¹⁷ And David went out ^[a]to meet them, and answered and said to them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if to betray me to my enemies, since there is no ^[b]wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look and bring judgment.”

⁹ Yet Michael the archangel, in ^[a]contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, ^(A)“The Lord rebuke you!”

^23 (A)who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but ^(B)committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;

Striving and Suffering for Christ

²⁷ Only ^(A)let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, ^(B)with one mind ^(C)striving together for the faith of the gospel,

Greetings and Benediction

¹¹ Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. ^(A)Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love ^(B)and peace will be with you.

Sectarianism Is Sin

¹⁰ Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(A)that you all ^[a]speak the same thing, and that there be no ^[b]divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Sharing in All Things

³² Now the multitude of those who believed ^(A)were of one heart and one soul; ^(B)neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

² And the Lord said to Satan, ^(A)“The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord who ^(B)has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! ^(C)Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?”

³⁹ then I will ^(A)give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them.