The Holy Spirit is making clear that the way into the holy place had not yet appeared as long as the old tabernacle ¹  was standing.

By this ¹  the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness – the one who does not love his fellow Christian ²  – is not of God.

But we have rejected ¹  shameful hidden deeds, ²  not behaving ³  with deceptiveness ⁴  or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him.

Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; ¹  then his splendor will again appear in our land. ² 

May your servants see your work! ¹  May their sons see your majesty! ² 

For the Lord vindicates ¹  his people, and has compassion on his servants. ² 

but ¹  God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen, ² 

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident. ¹ 

Now the works of the flesh ¹  are obvious: ²  sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,

And so ¹  you know what holds him back, ²  so that he will be revealed in his own time.

Similarly good works are also obvious, and the ones that are not cannot remain hidden.

to obey ¹  this command ²  without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ

“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, when he manifested such zeal ¹  for my sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in my zeal. ² 

each builder’s ¹  work will be plainly seen, for the Day ²  will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire ³  will test what kind of work each has done.

but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He ¹  has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel!

They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained ¹  with us. But ²  they went out from us ³  to demonstrate ⁴  that all of them do not belong to us. ⁵ 

Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify ¹  your name, because you alone are holy? ²  All nations ³  will come and worship before you for your righteous acts ⁴  have been revealed.”

Then God said to Jacob, “Go up at once ¹  to Bethel ²  and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” ³