²⁹ and Rakal; to those in the towns of the Jerahmeelites^(A) and the Kenites;^(B)

Ministers of the New Covenant

¹² Now when I went to Troas^(A) to preach the gospel of Christ^(B) and found that the Lord had opened a door^(C) for me,

¹⁴ Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose^(A) in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

¹⁶ The people of Joseph replied, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots fitted with iron,^(A) both those in Beth Shan^(B) and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”^(C)

⁹ Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God^(A) has come near to you.’

⁴ So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,

⁵ For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit^(A) and delight to see how disciplined^(B) you are and how firm^(C) your faith in Christ^(D) is.

²³ Yet a time is coming and has now come^(A) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit^(B) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

²⁴ God is spirit,^(A) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”