¹⁸ “At that time I gave you instructions about everything you were to do.

²⁷ for I didn’t shrink from declaring all that God wants you to know.

²⁰ I never shrank back from telling you what you needed to hear, either publicly or in your homes.

²⁰ Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

^32 [a]“So be careful to obey all the commands I give you. You must not add anything to them or subtract anything from them.

²⁸ Be careful to obey all my commands, so that all will go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and pleasing to the Lord your God.

⁴⁰ If you obey all the decrees and commands I am giving you today, all will be well with you and your children. I am giving you these instructions so you will enjoy a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

⁵ “Look, I now teach you these decrees and regulations just as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy.