They ¹  will do these things because they have not known the Father or me. ² 

For ¹  three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything. ² 

nor can they prove ¹  to you the things ²  they are accusing me of doing. ³ 

For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression ¹  either.

nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather “through Isaac will your descendants be counted.” ¹ 

So then, ¹  it does not depend on human desire or exertion, ²  but on God who shows mercy.

For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you.

I fed you milk, ¹  not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; ¹  instead I received it ²  by a revelation of Jesus Christ. ³ 

Yet ¹  not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek.

But I do not allow ¹  a woman to teach or exercise authority ²  over a man. She must remain quiet. ³ 

For we have brought nothing into this world and so ¹  we cannot take a single thing out either.

He ¹  committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth. ² 

But ¹  the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, ²  so there was no longer any place left ³  in heaven for him and his angels. ⁴ 

Look at the birds in the sky: ¹  They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds ²  them. Aren’t you more valuable ³  than they are?

Consider the ravens: ¹  They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds ²  them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

Consider how the flowers ¹  grow; they do not work ²  or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave ¹  nor free, there is neither male nor female ²  – for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

They ¹  were told ²  not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people ³  who did not have the seal of God on their ⁴  forehead.