³¹ “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

¹⁴ How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?

² Those who think they know something^(A) do not yet know as they ought to know.^(B)

³ And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children,^(A) you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.^{(B) 4} Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.^(C)

³⁶ Or did the word of God^(A) originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? ³⁷ If anyone thinks they are a prophet^(B) or otherwise gifted by the Spirit,^(C) let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command.^(D)