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Paul’s Thanksgiving after Affliction

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation,(A)

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Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.3 Gk heavenlies

A Living Hope

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead(A)

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May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,(A) so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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God’s Compassion and Steadfast Love

18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
    and passing over the transgression
    of the remnant of his possession?
He does not retain his anger forever
    because he delights in showing steadfast love.(A)

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Everyone who does not abide in the teaching of Christ, but goes beyond it,[a] does not have God; whoever abides in the teaching[b] has both the Father and the Son.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 9 Other ancient authorities read turns aside
  2. 9 Other ancient authorities add of Christ

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
    abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.(A)

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11 and every tongue should confess
    that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.(A)

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17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him,(A)

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22 The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,(A) 23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.(B)

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Nebuchadnezzar Praises God

34 When that period was over, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me.

I blessed the Most High
    and praised and honored the one who lives forever.
For his sovereignty is an everlasting sovereignty,
    and his kingdom endures from generation to generation.(A)

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To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, but we have rebelled against him(A)

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19 Blessed be his glorious name forever;
    may his glory fill the whole earth.
                Amen and Amen.(A)

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Then the Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, “Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.”(A)

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Truth and Love

I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father.

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31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus (blessed be he forever!) knows that I do not lie.(A)

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15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.(A)

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46 The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock,
    and exalted be the God of my salvation,(A)

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20 and blessed be God Most High,[a]
    who has delivered your enemies into your hand!”

And Abram gave him one-tenth of everything.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 14.20 Heb El Elyon

17 Jesus said to her, “Do not touch me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”(A)

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David’s Praise to God

10 Then David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly; David said, “Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel, forever and ever.

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21 He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”(A)

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