¹⁷ and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.

⁵ This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

⁸ He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.