1 John 3:1

New King James Version

The Command to Love

3 Behold ^(A)what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that ^(B)we should be called children of ^[a]God! Therefore the world does not know ^[b]us, ^(C)because it did not know Him.

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1 John 3:1 NU adds And we are.
1 John 3:1 M you

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Ezekiel 36:22-33

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²²“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, ^(A)but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. ²³And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am ^(B)hallowed in you before their eyes. ²⁴For ^(C)I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. ²⁵^(D)Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you ^(E)from all your filthiness and from all your idols. ²⁶I will give you a ^(F)new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. ²⁷I will put My ^(G)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. ²⁸^(H)Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; ^(I)you shall be My people, and I will be your God. ²⁹I will ^(J)deliver you from all your uncleannesses. ^(K)I will call for the grain and multiply it, and ^(L)bring no famine upon you. ³⁰^(M)And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations. ³¹Then ^(N)you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you ^(O)will ^[a]loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations. ³²^(P)Not for your sake do I do this,” says the Lord God, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel!”

³³‘Thus says the Lord God: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, ^(Q)and the ruins shall be rebuilt.

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Ezekiel 36:31 despise

Ezekiel 11:17-21

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¹⁷Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^(A)“I will gather you from the peoples, assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.” ’ ¹⁸And they will go there, and they will take away all its ^(B)detestable things and all its abominations from there. ¹⁹Then ^(C)I will give them one heart, and I will put ^(D)a new spirit within ^[a]them, and take ^(E)the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, ²⁰^(F)that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; ^(G)and they shall be My people, and I will be their God. ²¹But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, ^(H)I will recompense their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 11:19 Lit. you (pl.)

Psalm 51

New King James Version

A Prayer of Repentance

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David ^(A)when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51 Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
^(B)Blot out my transgressions.
²^(C)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.

³For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me.
⁴^(D)Against You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil ^(E)in Your sight—
^(F)That You may be found just ^[a]when You speak,
And blameless when You judge.

⁵^(G)Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
⁶Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

⁷^(H)Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be ^(I)whiter than snow.
⁸Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken ^(J)may rejoice.
⁹Hide Your face from my sins,
And blot out all my iniquities.

¹⁰^(K)Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
¹¹Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your ^(L)Holy Spirit from me.

¹²Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your ^(M)generous Spirit.
¹³Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.

¹⁴Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
¹⁵O Lord, open my lips,
And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
¹⁶For ^(N)You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
¹⁷^(O)The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.

¹⁸Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
¹⁹Then You shall be pleased with ^(P)the sacrifices of righteousness,
With burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.