¹² Therefore I intend ^(A)always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in ^(B)the truth that you have. ¹³ I think it right, as long as I am in this ^(C)body,^{[a] (D)}to stir you up by way of reminder, ^14 (E)since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, ^(F)as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. ¹⁵ And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.

^15 (A)You shall remember that you were a slave^[a] in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there ^(B)with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

³ You shall eat no leavened bread with it. ^(A)Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction—for you came out of the land of Egypt ^(B)in haste—that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.