Genesis 1:1-2

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The Beginning

1 In the beginning^(A) God created^(B) the heavens^(C) and the earth.^(D) ²Now the earth was formless^(E) and empty,^(F) darkness was over the surface of the deep,^(G) and the Spirit of God^(H) was hovering^(I) over the waters.

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Psalm 19:1

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Psalm 19^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹The heavens^(A) declare^(B) the glory of God;^(C)
the skies^(D) proclaim the work of his hands.^(E)

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Psalm 19:1 In Hebrew texts 19:1-14 is numbered 19:2-15.

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Genesis 1:4

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⁴God saw that the light was good,^(A) and he separated the light from the darkness.^(B)

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Genesis 1:3

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³And God said,^(A) “Let there be light,” and there was light.^(B)

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Colossians 2:14-15

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¹⁴having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness,^(A) which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.^(B) ¹⁵And having disarmed the powers and authorities,^(C) he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them^(D) by the cross.^[a]

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Colossians 2:15 Or them in him

1 John 1:5-7

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Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

⁵This is the message we have heard^(A) from him and declare to you: God is light;^(B) in him there is no darkness at all. ⁶If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,^(C) we lie and do not live out the truth.^(D) ⁷But if we walk in the light,^(E) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all^[a] sin.^(F)

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1 John 1:7 Or every

Matthew 7:13

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The Narrow and Wide Gates

¹³“Enter through the narrow gate.^(A) For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

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Mark 10:15

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¹⁵Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”^(A)

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Ephesians 5:8

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⁸For you were once^(A) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light^(B)

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Hebrews 12:2

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²fixing our eyes on Jesus,^(A) the pioneer^(B) and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,^(C) scorning its shame,^(D) and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.^(E)

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1 Corinthians 15:54

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⁵⁴When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”^[a]^(A)

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1 Corinthians 15:54 Isaiah 25:8

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Hebrews 13:5

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⁵Keep your lives free from the love of money^(A) and be content with what you have,^(B) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”^[a]^(C)

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Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6

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2 Corinthians 4:6

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⁶For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”^[a]^(A) made his light shine in our hearts^(B) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.^(C)

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