Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority ¹  but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

The firstborn of every womb which they present to the Lord, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem, ¹  and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem.

I decided ¹  to carefully ²  and thoroughly examine ³  all that has been accomplished on earth. ⁴  I concluded: ⁵  God has given people ⁶  a burdensome task ⁷  that keeps them ⁸  occupied. ⁹ 

They have burned the gods of the nations, ¹  for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. ² 

Each of the cherubim ¹  had four faces: The first was the face of a cherub, ²  the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.

a human face toward the palm tree on one side and a lion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around;

So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, ¹  it will come to nothing, ² 

now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving ¹  according to human standards. ² 

He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in ¹  their humanity, ²  so that through death he could destroy ³  the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because ¹  this ²  is the testimony of God that ³  he has testified concerning his Son.

He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.” ¹ 

When humankind ¹  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born ²  to them, ³ 

One who beats an animal to death ¹  must make restitution for it, but ²  one who beats a person to death must be put to death.

in whose hand ¹  is the life ²  of every creature and the breath of all the human race. ³ 

What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Now in this, you are not right – I answer you, ¹  for God is greater than a human being. ² 

Your wickedness affects only ¹  a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people. ² 

to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, ¹  a desert where there are no human beings, ² 

Of what importance is the human race, ¹  that you should notice ²  them? Of what importance is mankind, ³  that you should pay attention to them, ⁴