⁷ Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?

⁵ The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies^(A) and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.^{(B) 6} It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.^(C)

¹³ Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor^(A) and a violent man, I was shown mercy^(B) because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.^(C)

²⁶ and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples^(A) were called Christians first^(B) at Antioch.

²³ “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”^[a](A) (which means “God with us”).

¹⁶ On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:^(A)

¹³ He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood,^(A) and his name is the Word of God.^(B)