¹⁵ so that you will ^[a]prove yourselves to be ^(A)blameless and innocent, ^(B)children of God above reproach in the midst of a ^(C)crooked and perverse generation, among whom you ^[b](D)appear as ^[c]lights in the world, ¹⁶ holding firmly the word of life, so that on ^(E)the day of Christ I can take pride because I did not ^(F)run in vain nor ^(G)labor in vain.

The Incarnate Word

1 What was ^(A)from the beginning, what we have ^(B)heard, what we have ^(C)seen with our eyes, what we ^(D)have looked at and ^(E)touched with our hands, concerning the ^(F)Word of Life—