¹⁷ Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.^(A)

¹⁸ And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate^[a](A) the Lord’s glory,^(B) are being transformed into his image^(C) with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

¹² Speak and act as those who are going to be judged^(A) by the law that gives freedom,^(B)