⁴ “Hear, Israel, Yahweh our God, Yahweh is unique.^{[a] 5} And you shall love Yahweh your God with all of your heart^[b] and with all of your soul^[c] and with all of your might.

²⁸ But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it!”^[a]

³⁴ And while^[a] he was saying these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud. ³⁵ And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him!”

Praise to God for Spiritual Blessings

³ Blessed is^[a] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, ⁴ just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love,^{[b] 5} having predestined us to adoption through Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will, ⁶ to the praise of the glory of his grace that he bestowed on us in the beloved, ⁷ in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace, ⁸ that he caused to abound to us in all wisdom and insight, ⁹ making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in him, ¹⁰ for the administration of the fullness of times, to bring together all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him ¹¹ in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of his will, ¹² that we who hoped beforehand in Christ should be for the praise of his glory, ¹³ in whom also you, when you heard^[c] the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also when you believed you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴ who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.

² with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,

³² Become^[a] kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.

³⁴ “A new commandment I give to you: that you love one another—just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

²⁵ in order that there not be a division in the body, but the members would have the same concern for one another.

¹³ For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

⁹ Be hospitable to one another without complaining.