indeed, if ¹  you call out for ²  discernment ³  – raise your voice ⁴  for understanding –

In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy. ¹ 

You are offering improper sacrifices on my altar, yet you ask, ‘How have we offended you?’ By treating the table ¹  of the Lord as if it is of no importance!

This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, ¹  because he existed before me.’

Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, ¹  our ancestor Isaac –

John ¹  testified ²  about him and shouted out, ³  “This one was the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, ⁴  because he existed before me.’”