²³ But it was not for him alone that it was written that “it was credited to him”; ²⁴ it was also for us, to whom it will be credited, who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,^(A)

⁹ Though we have no need of these things, since we have for our encouragement the holy books that are in our possession,^[a](A)

¹¹ These things happened to them as an example, and they have been written down as a warning to us, upon whom the end of the ages has come.^[a]

^16 [a]All scripture^(A) is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness,^[b]