⁶ Jesus told him, “I am^(A) the way,^(B) the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

¹⁶ Jesus answered them, “My teaching isn’t mine but is from the one who sent me.^{(A) 17} If anyone wants to do his will,^(B) he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own. ¹⁸ The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory;^(C) but he who seeks the glory^(D) of the one who sent him is true,^(E) and there is no unrighteousness in him.^(F)

³ But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”^(A)

⁴ “No! You will certainly not die,” the serpent said to the woman.^{(B) 5} “In fact, God knows that when^[a] you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

¹³ The Lord said:

The Guilt of the Gentile World

¹⁸ For God’s wrath^(A) is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth,^(B)

Spiritual Wisdom

⁶ We do, however, speak a wisdom among the mature,^(A) but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers^(B) of this age, who are coming to nothing.^(C)

Demonic Influence

4 Now the Spirit^(A) explicitly says that in later times^(B) some will depart from the faith,^(C) paying attention to deceitful spirits^(D) and the teachings of demons,^(E)