So violent and cruel had been the course of Felix that few had ever before dared even to intimate to him that his character and conduct were not faultless. But Paul had no fear of man. He plainly declared his faith in Christ, and the reasons for that faith, and was thus led to speak particularly of those virtues essential to Christian character, but of which the haughty pair before him were so strikingly destitute.

Feliks færd der i landet havde været så voldsom og grusom, at kun få nogensinde før havde vovet at antyde overfor ham, at hans personlighed og handlemåde ikke var udadlelige. Men Paulus kendte ikke til menneskefrygt. Han forkyndte klart og tydeligt sin tro på Kristus og hvorfor han troede og på denne måde kom han til særlig at nævne de gode egenskaber, der havde betydning i en kristens liv, men som det hovmodige par foran ham så sørgeligt manglede.