²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.^(A) The life I now live in the body,^[a] I live by faith in the Son of God,^(B) who loved^(C) me^(D) and gave himself^(E) for me.^(F)

² and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us,^(A) a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness,^(A) the firstborn from the dead^(B) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.^(C)

To him who loves us and has set us free^[a] from our sins by his blood,^(D)