¹² Therefore let him who ^(A)thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. ¹³ No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and ^(B)God is faithful, who will not allow you to be ^(C)tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

^9 (A)then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from ^[a]temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the ^(B)day of judgment, ¹⁰ and especially those who ^[b](C)indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and ^(D)despise authority.

Daring, ^(E)self-willed, they do not tremble when they ^(F)revile angelic ^[c]majesties,

Jesus Is the Vine—Followers Are Branches

15 “^(A)I am the true vine, and My Father is the ^(B)vinedresser. ² Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He ^[a]prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. ^3 (C)You are already ^[b]clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. ^4 (D)Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit ^[c]of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.