Ephesians 6:10-11

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The Whole Armor of God

¹⁰Finally, ^(A)be strong in the Lord and in ^(B)the strength of his might. ¹¹^(C)Put on ^(D)the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against ^(E)the schemes of the devil.

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1 Peter 1:3-5

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Born Again to a Living Hope

³^(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! ^(B)According to his great mercy, ^(C)he has caused us to be born again to a living hope ^(D)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴to ^(E)an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and ^(F)unfading, ^(G)kept in heaven for you, ⁵who by God's power are being guarded ^(H)through faith for a salvation ^(I)ready to be revealed in the last time.

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2 Samuel 1:1

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David Hears of Saul's Death

1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned ^(A)from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag.

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2 Samuel 1:1 in all English translations

2 Samuel 1:17-27

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David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan

¹⁷And David ^(A)lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son, ¹⁸and he said it^[a] should be taught to the people of Judah; behold, it is written in ^(B)the Book of Jashar.^[b] He said:

¹⁹“Your glory, O Israel, is slain on your high places!
    ^(C)How the mighty have fallen!
²⁰^(D)Tell it not in Gath,
    ^(E)publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
^(F)lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
    lest the daughters of ^(G)the uncircumcised exult.

²¹^(H)“You mountains of Gilboa,
    let there be no dew or rain upon you,
    nor fields of offerings!^[c]
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
    the shield of Saul, not ^(I)anointed with oil.

²²“From the blood of the slain,
from the fat of the mighty,
^(J)the bow of Jonathan turned not back,
and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

²³“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely!
In life and in death they were not divided;
they were ^(K)swifter than eagles;
they were ^(L)stronger than lions.

²⁴“You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet,
^(M)who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

²⁵^(N)“How the mighty have fallen
in the midst of the battle!

“Jonathan lies slain on your high places.
²⁶    I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
very pleasant have you been to me;
    ^(O)your love to me was extraordinary,
    surpassing the love of women.

²⁷^(P)“How the mighty have fallen,
and the weapons of war perished!”

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 1:18 Septuagint; Hebrew the Bow, which may be the name of the lament's tune
2 Samuel 1:18 Or of the upright
2 Samuel 1:21 Septuagint firstfruits

2 Corinthians 8:7-15

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⁷But as ^(A)you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you^[a]—^(B)see that you excel in this act of grace also.

⁸^(C)I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. ⁹For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ^(D)though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. ¹⁰And in this matter ^(E)I give my judgment: ^(F)this benefits you, who ^(G)a year ago started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it. ¹¹So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have. ¹²For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable ^(H)according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. ¹³For I do not mean that others should be eased and you burdened, but that as a matter of fairness ¹⁴your abundance at the present time should supply ^(I)their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. ¹⁵As it is written, ^(J)“Whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack.”

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Footnotes

2 Corinthians 8:7 Some manuscripts in your love for us

Psalm 130

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My Soul Waits for the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

130 Out of ^(B)the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
² O Lord, hear my voice!
^(C)Let your ears be attentive
to ^(D)the voice of my pleas for mercy!

³If you, O Lord, should ^(E)mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could ^(F)stand?
⁴But with you there is ^(G)forgiveness,
^(H)that you may be feared.

⁵I ^(I)wait for the Lord, ^(J)my soul waits,
    and ^(K)in his word I hope;
⁶my soul ^(L)waits for the Lord
    more than ^(M)watchmen for ^(N)the morning,
    more than watchmen for the morning.

⁷O Israel, ^(O)hope in the Lord!
    For ^(P)with the Lord there is steadfast love,
    and with him is plentiful redemption.
⁸And he will ^(Q)redeem Israel
    from all his iniquities.

Luke 6:43-45

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A Tree and Its Fruit

⁴³“For ^(A)no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, ⁴⁴for ^(B)each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. ⁴⁵^(C)The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces ^(D)evil, ^(E)for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.