– if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,

He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.

When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius called two of his personal servants and a devout soldier from among those who served him,