²¹ He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”^(A)

²⁸ He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God^(A) and obey it.”^(B)

¹¹ So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.^(A)

²¹ Therefore, get rid of^(A) all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you,^(B) which can save you.

²³ For you have been born again,^(A) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,^(B) through the living and enduring word of God.^(C)