⁴⁵ It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’^[a](A) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.

⁹ “How can this be?”^(A) Nicodemus asked.

¹⁰ “You are Israel’s teacher,”^(A) said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?

¹⁶ The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit^(A) that we are God’s children.^(B)

¹² For the word of God^(A) is alive^(B) and active.^(C) Sharper than any double-edged sword,^(D) it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.^(E)

²¹ For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God^(A) as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.^(B)