⁹ persecuted,^(A) but not abandoned;^(B) struck down, but not destroyed.^(C)

²⁵ He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”

¹² My accusers did not find me arguing with anyone at the temple,^(A) or stirring up a crowd^(B) in the synagogues or anywhere else in the city.

⁷ But we have this treasure in jars of clay^(A) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God^(B) and not from us.