⁴⁰ since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us^(A) would they be made perfect.^(B)

²³ to the church of the firstborn,^(A) whose names are written in heaven.^(B) You have come to God, the Judge of all,^(C) to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,^(D)

⁹ and, once made perfect,^(A) he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him