²⁸ But ^(A)let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

⁴ But ^(A)let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and ^(B)not in another.

⁵ Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, ^(A)that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you ^[a]are ^(B)disqualified.

³¹ For ^(A)if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.

²³ Therefore ^(A)if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, ^24 (B)leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

⁵ “Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests: ‘When you ^(A)fasted and mourned in the fifth ^(B)and seventh months ^(C)during those seventy years, did you really fast ^(D)for Me—for Me? ^6 (E)When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves? ⁷ Should you not have obeyed the words which the Lord proclaimed through the ^(F)former prophets when Jerusalem and the cities around it were inhabited and prosperous, and ^(G)the ^[a]South and the Lowland were inhabited?’ ”

⁷ Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!

⁵ Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: ^(A)“Consider your ways!