²⁰ And ^(A)they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they ^(B)cried out to God in the battle. He ^[a]heeded their prayer, because they ^(C)put their trust in Him.

²³ Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, ^(A)because he believed in his God.

²⁸ Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His ^(A)Angel^[a] and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God!

¹⁷ If that is the case, our ^(A)God whom we serve is able to ^(B)deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.

Knowing the True—Rejecting the False

¹⁸ We know that ^(A)whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God ^(B)keeps^{[a] [b]}himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.