²⁴ As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”^[a](A)

²⁰ And wherever they went among the nations they profaned^(A) my holy name, for it was said of them, ‘These are the Lord’s people, and yet they had to leave his land.’^{(B) 21} I had concern for my holy name, which the people of Israel profaned among the nations where they had gone.^(C)

²² “Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name,^(D) which you have profaned^(E) among the nations where you have gone.^{(F) 23} I will show the holiness of my great name,^(G) which has been profaned^(H) among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,^(I) declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy^(J) through you before their eyes.^(K)

⁵ “And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.

² Many will follow their depraved conduct^(A) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.

⁸ and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.^(A)

¹⁴ But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for^[a] the Lord,^(A) the son born to you will die.”

⁵ to be self-controlled^(A) and pure, to be busy at home,^(B) to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands,^(C) so that no one will malign the word of God.^(D)

6 All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect,^(A) so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered.^(B)