⁷ But when he saw many of the ^(A)Pharisees and ^(B)Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You ^(C)brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from ^(D)the wrath to come?

^16 (A)hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles ^(B)so that they may be saved; with the result that they always ^(C)fill up the measure of their sins. But ^(D)wrath has come upon them ^[a]to the utmost.

⁹ For God has not destined us for ^(A)wrath, but for ^(B)obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,