I said, ¹  ‘Listen, my people! I will warn ²  you! O Israel, if only you would obey me! ³ 

Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. ¹ 

Then the angel of the Lord exhorted Joshua solemnly:

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, ¹  to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Let the word of Christ ¹  dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace ²  in your hearts to God.

And we urge you, brothers and sisters, ¹  admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.

A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.

I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.

But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, ¹  that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

“The Lord has told you people who remain in Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Be very sure of this: I warn you ¹  here and now. ² 

Therefore be alert, ¹  remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning ²  each one of you with tears.

We proclaim him by instructing ¹  and teaching ²  all people ³  with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature ⁴  in Christ.

“Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. ¹  They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.

You prolonged your kindness ¹  with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, ²  so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. ³ 

In this way ¹  they will train ²  the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law. They have not paid attention to your commandments or your testimonies by which you have solemnly admonished them.

Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. ¹  There is no end to the making ²  of many books, and much study is exhausting to the body. ³ 

Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous ¹  because the fast ²  was already over, ³  Paul advised them, ⁴ 

Look, ¹  you have instructed ²  many; you have strengthened ³  feeble hands. ⁴ 

I will put an end to the obscene conduct in the land; all the women will learn a lesson from this and not engage in obscene conduct.