^31 (A)Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. ^32 (B)Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ^(C)forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

¹¹ The name of the star is Wormwood.^[a] A third of the waters ^(A)became wormwood, and many people died from the water, ^(B)because it had been made bitter.

¹⁹ Husbands, love your wives, and ^(A)do not be harsh with them.

⁴ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, ^(A)but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

⁵ And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

¹² Therefore ^(A)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, ¹³ and ^(B)make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint ^(C)but rather be healed. ^14 (D)Strive for peace with everyone, and for the ^(E)holiness ^(F)without which no one will see the Lord. ¹⁵ See to it that no one ^(G)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no ^(H)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; ¹⁶ that no one is ^(I)sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. ¹⁷ For you know that ^(J)afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.

²⁷ and ^(A)give no opportunity to the devil.