²⁴ for this son of mine was ^(A)dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.

⁶ For among them are those who ^[a](A)slip into households and captivate ^[b](B)weak women weighed down with sins, led on by ^(C)various impulses,

Message to Sardis

3 “To the angel of the church in ^(A)Sardis write:

He who has ^[a](B)the seven spirits of God and ^(C)the seven stars, says this: ‘^(D)I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, and yet you are ^(E)dead.