⁷ Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.

² And he said to them, ^(A)“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, ^(B)we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

²⁴ but ^(A)let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. ^(B)For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”