⁸ The saying is ^(A)trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful ^(B)to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.

¹³ Since we have ^(A)the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, ^(B)“I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,

¹⁷ Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans ^(A)according to the flesh, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? ¹⁸ As surely as ^(B)God is faithful, ^(C)our word to you has not been Yes and No. ¹⁹ For ^(D)the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, ^(E)Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but ^(F)in him it is always Yes. ²⁰ For ^(G)all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our ^(H)Amen to God for his glory.

¹⁵ They said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, “It is ^(A)his angel!”