⁵ Moreover, ^(A)I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. ⁶ Say therefore to the people of Israel, ^(B)‘I am the Lord, and ^(C)I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and ^(D)I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. ⁷ I ^(E)will take you to be my people, and ^(F)I will be your God, and you shall know that ^(G)I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out ^(H)from under the burdens of the Egyptians. ⁸ I will bring you into ^(I)the land that I ^(J)swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. ^(K)I am the Lord.’”

¹⁷ So ^(A)faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Further Instructions

^2 (A)Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it ^(B)with thanksgiving. ³ At the same time, pray also for us, that God may ^(C)open to us a door for the word, ^(D)to declare the mystery of Christ, ^(E)on account of which I am in prison— ⁴ that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

¹¹ Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.