He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.

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.

Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love.

They said, “Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you.”