⁵ Then Paul said, ^(A)“I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ^(B)‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”

^28 (A)“You shall not revile God, nor curse a ^(B)ruler of your people.

^8 (A)Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and ^(B)speak evil of ^[a]dignitaries. ⁹ Yet Michael the archangel, in ^[b]contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, ^(C)“The Lord rebuke you!”

¹⁰ and especially ^(A)those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. ^(B)They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of ^[a]dignitaries,

¹⁷ “Now after many years ^(A)I came to bring alms and offerings to my nation,