^16 (A)from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, ^(B)when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

² For in this tent ^(A)we groan, longing to ^(B)put on our heavenly dwelling, ³ if indeed by putting it on^[a] we may not be found naked.

⁴ Then he said to me, ^(A)“Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, ^(B)O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. ⁵ Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause ^(C)breath^[a] to enter you, and you shall live. ^6 (D)And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and ^(E)cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, ^(F)and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

⁷ So I prophesied ^(G)as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, ^(H)a rattling,^[b] and the bones came together, bone to its bone. ⁸ And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But ^(I)there was no breath in them.