2 Timothy 3:16-17

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¹⁶^(A)All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, ¹⁷that ^(B)the man of God^[a] may be complete, ^(C)equipped ^(D)for every good work.

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2 Timothy 3:17 That is, a messenger of God (the phrase echoes a common Old Testament expression)

John 1:1-3

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The Word Became Flesh

1 ^(A)In the beginning was ^(B)the Word, and ^(C)the Word was with God, and ^(D)the Word was God. ²He was in the beginning with God. ³^(E)All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

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Genesis 1:1-2

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The Creation of the World

1 In the ^(A)beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. ²The earth was ^(B)without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

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Genesis 1:26

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²⁶Then God said, ^(A)“Let us make man^[a] in our image, ^(B)after our likeness. And ^(C)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

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Genesis 1:26 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam

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Numbers 24:15-17

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Balaam's Final Oracle

¹⁵^(A)And he took up his discourse and said,

“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
    the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
¹⁶the oracle of him who hears the words of God,
    and knows the knowledge of ^(B)the Most High,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
    ^(C)falling down with his eyes uncovered:
¹⁷^(D)I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near:
^(E)a star shall come out of Jacob,
    and ^(F)a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall ^(G)crush the forehead^[a] of Moab
    and break down all the sons of Sheth.

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Numbers 24:17 Hebrew corners [of the head]

Isaiah 9:6

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⁶^(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us ^(B)a son is given;
^(C)and the government shall be ^(D)upon^[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called^[b]
Wonderful ^(E)Counselor, ^(F)Mighty God,
    ^(G)Everlasting ^(H)Father, Prince of ^(I)Peace.

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Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

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Isaiah 48:12-16

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The Lord's Call to Israel

¹²“Listen to me, O Jacob,
    and Israel, whom I called!
I am he; ^(A)I am the first,
    and I am the last.
¹³My hand ^(B)laid the foundation of the earth,
    and my right hand ^(C)spread out the heavens;
^(D)when I call to them,
    they stand forth together.

¹⁴“Assemble, all of you, and listen!
    ^(E)Who among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him;
    ^(F)he shall perform his purpose on Babylon,
    and his arm shall be against ^(G)the Chaldeans.
¹⁵^(H)I, even I, have spoken and called him;
    I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.
¹⁶^(I)Draw near to me, hear this:
    from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,
    from the time it came to be I have been there.”
And now ^(J)the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.

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Zechariah 12:10

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Him Whom They Have Pierced

¹⁰“And ^(A)I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and ^(B)pleas for mercy, so that, ^(C)when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ^(D)they shall mourn for him, ^(E)as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

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Micah 5:2

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²^[a] ^(A)But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
    who are too little to be among the clans of ^(B)Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
    one who is to be ^(C)ruler in Israel,
^(D)whose coming forth is ^(E)from of old,
    from ancient days.

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Micah 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew

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Malachi 3:1

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3 ^(A)“Behold, I send ^(B)my messenger, and ^(C)he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord ^(D)whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ^(E)the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

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Matthew 12:1-6

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Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

12 At that time ^(A)Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and ^(B)they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. ²But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, ^(C)“Look, your disciples are doing ^(D)what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” ³He said to them, ^(E)“Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: ⁴how he entered the house of God and ate ^(F)the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? ⁵Or have you not read ^(G)in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? ⁶I tell you, ^(H)something greater than the temple is here.

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Mark 2:28

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²⁸So ^(A)the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

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John 16:12-15

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¹²“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. ¹³When ^(A)the Spirit of truth comes, ^(B)he will ^(C)guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but ^(D)whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. ¹⁴He will ^(E)glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. ¹⁵^(F)All that the Father has is mine; ^(G)therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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John 8:31-59

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The Truth Will Set You Free

³¹So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ^(A)“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, ³²and you will ^(B)know the truth, and the truth ^(C)will set you free.” ³³They answered him, ^(D)“We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

³⁴Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(E)everyone who practices sin is a slave^[a] to sin. ³⁵^(F)The slave does not remain in the house forever; ^(G)the son remains forever. ³⁶So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. ³⁷I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet ^(H)you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. ³⁸^(I)I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard ^(J)from your father.”

You Are of Your Father the Devil

³⁹They answered him, ^(K)“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, ^(L)“If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, ⁴⁰but now ^(M)you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth ^(N)that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. ⁴¹You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, ^(O)“We were not born of sexual immorality. We have ^(P)one Father—even God.” ⁴²Jesus said to them, ^(Q)“If God were your Father, you would love me, for ^(R)I came from God and ^(S)I am here. ^(T)I came not of my own accord, but ^(U)he sent me. ⁴³^(V)Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot ^(W)bear to hear my word. ⁴⁴^(X)You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. ^(Y)He was a murderer from the beginning, and ^(Z)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. ^(AA)When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. ⁴⁵But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. ⁴⁶Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? ⁴⁷^(AB)Whoever is of God hears the words of God. ^(AC)The reason why you do not hear them is that ^(AD)you are not of God.”

Before Abraham Was, I Am

⁴⁸The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and ^(AE)have a demon?” ⁴⁹Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but ^(AF)I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. ⁵⁰Yet ^(AG)I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. ⁵¹Truly, truly, ^(AH)I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never ^(AI)see death.” ⁵²The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! ^(AJ)Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet ^(AK)you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never ^(AL)taste death.’ ⁵³^(AM)Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?” ⁵⁴Jesus answered, ^(AN)“If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. ^(AO)It is my Father who glorifies me, ^(AP)of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’^[b] ⁵⁵But ^(AQ)you have not known him. ^(AR)I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be ^(AS)a liar ^(AT)like you, but I do know him and I keep his word. ⁵⁶^(AU)Your father Abraham ^(AV)rejoiced ^(AW)that he would see my day. ^(AX)He saw it and was glad.” ⁵⁷So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”^[c] ⁵⁸Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, ^(AY)I am.” ⁵⁹So ^(AZ)they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

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John 8:34 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 35
John 8:54 Some manuscripts your God
John 8:57 Some manuscripts has Abraham seen you?

Hebrews 1:1-4

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The Supremacy of God's Son

1 Long ago, at many times and ^(A)in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, ²but ^(B)in these last days ^(C)he has spoken to us by ^(D)his Son, whom he appointed ^(E)the heir of all things, ^(F)through whom also he created ^(G)the world. ³He is the radiance of the glory of God and ^(H)the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. ^(I)After making purification for sins, ^(J)he sat down ^(K)at the right hand of the Majesty on high, ⁴having become as much superior to angels as the name ^(L)he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

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Colossians 1:9-20

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⁹And so, ^(A)from the day we heard, ^(B)we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that ^(C)you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all ^(D)spiritual wisdom and understanding, ¹⁰so as ^(E)to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, ^(F)fully pleasing to him: ^(G)bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; ¹¹^(H)being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for ^(I)all endurance and patience ^(J)with joy; ¹²^(K)giving thanks^[a] to the Father, who has qualified you^[b] to share in ^(L)the inheritance of the saints in light. ¹³He ^(M)has delivered us from ^(N)the domain of darkness and transferred us to ^(O)the kingdom of ^(P)his beloved Son, ¹⁴^(Q)in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

The Preeminence of Christ

¹⁵^(R)He is the image of ^(S)the invisible God, ^(T)the firstborn of all creation. ¹⁶For by^[c] him all things were created, ^(U)in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(V)thrones or ^(W)dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created ^(X)through him and for him. ¹⁷And ^(Y)he is before all things, and in him all things ^(Z)hold together. ¹⁸And ^(AA)he is the head of the body, the church. He is ^(AB)the beginning, ^(AC)the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. ¹⁹For ^(AD)in him all the ^(AE)fullness of God was pleased to dwell, ²⁰and ^(AF)through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, ^(AG)making peace ^(AH)by the blood of his cross.

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Colossians 1:12 Or patience, with joy giving thanks
Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us
Colossians 1:16 That is, by means of; or in

Acts 20:18-28

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¹⁸And when they came to him, he said to them:

^(A)“You yourselves know ^(B)how I lived among you the whole time ^(C)from the first day that I set foot in Asia, ¹⁹^(D)serving the Lord ^(E)with all humility and with ^(F)tears and with trials that happened to me through ^(G)the plots of the Jews; ²⁰how I ^(H)did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and ^(I)teaching you in public and from house to house, ²¹^(J)testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of ^(K)repentance toward God and of ^(L)faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.^[a] ²²And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained ^(M)by^[b] the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, ²³except that ^(N)the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that ^(O)imprisonment and ^(P)afflictions await me. ²⁴But ^(Q)I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only ^(R)I may finish my course and ^(S)the ministry ^(T)that I received from the Lord Jesus, ^(U)to testify to ^(V)the gospel of ^(W)the grace of God. ²⁵And now, behold, ^(X)I know that none of you among whom I have gone about ^(Y)proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. ²⁶Therefore ^(Z)I testify to you this day that ^(AA)I am innocent of the blood of all, ²⁷for ^(AB)I did not shrink from declaring to you ^(AC)the whole counsel of God. ²⁸^(AD)Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all ^(AE)the flock, in which ^(AF)the Holy Spirit has made you ^(AG)overseers, ^(AH)to care for ^(AI)the church of God,^[c] which he ^(AJ)obtained ^(AK)with his own blood.^[d]