²⁰ Consult God’s instruction^(A) and the testimony of warning.^(B) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light^(C) of dawn.

¹⁶ Look in the scroll^(A) of the Lord and read:

²⁹ “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses^(A) and the Prophets;^(B) let them listen to them.’

¹¹ Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,^(A) for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures^(B) every day to see if what Paul said was true.^(C)