⁶ As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.

¹² And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

¹⁴ But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;

¹⁵ But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;

²² Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

²³ Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.

²⁴ Which things have a secret sense; because these women are the two agreements; one from the mountain of Sinai, giving birth to servants, which is Hagar.

²⁵ Now this Hagar is the mountain Sinai in Arabia, and is the image of the Jerusalem which now is: which is a servant with her children.

²⁶ But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.

⁷ And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.

⁸ That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

⁹ For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.

¹⁹ But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God:

⁸ Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

⁹ If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well,

¹⁰ Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.

¹¹ He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.

¹² And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.

¹³ Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.

⁶⁹ Now Peter was seated in the open square outside the house: and a servant-girl came to him, saying, You were with Jesus the Galilaean.

⁷⁰ But he said before them all that it was false, saying, I have no knowledge of what you say.

⁷¹ And when he had gone out into the doorway, another saw him and says to those who were there, This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.

⁷² And again he said with an oath, I have no knowledge of the man.

⁷³ And after a little time those who were near came and said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; because your talk is witness against you.

⁷⁴ Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.

⁷⁵ And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he said, Before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping bitterly.

¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answering Nebuchadnezzar the king, said, There is no need for us to give you an answer to this question.

¹⁷ If our God, whose servants we are, is able to keep us safe from the burning and flaming fire, and from your hands, O King, he will keep us safe.

¹⁸ But if not, be certain, O King, that we will not be the servants of your gods, or give worship to the image of gold which you have put up.

¹¹ And of whom were you in fear, so that you were false, and did not keep me in mind, or give thought to it? Have I not been quiet, keeping myself secret, and so you were not in fear of me?

¹⁵ Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.