⁶ But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.^(A)

²¹ Jesus answered them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done.^{(A) 22} Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.”^(B)

⁶ And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would approach God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

²² Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.^{[a](A) 23} Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and if you do not doubt in your heart but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you.^{(B) 24} So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received^[b] it, and it will be yours.^(C)

¹⁴ We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming;^(A)

²³ Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.^(A)

⁹ Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by regulations about food,^[a] which have not benefited those who observe them.^(A)

⁸ I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument,

¹⁷ These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm; for them the deepest darkness has been reserved.^(A)

¹² These are blots^[a] on your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, feeding themselves.^[b] They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;^{(A) 13} wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.^(B)