²⁹ these joined with their brethren, their nobles, ^(A)and entered into a curse and an oath ^(B)to walk in God’s Law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes:

²⁷ I will put My ^(A)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.

Trained by Saving Grace

¹¹ For ^(A)the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, ¹² teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, ^13 (B)looking for the blessed ^(C)hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, ^14 (D)who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed ^(E)and purify for Himself ^(F)His own special people, zealous for good works.

^14 (A)You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

Behave Like a Christian

^9 (A)Let love be without hypocrisy. ^(B)Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

¹² So they said, “We will restore it, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say.”

Then I called the priests, ^(A)and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise. ¹³ Then ^(B)I shook out ^[a]the fold of my garment and said, “So may God shake out each man from his house, and from his property, who does not perform this promise. Even thus may he be shaken out and emptied.”

And all the assembly said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord. ^(C)Then the people did according to this promise.

³¹ Then the king ^(A)stood in ^(B)his place and made a ^(C)covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.

³ Then the king ^(A)stood by a pillar and made a ^(B)covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people took a stand for the covenant.