²² And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.

¹⁸ For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

⁹ For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

¹³ Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

³¹ I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame.

¹² Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

⁸ They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.