Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar,
Perez fathered Hezron,
Hezron fathered Aram,

Aram fathered Amminadab,
Amminadab fathered Nahshon,
Nahshon fathered Salmon,

[where

Their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.]

where

Their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.]

where

Their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.

He has done a mighty deed with His arm;
He has scattered the proud
because of the thoughts of their hearts;

But this was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said:

Lord, who has believed our message?
And who has the arm of the Lord
been revealed to?

The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, exalted the people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty arm.

For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions,

and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you don’t give them what the body needs, what good is it?

Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, equip yourselves also with the same resolve—because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin—