¹⁷ You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him.^(A)

⁷ Then he took the Book of the Covenant^(A) and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”^(B)

¹⁹ Do you not know that your bodies are temples^(A) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;^{(B) 20} you were bought at a price.^(C) Therefore honor God with your bodies.^(D)

⁵ And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.

¹³ Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,^(A) but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.^(B)

²³ Last night an angel^(A) of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve^(B) stood beside me^(C)

⁵ But be very careful to keep the commandment^(A) and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord^(B) your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands,^(C) to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.^(D)”