26 (A)God, (B)having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, (C)to bless you (D)by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”

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21 She will bear a son, and (A)you shall call his name Jesus, (B)for he will save his people from their sins.”

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22 Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you (A)a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen (B)to him in whatever he tells you.

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Doxology

24 (A)Now to him who is able (B)to keep you from stumbling and (C)to present you (D)blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,

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You know that (A)he appeared in order to (B)take away sins, and (C)in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; (D)no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, (E)let no one deceive you. (F)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. (G)Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was (H)to destroy the works of the devil.

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The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

16 For (A)I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is (B)the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew (C)first and also to (D)the Greek.

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46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God (A)be spoken first to you. (B)Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves (C)unworthy of eternal life, behold, we (D)are turning to the Gentiles. 47 (E)For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,

(F)“‘I have made you (G)a light for the Gentiles,
    that you may (H)bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

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25 (A)You are the sons of the prophets and of (B)the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, (C)‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’

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And (A)I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed,
12,000 from the tribe of Reuben,
12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
12,000 from the tribe of Asher,
12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,
12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,
12,000 from the tribe of Levi,
12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,
12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,
12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.

A Great Multitude from Every Nation

After this I looked, and behold, (B)a great multitude that no one could number, (C)from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, (D)clothed in white robes, with (E)palm branches in their hands,

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(A)Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, (B)bless, for (C)to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.

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Born Again to a Living Hope

(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! (B)According to his great mercy, (C)he has caused us to be born again to a living hope (D)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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11 For (A)the grace of God (B)has appeared, bringing salvation (C)for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and (D)worldly passions, and (E)to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in (F)the present age, 13 (G)waiting for our blessed (H)hope, the (I)appearing of the glory of our great (J)God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 (K)who gave himself for us to (L)redeem us from all lawlessness and (M)to purify for himself (N)a people for his own possession who are (O)zealous for good works.

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26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by (A)the washing of water (B)with the word, 27 so (C)that he might present the church to himself in splendor, (D)without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 5:27 Or holy and blameless

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

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

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So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

10 For all who rely on works of the law are (A)under a curse; for it is written, (B)“Cursed be everyone who does not (C)abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” 11 Now it is evident that (D)no one is justified before God by the law, for (E)“The righteous shall live by faith.”[a] 12 But the law is not of faith, rather (F)“The one who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ (G)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, (H)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged (I)on a tree”— 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might (J)come to the Gentiles, so that (K)we might receive (L)the promised Spirit[b] through faith.

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  1. Galatians 3:11 Or The one who by faith is righteous will live
  2. Galatians 3:14 Greek receive the promise of the Spirit

29 I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing[a] of Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:29 Some manuscripts insert of the gospel

There will be tribulation and distress (A)for every human being who does evil, the Jew (B)first and also the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and (C)peace for everyone who does good, (D)the Jew first and also the Greek.

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23 When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening (A)he expounded to them, testifying to (B)the kingdom of God and (C)trying to convince them about Jesus (D)both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets. 24 And (E)some were convinced by what he said, but others disbelieved. 25 And disagreeing among themselves, they departed after Paul had made one statement: (F)“The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

26 (G)“‘Go to this people, and say,
(H)“You will indeed hear but never understand,
    and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
27 (I)For this people's heart has grown dull,
    and with their ears they can barely hear,
    and their eyes they have closed;
lest they should see with their eyes
    and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart
    and (J)turn, and I would heal them.’

28 Therefore let it be known to you that (K)this (L)salvation of God (M)has been sent to the Gentiles; (N)they will listen.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 28:28 Some manuscripts add verse 29: And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, having much dispute among themselves

20 but declared first (A)to those in Damascus, (B)then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also (C)to the Gentiles, that they should (D)repent and (E)turn to God, performing deeds (F)in keeping with their repentance.

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15 and you killed (A)the Author of life, (B)whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.

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But you will receive (A)power (B)when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and (C)you will be (D)my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and (E)Samaria, and (F)to the end of the earth.”

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Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

(A)These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of (B)the Samaritans, (C)but go rather to (D)the lost sheep of (E)the house of Israel.

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25 (A)I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from (B)all your uncleannesses, and (C)from all your idols (D)I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you (E)a new heart, and (F)a new spirit I will put within you. (G)And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 (H)And I will put my Spirit within you, (I)and cause you to walk in my statutes and (J)be careful to obey my rules.[a] 28 (K)You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and (L)you shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 And (M)I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And (N)I will summon the grain and make it abundant and (O)lay no famine upon you.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:27 Or my just decrees

19 (A)And I will give them one heart, and (B)a new spirit I will put within them. (C)I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh (D)and give them a heart of flesh, 20 (E)that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. (F)And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

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