⁴² Then Pharaoh ^(A)took off his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen, and ^(B)put the gold necklace around his neck.

¹⁵ Now when the turn of Esther, ^(A)the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not request anything except what ^(B)Hegai, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the women, ^[a]advised. And Esther was finding favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

Second Missionary Journey

³⁶ After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return and visit the brothers and sisters in ^(A)every city in which we proclaimed ^(B)the word of the Lord, and see how they are.” ³⁷ Barnabas wanted to take ^(C)John, called Mark, along with them also. ³⁸ But Paul was of the opinion that they should not take along with them this man who had ^(D)deserted them ^[a]in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work. ³⁹ Now it turned into such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took ^(E)Mark with him and sailed away to ^(F)Cyprus. ⁴⁰ But Paul chose ^(G)Silas, and left after being ^(H)entrusted by the brothers to the grace of the Lord. ⁴¹ And he was traveling through ^(I)Syria and ^(J)Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

^9 [a](A)Love must be free of hypocrisy. ^(B)Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. ¹⁰ Be ^(C)devoted to one another in brotherly love; ^[b]give preference to one another ^(D)in honor, ¹¹ not lagging behind in diligence, ^(E)fervent in spirit, ^(F)serving the Lord; ^12 (G)rejoicing in hope, ^(H)persevering in tribulation, ^(I)devoted to prayer, ^13 (J)contributing to the needs of the ^[c]saints, ^[d](K)practicing hospitality.

^2 (A)You know that when you were ^[a]pagans, you were ^(B)led ^[b]astray to the ^(C)mute idols, however you were led.