tell them to give up those legends and those long lists of ancestors, which only produce arguments; they do not serve God's plan, which is known by faith.

But keep away from those godless legends, which are not worth telling. Keep yourself in training for a godly life.

and no longer hold on to Jewish legends and to human commandments which come from people who have rejected the truth.

We have not depended on made-up stories in making known to you the mighty coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. With our own eyes we saw his greatness.