²⁴ And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, ^(A)to fear the Lord our God, ^(B)for our good always, that ^(C)he might preserve us alive, as we are this day.

^39 (A)I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, ^(B)for their own good and the good of their children after them.

Circumcise Your Heart

¹² “And now, Israel, ^(A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but ^(B)to fear the Lord your God, ^(C)to walk in all his ways, ^(D)to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, ¹³ and ^(E)to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today ^(F)for your good?

The Message of Salvation to All

⁵ For ^(A)Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that ^(B)the person who does the commandments shall live by them.

^21 (A)But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things ^(B)of which you are now ashamed? ^(C)For the end of those things is death. ²² But now that you ^(D)have been set free from sin and ^(E)have become slaves of God, ^(F)the fruit you get leads to sanctification and ^(G)its end, eternal life.

Remember the Lord Your God

8 “The whole commandment that I command you today ^(A)you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers.

Moses Commands Obedience

4 “And now, O Israel, listen to ^(A)the statutes and the rules^[a] that I am teaching you, and do them, ^(B)that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.