¹⁸ But as God is ^(A)faithful, our ^[a]word to you was not Yes and No.

^9 (A)God is faithful, by whom you were called into ^(B)the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Lukewarm Church

¹⁴ “And to the ^[a]angel of the church ^[b]of the Laodiceans write,

^(A)‘These things says the Amen, ^(B)the Faithful and True Witness, ^(C)the Beginning of the creation of God:

The Faithful Church

⁷ “And to the ^[a]angel of the church in Philadelphia write,

‘These things says ^(A)He who is holy, ^(B)He who is true, ^(C)“He who has the key of David, ^(D)He who opens and no one shuts, and ^(E)shuts and no one opens”:

²⁰ And we know that the ^(A)Son of God has come and ^(B)has given us an understanding, ^(C)that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. ^(D)This is the true God ^(E)and eternal life.

^31 (A)The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(B)who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

¹⁷ For we are not, as ^[a]so many, ^(A)peddling^[b] the word of God; but as ^(B)of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

²³ Moreover ^(A)I call God as witness against my soul, ^(B)that to spare you I came no more to Corinth.

²⁶ I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but ^(A)He who sent Me is true; and ^(B)I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him.”