¹¹ Now these things happened to them as an ^(A)example, and ^(B)they were written for our instruction, upon whom ^(C)the ends of the ages have come.

^17 (A)The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who ^(B)does the will of God continues to live forever.

¹⁷ Therefore if anyone is ^(A)in Christ, this person is ^(B)a new ^[a]creation; ^(C)the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

³¹ and those who use the world, as though they did not ^(A)make full use of it; for ^(B)the present form of this world is passing away.

²⁰ teaching them to ^[a]follow all that I commanded you; and behold, ^(A)I am with you ^[b]always, to ^(B)the end of the age.”