If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.

Daily I expect to be murdered or betrayed or reduced to slavery if the occasion arises. But I fear nothing, because of the promises of heaven.

If I have any worth, it is to live my life for God.

Christ before me, Christ behind me,Christ in me.

I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

I am not ignorant of what is said of my Lord in the Psalm: "You destroy those who speak a lie." And again: "A lying mouth deals death to the soul." And likewise the Lord says in the Gospel: "On the day of judgment men shall render account for every idle word they utter."

That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.