⁵ in order that I may take hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, all of whom are estranged from me through their idols.^(A)

⁸ In one month I disposed of the three shepherds, for I had become impatient with them, and they also detested me.^(A)

¹² Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

⁹ The coming of the lawless one is apparent in the working of Satan, who uses all power, signs, lying wonders,^{(A) 10} and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.^{(B) 11} For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false,^(C)

²¹ And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,

¹⁸ they are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.^(A)

⁷ Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.^(A)

⁷ For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed, it cannot,^(A)

³⁰ slanderers, God-haters,^[a] insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, rebellious toward parents,^(A)