³ What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?^(A)

² in the hope of eternal life that God, who never lies, promised before the ages began^(A)—

³ But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.^[a](A)

²⁴ The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this.^(A)

¹⁸ so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.^(A)

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

⁶ It is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all those descended from Israel are Israelites,^(A)

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