¹³ who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.^(A)

¹² so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory.

⁴ It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins; these follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from humankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb,^(A)