²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,^(A) and they follow me.^(B)

²⁸ I give them eternal life,^(A) and they shall never perish;^(B) no one will snatch them out of my hand.^(C)

²⁹ My Father, who has given them to me,^(A) is greater than all^[a];^(B) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

³ For you died,^(A) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

⁹ Do not lie to each other,^(A) since you have taken off your old self^(B) with its practices