^19 (A)I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, ^(B)the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your ^[a]descendants, ^20 (C)by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and ^(D)by holding fast to Him; ^(E)for ^[b]this is your life and the length of your days, ^[c]that you may live in ^(F)the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”

⁴⁶ he said to them, “^(A)Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you shall command ^(B)your sons to observe ^[a]carefully, even all the words of this law. ⁴⁷ For it is not an idle word for you; indeed ^(C)it is your life. And ^(D)by this word you will prolong your days in the land, ^[b]which you are about to cross the Jordan to ^[c]possess.”

¹⁵ and that ^(A)from childhood you have known ^(B)the sacred writings which are able to ^(C)give you the wisdom that leads to ^(D)salvation through faith which is in ^(E)Christ Jesus.