Acts 10:34-35

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³⁴Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism^(A) ³⁵but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.^(B)

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Acts 10:39-40

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³⁹“We are witnesses^(A) of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross,^(B) ⁴⁰but God raised him from the dead^(C) on the third day and caused him to be seen.

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Jeremiah 31:1-3

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31 “At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God^(A) of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”

²This is what the Lord says:

“The people who survive the sword
will find favor^(B) in the wilderness;
I will come to give rest^(C) to Israel.”

³The Lord appeared to us in the past,^[a] saying:

“I have loved^(D) you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn^(E) you with unfailing kindness.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 31:3 Or Lord has appeared to us from afar

Psalm 118:1-9

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Psalm 118

¹Give thanks to the Lord,^(A) for he is good;^(B)
his love endures forever.^(C)

²Let Israel say:^(D)
    “His love endures forever.”^(E)
³Let the house of Aaron say:^(F)
    “His love endures forever.”
⁴Let those who fear the Lord^(G) say:
    “His love endures forever.”

⁵When hard pressed,^(H) I cried to the Lord;
    he brought me into a spacious place.^(I)
⁶The Lord is with me;^(J) I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?^(K)
⁷The Lord is with me; he is my helper.^(L)
    I look in triumph on my enemies.^(M)

⁸It is better to take refuge in the Lord^(N)
than to trust in humans.^(O)
⁹It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in princes.^(P)

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Psalm 118:15-17

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¹⁵Shouts of joy^(A) and victory
    resound in the tents of the righteous:
“The Lord’s right hand^(B) has done mighty things!^(C)
¹⁶    The Lord’s right hand is lifted high;
    the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!”
¹⁷I will not die^(D) but live,
    and will proclaim^(E) what the Lord has done.