⁹ These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a ^(A)righteous man, ^[a](B)blameless in his ^[b]time; Noah ^(C)walked with God.

The Flood

7 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be ^(A)righteous before Me in this ^[a]time.

⁴ just as ^(A)He chose us in Him before ^(B)the foundation of the world, that we would be ^(C)holy and blameless before ^[a]Him. ^(D)In love

²¹ And although you were ^(A)formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, ²² yet He has now ^(B)reconciled you in His fleshly ^(C)body through death, in order to ^(D)present you before Him ^(E)holy and blameless and beyond reproach—