⁵ “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much ^(A)fruit; for without Me you can do ^(B)nothing.

^10 (A)Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, ^(B)in honor giving preference to one another;

^4 (A)There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;

^5 (A)one Lord, ^(B)one faith, ^(C)one baptism;

⁴⁸ But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master ^(A)is delaying ^[a]his coming,’ ⁴⁹ and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, ⁵⁰ the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is ^(B)not aware of, ⁵¹ and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. ^(C)There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Light Bearers

¹² Therefore, my beloved, ^(A)as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, ^(B)work out your own salvation with ^(C)fear and trembling;

¹³ for ^(A)it is God who works in you both to will and to do ^(B)for His good pleasure.