²³ to the general assembly and ^(A)church of the firstborn who ^(B)are enrolled in heaven, and to God, ^(C)the Judge of all, and to the ^(D)spirits of the righteous made perfect,

¹⁸ In the exercise of ^(A)His will He ^(B)gave us birth by ^(C)the word of truth, so that we would be ^[a]a kind of ^(D)first fruits ^[b]among His creatures.