⁴⁵ “If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?”

³ the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh^{(A) 4} and was declared to be Son of God with power according to the spirit^[a] of holiness by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,^(B)

¹⁶ “It is I, Jesus, who sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”^(A)

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.”^(A)

¹⁴ Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,^(A)

¹⁶ Without any doubt, the mystery of godliness is great:

⁵ to them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, comes the Christ, who is over all, God blessed forever.^[a] Amen.^(A)