⁵ Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, ^(A)that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you ^[a]are ^(B)disqualified.

²¹ lest, when I come again, my God ^(A)will humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many ^(B)who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, ^(C)fornication, and lewdness which they have practiced.

¹⁷ “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! ¹⁸ I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, ^(A)I have sinned against heaven and before you, ¹⁹ and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’

²⁰ “And he arose and came to his father. But ^(B)when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

⁷ Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!

⁵ Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: ^(A)“Consider your ways!

²⁸ Because he ^(A)considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

^30 (A)“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. ^(B)“Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin.