⁴⁰ since God had provided something better for us, ^(A)that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

²³ and to ^(A)the assembly^[a] of the firstborn who are ^(B)enrolled in heaven, and to ^(C)God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

⁹ And ^(A)being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,