Malachi 2:4-6

Good News Translation

^4 (A)Then you will know that I have given you this command, so that my covenant with the priests, the descendants of Levi, will not be broken.

^5 (B)“In my covenant I promised them life and well-being, and this is what I gave them, so that they might respect me. In those days they did respect and fear me. ⁶ They taught what was right, not what was wrong. They lived in harmony with me; they not only did what was right themselves, but they also helped many others to stop doing evil.