¹² When we heard this, we and the people there ^(A)urged him not to go up to Jerusalem. ¹³ Then Paul answered, ^(B)“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For ^(C)I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem ^(D)for the name of the Lord Jesus.” ¹⁴ And since he would not be persuaded, ^(E)we ceased and said, ^(F)“Let the will of the Lord be done.”

¹⁸ And we all, with unveiled face, ^(A)beholding ^(B)the glory of the Lord,^{[a] (C)}are being transformed into the same image ^(D)from one degree of glory to another.^[b] For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is ^(A)in Christ, he is ^(B)a new creation.^{[a] (C)}The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.