⁶ No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.^(A) No one who continues to sin has either seen him^(B) or known him.^(C)

⁷ Dear children,^(D) do not let anyone lead you astray.^(E) The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.^{(F) 8} The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,^(G) because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God^(H) appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.^{(I) 9} No one who is born of God^(J) will continue to sin,^(K) because God’s seed^(L) remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. ¹⁰ This is how we know who the children of God^(M) are and who the children of the devil^(N) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love^(O) their brother and sister.^(P)

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¹¹ For this is the message you heard^(Q) from the beginning:^(R) We should love one another.^{(S) 12} Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one^(T) and murdered his brother.^(U) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.^(V)

²⁵ not giving up meeting together,^(A) as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another^(B)—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.^(C)

²⁶ If we deliberately keep on sinning^(D) after we have received the knowledge of the truth,^(E) no sacrifice for sins is left, ²⁷ but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire^(F) that will consume the enemies of God. ²⁸ Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.^{(G) 29} How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God^(H) underfoot,^(I) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant^(J) that sanctified them,^(K) and who has insulted the Spirit^(L) of grace?^{(M) 30} For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”^[a](N) and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”^{[b](O) 31} It is a dreadful thing^(P) to fall into the hands^(Q) of the living God.^(R)

³² Remember those earlier days after you had received the light,^(S) when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.^{(T) 33} Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution;^(U) at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.^{(V) 34} You suffered along with those in prison^(W) and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.^{(X) 35} So do not throw away your confidence;^(Y) it will be richly rewarded.

³⁶ You need to persevere^(Z) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.^{(AA) 37} For,

³⁸ And,

³⁹ But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

10 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire^(A) and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. ² For I can testify about them that they are zealous^(B) for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. ³ Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.^{(C) 4} Christ is the culmination of the law^(D) so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.^(E)

⁵ Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”^{[a](F) 6} But the righteousness that is by faith^(G) says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”^[b](H) (that is, to bring Christ down) ⁷ “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’”^[c](I) (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).^{(J) 8} But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”^[d](K) that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: ⁹ If you declare^(L) with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”^(M) and believe^(N) in your heart that God raised him from the dead,^(O) you will be saved.^{(P) 10} For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. ¹¹ As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”^{[e](Q) 12} For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile^(R)—the same Lord is Lord of all^(S) and richly blesses all who call on him, ¹³ for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord^(T) will be saved.”^[f](U)

¹⁴ How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? ¹⁵ And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”^[g](V)

¹⁶ But not all the Israelites accepted the good news.^(W) For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”^{[h](X) 17} Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message,^(Y) and the message is heard through the word about Christ.^{(Z) 18} But I ask: Did they not hear? Of course they did:

¹⁹ Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,

²⁰ And Isaiah boldly says,

²¹ But concerning Israel he says,