6 And ^pthe angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—

2 May ^dmercy, ^epeace, and love be multiplied to you.

4 As you come to him, a living stone ⁿrejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,

16 For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he ^mhelps the offspring of Abraham.

44 ^zYou are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. ^aHe was a murderer from the beginning, and ^bdoes not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. ^cWhen he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.