¹⁸ “I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you^(A) and your father’s family have. You have abandoned^(B) the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals.

² He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you^(A) when you are with him.^(B) If you seek^(C) him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.^(D)

³¹ He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married^(A) Jezebel daughter^(B) of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal^(C) and worship him.

To the Church in Smyrna

⁸ “To the angel of the church in Smyrna^(A) write:

²⁰ Or these who are here should state what crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin—

¹³ And they cannot prove to you the charges they are now making against me.^(A)

⁴ for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.”^(A)

⁸ But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.^(A)