^17 (A)for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and ^(B)peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ For he who serves Christ in ^[a]these things ^(C)is acceptable to God and approved by men.

^19 (D)Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which ^(E)one may ^[b]edify another.

^5 (A)having predestined us to ^(B)adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, ^(C)according to the good pleasure of His will, ⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, ^(D)by which He ^[a]made us accepted in ^(E)the Beloved.

^7 (F)In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to ^(G)the riches of His grace