⁹ So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?^(A)”

Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”

¹⁹ “For through the law I died to the law^(A) so that I might live for God.^(B)

² “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:

“This is what the Lord says:

³² The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other.^(A)

²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ^(A) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.^(B) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,^(C) who loved me^(D) and gave himself for me.^(E)

²² If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know!

¹⁶ By faith in the name of Jesus,^(A) this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.

¹⁰ Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.^(A) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,^(B) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.

⁴ who gave himself for our sins^(A) to rescue us from the present evil age,^(B) according to the will of our God and Father,^(C)

¹⁴ who gave himself for us^(A) to redeem us from all wickedness^(B) and to purify^(C) for himself a people that are his very own,^(D) eager to do what is good.^(E)