²³ Let’s hold firmly to the ^(A)confession of our ^(B)hope without wavering, for ^(C)He who promised is faithful; ²⁴ and let’s consider how ^(D)to ^[a]encourage one another in love and ^(E)good deeds, ²⁵ not abandoning our own ^(F)meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but ^(G)encouraging one another; and all the more as you see ^(H)the day drawing near.

²⁹ for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, ³⁰ because we are ^(A)parts of His ^(B)body. ^31 (C)For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. ³² This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.