¹⁸ As surely as God is faithful, our word to you is not^[a] “Yes and No.”

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

The Message to Laodicea

¹⁴ “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin^[a] of God’s creation:^(A)

The Message to Philadelphia

⁷ “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true;^[a] and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.^(A)

³¹ The God and Father of the Lord Jesus (blessed be he forever!) knows that I do not lie.^(A)

¹⁷ For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many,^[a] but as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God, we are speaking in Christ before God.^(A)

²³ But I call on God as witness against me: it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.^(A)

²⁶ I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.”^(A)

²⁸ Then Jesus cried out as he was teaching in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I am from. I have not come on my own. But the one who sent me is true, and you do not know him.^(A)