10 and have put on the new man who (A)is renewed in knowledge (B)according to the image of Him who (C)created him, 11 where there is neither (D)Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, (E)but Christ is all and in all.

Character of the New Man

12 Therefore, (F)as the elect of God, holy and beloved, (G)put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

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The Promise of God’s Presence

12 Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, (A)You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, (B)‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’ 13 Now therefore, I pray, (C)if I have found grace in Your sight, (D)show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is (E)Your people.”

14 And He said, (F)“My Presence will go with you, and I will give you (G)rest.”

15 Then he said to Him, (H)“If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, (I)except You go with us? So we (J)shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”

17 So the Lord said to Moses, (K)“I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”

18 And he said, “Please, show me (L)Your glory.”

19 Then He said, “I will make all My (M)goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. (N)I will be gracious to whom I will be (O)gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” 20 But He said, “You cannot see My face; for (P)no man shall see Me, and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. 22 So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you (Q)in the cleft of the rock, and will (R)cover you with My hand while I pass by. 23 Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall (S)not be seen.”

Moses Makes New Tablets(T)

34 And the Lord said to Moses, (U)“Cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and (V)I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke. So be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself to Me there (W)on the top of the mountain. And no man shall (X)come up with you, and let no man be seen throughout all the mountain; let neither flocks nor herds feed before that mountain.”

So he cut two tablets of stone like the first ones. Then Moses rose early in the morning and went up Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him; and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.

Now the Lord descended in the (Y)cloud and stood with him there, and (Z)proclaimed the name of the Lord. And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord (AA)God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in (AB)goodness and (AC)truth, (AD)keeping mercy for thousands, (AE)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, (AF)by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”

So Moses made haste and (AG)bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped. Then he said, “If now I have found grace in Your sight, O Lord, (AH)let my Lord, I pray, go among us, even though we are a (AI)stiff-necked[a] people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as (AJ)Your inheritance.”

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:9 stubborn

15 Do you not know that (A)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not!

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Greeting to the Elect Pilgrims

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To the [a]pilgrims (A)of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, (B)elect (C)according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, (D)in sanctification of the Spirit, for (E)obedience and (F)sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:

(G)Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:1 sojourners, temporary residents

33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? (A)It is God who justifies.

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20 And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

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22 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and (A)wonders to deceive, if possible, even the [a]elect.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 13:22 chosen ones

27 And then He will send His angels, and gather together His [a]elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of earth to the farthest part of heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 13:27 chosen ones

And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord (A)God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in (B)goodness and (C)truth,

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36 (A)But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were [a]weary and scattered, (B)like sheep having no shepherd.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 9:36 NU, M harassed

But when (A)the kindness and the love of (B)God our Savior toward man appeared, (C)not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through (D)the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

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that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in (A)His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

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29 Take My yoke upon you (A)and learn from Me, for I am [a]gentle and (B)lowly in heart, (C)and you will find rest for your souls.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:29 meek

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