⁵ “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’^(A)

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel,^(A) because it is the power of God^(B) that brings salvation to everyone who believes:^(C) first to the Jew,^(D) then to the Gentile.^(E)

¹⁶ May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus,^(A) because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed^(B) of my chains.^(C)

²⁷ So I stretched out my hand^(A) against you and reduced your territory; I gave you over^(B) to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines,^(C) who were shocked by your lewd conduct.

⁸ The entrance to the lowest^[a] floor was on the south side of the temple; a stairway led up to the middle level and from there to the third.

²⁰ And Isaiah boldly says,

² Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world?^(A) And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?