And now (κα νυν). Sharp comparison between his youth and the present.

To be judged for the hope (επ' ελπιδ…

And now I stand. I stand before the tribunal. I am arraigned.

And am judged. I am tried in relation to being judged. I am undergoin…

For the hope of the promise made of God. The words include the whole expectation of a divine kingdom of which the Christ was to be…

My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; which knew me from the beginning…

It was not in spite of his Jewish heritage but because of it, Paul insisted, that he believed and proclaimed what he did. So he began the body of h…

For the hope of the promise. He now proceeds to the cause, namely, that he labors for the principal point of faith. And though he seems to…

And now I stand, and am judged
Before the Roman governor, and in the presence of Agrippa:

Christianity teaches us to give a reason of the hope that is in us, and also to give honour to whom honour is due, without flattery or fear of man.…