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21 It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us,

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27 But you have received the Holy Spirit,[a] and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit[b] teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:27a Greek the anointing from him.
  2. 2:27b Greek the anointing.

20 But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit,[a] and all of you know the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:20 Greek But you have an anointing from the Holy One.

10 In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.

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But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.)

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Good News for the Oppressed

61 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me,
    for the Lord has anointed me
    to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted
    and to proclaim that captives will be released
    and prisoners will be freed.[a]

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  1. 61:1 Greek version reads and the blind will see. Compare Luke 4:18.

38 And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

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His government and its peace
    will never end.
He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David
    for all eternity.
The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
    will make this happen!

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‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever;
    they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’” Interlude

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34 For he is sent by God. He speaks God’s words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit.

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21 “And this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children’s children forever. I, the Lord, have spoken!

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23 The Lord directs the steps of the godly.
    He delights in every detail of their lives.
24 Though they stumble, they will never fall,
    for the Lord holds them by the hand.

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18 So I advise you to buy gold from me—gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. Also buy white garments from me so you will not be shamed by your nakedness, and ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see.

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He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

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But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:3 Or from evil.

17 comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say.

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Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming.

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13 May he, as a result, make your hearts strong, blameless, and holy as you stand before God our Father when our Lord Jesus comes again with all his holy people. Amen.

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Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

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God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit.

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Give the Lord no rest until he completes his work,
    until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

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Promises of Israel’s Restoration

This is what the Lord says:

“At just the right time, I will respond to you.[a]
    On the day of salvation I will help you.
I will protect you and give you to the people
    as my covenant with them.
Through you I will reestablish the land of Israel
    and assign it to its own people again.

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Footnotes

  1. 49:8 Greek version reads I heard you. Compare 2 Cor 6:2.

Regarding Jerusalem[a] it will be said,
    “Everyone enjoys the rights of citizenship there.”
    And the Most High will personally bless this city.

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Footnotes

  1. 87:5 Hebrew Zion.

You love justice and hate evil.
    Therefore God, your God, has anointed you,
    pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.

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25 Now all glory to God, who is able to make you strong, just as my Good News says. This message about Jesus Christ has revealed his plan for you Gentiles, a plan kept secret from the beginning of time.

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