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 such fears. With perfect respect for the position of his hearers, 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.{LP 241.1}

Feliks adfærd havde været så voldelig og grusom at kun få aldrig før turde endog antyde at hans karakter og optræden ikke var fejlfri. Men det var Paulus ikke bange for. Med fuldstændig respekt for sine tilhørernes position, erklærede han sin tro på Kristus tydeligt, og grundene for denne tro, og blev derved ledt til at tale i enkeltheder om den kristne karakters vigtige dyder, men at det overlegne over for ham var så meget blottet for.