²³ But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, ^[a]kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed.

² looking unto Jesus, the ^[a]author and ^[b]finisher of our faith, ^(A)who for the joy that was set before Him ^(B)endured the cross, despising the shame, and ^(C)has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.