⁹ Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

²² They fell on their faces and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one person sin and you become angry with the whole congregation?”^(A)

¹⁶ “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the congregation^(A)

⁶ What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Jerusalem’s Victory

12 An Oracle.

The word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the human spirit within:^(A)

¹² “Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.^(A)

⁶ Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time.