(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of him,\par\tab {\b The Lord sware and will not repent himself,\par\tab Thou art a priest for ever});
God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.\par
having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and {\i every} work of faith, with power;
who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,