¹¹ King David sent this message to Zadok^(A) and Abiathar, the priests: “Ask the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his palace, since what is being said throughout Israel has reached the king at his quarters?

⁹ But the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognized as one truly sent by the Lord only if his prediction comes true.^(A)”

¹³ But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea,^(A) some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up.

⁵ When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God^(A) in the Jewish synagogues.^(B) John^(C) was with them as their helper.

⁶ yet for us there is but one God,^(A) the Father,^(B) from whom all things came^(C) and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,^(D) Jesus Christ, through whom all things came^(E) and through whom we live.