by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us ¹  through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, ² 

He gave ¹  her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called ²  the saints and widows and presented her alive.

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living person”; ¹  the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, ¹  by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God ²  – which is your reasonable service.

Blessed be ¹  the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,