⁴⁷ That slave who knew what his master wanted but did not prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.^(A)

¹⁷ Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it commits sin.^(A)

⁴¹ Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.^(A)

⁴⁸ The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; on the last day the word that I have spoken will serve as judge,^(A)

²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.^{(A) 23} Whoever hates me hates my Father also.^{(B) 24} If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.^(C)

² If the one in the wrong deserves to be flogged, the judge shall make that person lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of lashes proportionate to the offense. ³ Forty lashes may be given but not more; if more lashes than these are given, your neighbor will be degraded in your sight.^(A)

³⁰ While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent,^(A)

³⁰ But whoever acts high-handedly, whether native-born or an alien, affronts the Lord and shall be cut off from among the people. ³¹ Because of having despised the word of the Lord and broken his commandment, such a person shall be utterly cut off and bear the guilt.”^(A)

¹⁵ For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing:^{(A) 16} to the one group a fragrance from death^[a] to death, to the other a fragrance from life^[b] to life. Who is qualified for these things?^(B)

¹¹ Jesus answered him, “You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above; therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”^(A)