⁴ This matter arose because some false believers^(A) had infiltrated our ranks to spy on^(B) the freedom^(C) we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.

¹² “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In this place, desolate^(A) and without people or animals^(B)—in all its towns there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.^(C)

Woe to Nineveh

⁹ “‘If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord,^(A) such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy.^(B)

² through whom we have gained access^(A) by faith into this grace in which we now stand.^(B) And we^[a] boast in the hope^(C) of the glory of God.

¹⁰ Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us,^(A) because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.^(B)