For you know the grace(A) of our Lord Jesus Christ,(B) that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor,(C) so that you through his poverty might become rich.(D)

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32 He who did not spare his own Son,(A) but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

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Who, being in very nature[a] God,(A)
    did not consider equality with God(B) something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing(C)
    by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,(D)
    being made in human likeness.(E)
And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death(F)
        even death on a cross!(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of
  2. Philippians 2:7 Or the form

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.(A)

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10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;(A) poor, yet making many rich;(B) having nothing,(C) and yet possessing everything.(D)

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14 The Word became flesh(A) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(B) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(C) and truth.(D)

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58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man(A) has no place to lay his head.”

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And again, when God brings his firstborn(A) into the world,(B) he says,

“Let all God’s angels worship him.”[a](C)

In speaking of the angels he says,

“He makes his angels spirits,
    and his servants flames of fire.”[b](D)

But about the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;(E)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions(F)
    by anointing you with the oil(G) of joy.”[c](H)

10 He also says,

“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.(I)
11 They will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.(J)
12 You will roll them up like a robe;
    like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,(K)
    and your years will never end.”[d](L)

13 To which of the angels did God ever say,

“Sit at my right hand(M)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool(N) for your feet”[e]?(O)

14 Are not all angels ministering spirits(P) sent to serve those who will inherit(Q) salvation?(R)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:6 Deut. 32:43 (see Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint)
  2. Hebrews 1:7 Psalm 104:4
  3. Hebrews 1:9 Psalm 45:6,7
  4. Hebrews 1:12 Psalm 102:25-27
  5. Hebrews 1:13 Psalm 110:1

18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds,(A) and to be generous and willing to share.(B)

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Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people,(A) this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles(B) the boundless riches of Christ,(C)

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in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace,(A) expressed in his kindness(B) to us in Christ Jesus.

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14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,(A) and the love of God,(B) and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit(C) be with you all.

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Listen, my dear brothers and sisters:(A) Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world(B) to be rich in faith(C) and to inherit the kingdom(D) he promised those who love him?(E)

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but in these last days(A) he has spoken to us by his Son,(B) whom he appointed heir(C) of all things, and through whom(D) also he made the universe.(E)

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to the praise of his glorious grace,(A) which he has freely given us in the One he loves.(B) In him we have redemption(C) through his blood,(D) the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches(E) of God’s grace that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,

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11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth,(A) who will trust you with true riches?

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20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.(A) But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,(B) 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death,(C) so also grace(D) might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life(E) through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Thanksgiving

I always thank my God for you(A) because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.

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The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C) He was with God in the beginning.(D) Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.(E) In him was life,(F) and that life was the light(G) of all mankind.

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and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

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He grew up before him like a tender shoot,(A)
    and like a root(B) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance(C) that we should desire him.

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18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,(A) so you can become rich; and white clothes(B) to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;(C) and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

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19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge(A)—that you may be filled(B) to the measure of all the fullness of God.(C)

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17 For the law was given through Moses;(A) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(B)

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