Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters,[a](A) even though they are strangers to you.(B)

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  1. 3 John 1:5 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.

A father to the fatherless,(A) a defender of widows,(B)
    is God in his holy dwelling.(C)

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12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
    and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.(A)
    But God charges no one with wrongdoing.(B)

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“How long will you[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality(A) to the wicked?[b](B)

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  1. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Defend the weak and the fatherless;(A)
    uphold the cause of the poor(B) and the oppressed.

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11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah,(A) where there is gold.

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13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.[a]

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  1. Genesis 2:13 Possibly southeast Mesopotamia

26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.(A)

At that time people began to call on[a] the name of the Lord.(B)

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  1. Genesis 4:26 Or to proclaim

17 Cain made love to his wife,(A) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city,(B) and he named it after his son(C) Enoch.

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