I no longer call you slaves, ¹  because the slave does not understand ²  what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything ³  I heard ⁴  from my Father.

For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return ¹  of our Lord Jesus Christ; ²  no, ³  we were ⁴  eyewitnesses of his ⁵  grandeur. ⁶ 

Suppose your own full brother, ¹  your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods ²  that neither you nor your ancestors ³  have previously known, ⁴ 

or his sin that he committed ¹  is made known to him, ²  he must bring a flawless male goat as his offering. ³ 

or his sin that he committed ¹  is made known to him, ²  he must bring a flawless female goat ³  as his offering for the sin ⁴  that he committed.

His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done.

You rescue me from a hostile army; ¹  you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects. ² 

Now Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage, ¹  for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so. ² 

though it never saw the light of day ¹  nor knew anything, ²  yet it has more rest ³  than that man –

“I have chosen ¹  you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”

No one has ever seen God. The only one, ¹  himself God, who is in closest fellowship with ²  the Father, has made God ³  known. ⁴ 

They know, ¹  because they have known ²  me from time past, ³  if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party ⁴  of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee. ⁵ 

Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered ¹  because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe. ² 

You have been rebelling against him ¹  from the very first day I knew you!

The Lord’s loyal followers receive his guidance, ¹  and he reveals his covenantal demands to them. ² 

You walked through the sea; ¹  you passed through the surging waters, ²  but left no footprints. ³ 

The Lord gave me knowledge, that I might have understanding. ¹  Then he showed me what the people were doing. ² 

Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! ¹  What I am declaring ²  to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place! ³ 

So they ¹  proposed two candidates: ²  Joseph called Barsabbas (also called Justus) and Matthias.