²⁶ When God raised up^(A) his servant, he sent him first^(B) to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

²¹ She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,^[a](A) because he will save his people from their sins.”^(B)

²² For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you.^(A)

Doxology

²⁴ To him who is able^(A) to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence^(B) without fault^(C) and with great joy—

⁵ But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.^(A) And in him is no sin.^{(B) 6} No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.^(C) No one who continues to sin has either seen him^(D) or known him.^(E)

⁷ Dear children,^(F) do not let anyone lead you astray.^(G) The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.^{(H) 8} The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,^(I) because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God^(J) appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.^(K)

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel,^(A) because it is the power of God^(B) that brings salvation to everyone who believes:^(C) first to the Jew,^(D) then to the Gentile.^(E)

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first.^(A) Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.^{(B) 47} For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

²⁵ And you are heirs^(A) of the prophets and of the covenant^(B) God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’^[a](C)

⁴ Then I heard the number^(A) of those who were sealed: 144,000^(B) from all the tribes of Israel.

The Great Multitude in White Robes

⁹ After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,^(C) standing before the throne^(D) and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes^(E) and were holding palm branches in their hands.