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But the person who loves God is the one whom God recognizes.[a]

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  1. 8:3 Some manuscripts read the person who loves has full knowledge.

“I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can close. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me. Look, I will force those who belong to Satan’s synagogue—those liars who say they are Jews but are not—to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love.

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17 The Lord replied to Moses, “I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name.”

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The Lord is good,
    a strong refuge when trouble comes.
    He is close to those who trust in him.

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So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?

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19 But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,”[a] and “All who belong to the Lord must turn away from evil.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:19a Num 16:5.
  2. 2:19b See Isa 52:11.

That is what the Scriptures mean when they say,

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
    and no mind has imagined
what God has prepared
    for those who love him.”[a]

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  1. 2:9 Isa 64:4.

19 “I know all the things you do. I have seen your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance. And I can see your constant improvement in all these things.

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“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb.
    Before you were born I set you apart
    and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”

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12 God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

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28 And we know that God causes everything to work together[a] for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. 29 For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn[b] among many brothers and sisters.

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  1. 8:28 Some manuscripts read And we know that everything works together.
  2. 8:29 Or would be supreme.

14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,

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For the Lord watches over the path of the godly,
    but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.

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