³⁴ Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes.

¹⁸ One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, ^(A)a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, ^(B)and the Lord is with him.”

To the Church in Philadelphia

⁷ “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of ^(A)the holy one, ^(B)the true one, ^(C)who has the key of David, ^(D)who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

^2 (A)that you should remember the predictions of ^(B)the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,

²¹ For ^(A)no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God ^(B)as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

⁹ But we see him ^(A)who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, ^(B)crowned with glory and honor ^(C)because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might ^(D)taste death ^(E)for everyone.

¹⁰ For it ^(F)was fitting that he, ^(G)for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons ^(H)to glory, should make the ^(I)founder of their salvation ^(J)perfect through suffering. ¹¹ For ^(K)he who sanctifies and ^(L)those who are sanctified ^(M)all have one source.^[a] That is why he is not ashamed to call them ^(N)brothers,^{[b] 12} saying,

¹³ And again,

And again,

¹⁴ Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise ^(T)partook of the same things, that ^(U)through death he might ^(V)destroy ^(W)the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, ¹⁵ and deliver all those who ^(X)through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. ¹⁶ For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he ^(Y)helps the offspring of Abraham. ¹⁷ Therefore he had ^(Z)to be made like his brothers in every respect, ^(AA)so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest ^(AB)in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

^6 (A)who, though he was in ^(B)the form of God, did not count equality with God ^(C)a thing to be grasped,^{[a] 7} but ^(D)emptied himself, by taking the form of a ^(E)servant,^{[b] (F)}being born in the likeness of men. ⁸ And being found in human form, he humbled himself by ^(G)becoming obedient to the point of death, ^(H)even death on a cross. ^9 (I)Therefore ^(J)God has ^(K)highly exalted him and bestowed on him ^(L)the name that is above every name, ¹⁰ so that at the name of Jesus ^(M)every knee should bow, ^(N)in heaven and on earth and under the earth, ¹¹ and ^(O)every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is ^(P)Lord, to the glory of God the Father.