Isaiah 57:15-21

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¹⁵For this is what the high and exalted^(A) One says—
    he who lives forever,^(B) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high^(C) and holy place,
    but also with the one who is contrite^(D) and lowly in spirit,^(E)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.^(F)
¹⁶I will not accuse^(G) them forever,
    nor will I always be angry,^(H)
for then they would faint away because of me—
    the very people^(I) I have created.
¹⁷I was enraged by their sinful greed;^(J)
    I punished them, and hid^(K) my face in anger,
    yet they kept on in their willful ways.^(L)
¹⁸I have seen their ways, but I will heal^(M) them;
    I will guide^(N) them and restore comfort^(O) to Israel’s mourners,
¹⁹    creating praise on their lips.^(P)
Peace, peace,^(Q) to those far and near,”^(R)
    says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”
²⁰But the wicked^(S) are like the tossing sea,^(T)
    which cannot rest,
    whose waves cast up mire^(U) and mud.
²¹“There is no peace,”^(V) says my God, “for the wicked.”^(W)

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Psalm 43

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Psalm 43^[a]

¹Vindicate me, my God,
    and plead my cause^(A)
    against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me^(B) from those who are
    deceitful and wicked.^(C)
²You are God my stronghold.
    Why have you rejected^(D) me?
Why must I go about mourning,^(E)
    oppressed by the enemy?^(F)
³Send me your light^(G) and your faithful care,^(H)
    let them lead me;^(I)
let them bring me to your holy mountain,^(J)
    to the place where you dwell.^(K)
⁴Then I will go^(L) to the altar^(M) of God,
    to God, my joy^(N) and my delight.^(O)
I will praise you with the lyre,^(P)
    O God, my God.

⁵Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.^(Q)

Footnotes

Psalm 43:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.

Acts 10:34

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³⁴Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism^(A)

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Acts 10:42-48

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⁴²He commanded us to preach to the people^(A) and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.^(B) ⁴³All the prophets testify about him^(C) that everyone^(D) who believes^(E) in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”^(F)

⁴⁴While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on^(G) all who heard the message. ⁴⁵The circumcised believers who had come with Peter^(H) were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out^(I) even on Gentiles.^(J) ⁴⁶For they heard them speaking in tongues^[a]^(K) and praising God.

Then Peter said, ⁴⁷“Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water.^(L) They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.”^(M) ⁴⁸So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.^(N) Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.

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Acts 10:46 Or other languages

John 3:16-21

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¹⁶For God so loved^(A) the world that he gave^(B) his one and only Son,^(C) that whoever believes^(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.^(E) ¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world^(F) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.^(G) ¹⁸Whoever believes in him is not condemned,^(H) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.^(I) ¹⁹This is the verdict: Light^(J) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.^(K) ²⁰Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.^(L) ²¹But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.