For ¹  who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?

Do this, Korah, you and all your company: ¹  Take censers,

and his followers, ¹  Gabbai and Sallai – 928 in all.

Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked. ¹ 

Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, ¹  seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers. ² 

I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.

and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

All he has made will give thanks to the Lord. Your loyal followers will praise you.

I ¹  persecuted this Way ²  even to the point of death, ³  tying up ⁴  both men and women and putting ⁵  them in prison,

For some time ago ¹  Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He ²  was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it. ³ 

Then Moses said to Korah, “You and all your company present yourselves before the Lord – you and they, and Aaron – tomorrow.

He despises a reprobate, ¹  but honors the Lord’s loyal followers. ²  He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise. ³ 

Then John’s ¹  disciples came to Jesus ²  and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees ³  fast often, ⁴  but your disciples don’t fast?”

Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons ¹  cast them ²  out? Therefore they will be your judges.

Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters ¹  at one time, most of whom are still alive, ²  though some have fallen asleep. ³ 

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received ¹  the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

The Lord’s angel camps around the Lord’s ¹  loyal followers ²  and delivers them. ³ 

He will bless his loyal followers, ¹  both young and old. ² 

The Lord values the lives of his faithful followers. ¹ 

Let the loyal followers of the Lord ¹  say, “Yes, his loyal love endures!”