¹² When the Egyptians see you, they will say, “This is his wife.” They will kill me but let you live.^(A)

² Abraham said about his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’^(A) So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

¹¹ and Samuel asked, ‘What have you done? ’

Saul answered, ‘When I saw that the troops were deserting me and you didn’t come within the appointed days and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,

Fear God

⁴ ‘I say to you, my friends,^(A) don’t fear^(B) those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.

⁴² Nevertheless, many did believe in him even among the rulers,^(A) but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, so that they would not be banned from the synagogue. ⁴³ For they loved human praise^(B) more than praise from God.^(C)