He was devout, and so was his whole household: he feared God, gave generously to the people, and prayed to God constantly.
In context
1At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort known as the Italian Cohort. 2He was devout, and so was his whole household: he feared God, gave generously to the people, and prayed to God constantly. 3One afternoon, about the ninth hour, he saw plainly in a vision an angel of God come in to him and say, “Cornelius.” 4He stared at him, terrified, and said, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and your gifts to the poor have gone up before God, and he has remembered them.
