⁶ Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning ^(A)against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.

⁹ He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and ^(A)sin against God?”

^13 (A)David said to Nathan, ^(B)“I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, ^(C)“The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

¹² Thus, sinning against your brothers^[a] and ^(A)wounding their conscience when it is weak, ^(B)you sin against Christ.