⁷ If ^(A)you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ^(B)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ^8 (C)By this my Father is glorified, that you ^(D)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

¹² For ^(A)the word of God is living and ^(B)active, ^(C)sharper than any ^(D)two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and ^(E)discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

^16 (A)All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

¹³ Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.