¹⁶ holding firmly the word of life, so that on ^(A)the day of Christ I can take pride because I did not ^(B)run in vain nor ^(C)labor in vain.

The Incarnate Word

1 What was ^(A)from the beginning, what we have ^(B)heard, what we have ^(C)seen with our eyes, what we ^(D)have looked at and ^(E)touched with our hands, concerning the ^(F)Word of Life—

¹⁹ namely, that ^(A)God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, ^(B)not counting their wrongdoings against them, and ^[a]He has ^[b]committed to us the word of reconciliation.