The Two Foundations

²⁴ “Therefore,^(A) everyone who hears these words^(B) of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock. ²⁶ But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. ²⁷ The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. It collapsed with a great crash.”

³⁵ Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction^(A) or distress or persecution^(B) or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ³⁶ As it is written:

³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors^(E) through him who loved us.^{(F) 38} For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,^(G) nor angels nor rulers,^(H) nor things present nor things to come,^(I) nor powers, ³⁹ nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God^(J) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.^(K)