for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.

And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. ¹  Because of these false teachers, ²  the way of truth will be slandered. ³ 

“Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

“When ¹  an unclean spirit ²  goes out of a person, ³  it passes through waterless places ⁴  looking for rest but ⁵  does not find it.

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It ¹  is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

Simon ¹  answered, ²  “Master, ³  we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word ⁴  I will lower ⁵  the nets.”

Jesus ¹  said to his disciples, “Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe ²  to the one through whom they come!

For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, ¹  but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, ¹  but that the world should be saved through him.

Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes ¹  me will live because of me.

I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, ¹  and find pasture. ² 

Jesus replied, ¹  “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. ²  No one comes to the Father except through me.

So Peter went down ¹  to the men and said, “Here I am, ²  the person you’re looking for. Why have you come?”

The Lord said to Paul by a vision ¹  in the night, ²  “Do not be afraid, ³  but speak and do not be silent,

the commanding officer ¹  ordered Paul ²  to be brought back into the barracks. ³  He told them ⁴  to interrogate Paul ⁵  by beating him with a lash ⁶  so that he could find out the reason the crowd ⁷  was shouting at Paul ⁸  in this way.

but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice ¹  in the hope of God’s glory.

Not ¹  only this, but we also rejoice ²  in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.

And the gift is not like the one who sinned. ¹  For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, ²  led to condemnation, but ³  the gracious gift from the many failures ⁴  led to justification.