⁶ But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.^(A)

⁵ You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves^(A) in the day of slaughter.^[a](B)

To the Church in Sardis

3 “To the angel^[a] of the church in Sardis^(A) write:

²⁴ For this son of mine was dead and is alive again;^(A) he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.^(B)

³² But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”^(A)

¹⁴ This is why it is said:

Made Alive in Christ

2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,^(A)

¹³ “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth^(A) in wild living.