²⁶ One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off,^(A) challenged him, “Didn’t I see you with him in the garden?”^(B)

⁷ So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.^(A)

² Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways;^(A) we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God.^(B) On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience^(C) in the sight of God.

¹⁵ But since it involves questions about words and names and your own law^(A)—settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things.”