¹⁸ And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “^(A)All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. ^19 [a](B)Go, therefore, and ^(C)make disciples of ^(D)all the nations, ^(E)baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to ^[b]follow all that I commanded you; and behold, ^(F)I am with you ^[c]always, to ^(G)the end of the age.”

^13 (A)I direct you in the presence of God, who ^[a]gives life to all things, and of ^(B)Christ Jesus, who testified the ^(C)good confession ^(D)before Pontius Pilate, ¹⁴ that you keep the commandment without ^[b]fault or reproach until the ^(E)appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁵ which He will ^[c]bring about at ^(F)the proper time—He who is ^(G)the blessed and ^(H)only Sovereign, ^(I)the King of ^[d]kings and ^(J)Lord of ^[e]lords,

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12 Therefore ^(A)I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to ^(B)present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, ^[a]acceptable to God, which is your ^[b]spiritual service of worship.

⁸ or the one who ^[a](A)exhorts, in the work of ^[b]exhortation; the one who gives, with ^[c](B)generosity; ^(C)the one who ^[d]is in leadership, with diligence; the one who shows mercy, with ^(D)cheerfulness.

^37 (A)If anyone thinks that he is a prophet or ^(B)spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you ^(C)are the Lord’s commandment.

^7 (A)I have fought the good fight, I have finished ^(B)the course, I have kept ^(C)the faith;

⁸ in the future there ^(A)is reserved for me ^(B)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on ^(C)that day; and not only to me, but also to ^(D)all who have loved His ^(E)appearing.

¹⁰ Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you will be ^(A)tested, and you will have tribulation ^(B)for ten days. ^[a]Be ^(C)faithful until death, and I will give you ^(D)the crown of life.

⁴ Yet it was a concern because of the ^(A)false brothers secretly brought in, who ^(B)had sneaked in to spy on our ^(C)freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to ^(D)enslave us.