Do you thus repay the Lord,
    you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he (A)your father, who (B)created you,
    who (C)made you and established you?

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Is this the way you repay(A) the Lord,
    you foolish(B) and unwise people?(C)
Is he not your Father,(D) your Creator,[a]
    who made you and formed you?(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:6 Or Father, who bought you

16 For (A)you are our Father,
    though Abraham does not know us,
    and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
    (B)our Redeemer from of old is your name.

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16 But you are our Father,(A)
    though Abraham does not know us
    or Israel acknowledge(B) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
    our Redeemer(C) from of old is your name.

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See (A)what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called (B)children of God; and so we are. The reason why (C)the world does not know us is that (D)it did not know him.

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See what great love(A) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(B) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(C)

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(A)But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
    (B)we are the clay, and you are our potter;
    (C)we are all the work of your hand.

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Yet you, Lord, are our Father.(A)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;(B)
    we are all the work of your hand.(C)

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Thus says the Lord who made you,
    (A)who formed you from the womb and will help you:
(B)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
    (C)Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

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This is what the Lord says—
    he who made(A) you, who formed you in the womb,(B)
    and who will help(C) you:
Do not be afraid,(D) Jacob, my servant,(E)
    Jeshurun,[a](F) whom I have chosen.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:2 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.

(A)Remember your congregation, which you have (B)purchased of old,
    which you have (C)redeemed to be (D)the tribe of your heritage!
    Remember Mount Zion, (E)where you have dwelt.

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Remember the nation you purchased(A) long ago,(B)
    the people of your inheritance,(C) whom you redeemed(D)
    Mount Zion,(E) where you dwelt.(F)

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False Prophets and Teachers

But (A)false prophets also arose among the people, (B)just as there will be false teachers among you, who will (C)secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master (D)who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

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False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

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And because you are sons, God has sent (A)the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

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Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son(A) into our hearts,(B) the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,[a] Father.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 4:6 Aramaic for Father

26 for in Christ Jesus (A)you are all sons of God, through faith.

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26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God(A) through faith,

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20 (A)for you were bought with a price. (B)So glorify God in your body.

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20 you were bought at a price.(A) Therefore honor God with your bodies.(B)

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15 For (A)you did not receive (B)the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of (C)adoption as sons, by whom we cry, (D)“Abba! Father!”

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15 The Spirit(A) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;(B) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[a] And by him we cry, “Abba,[b] Father.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:15 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.
  2. Romans 8:15 Aramaic for father

28 (A)Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all (B)the flock, in which (C)the Holy Spirit has made you (D)overseers, (E)to care for (F)the church of God,[a] which he (G)obtained (H)with his own blood.[b]

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  1. Acts 20:28 Some manuscripts of the Lord
  2. Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his Own

28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(A) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(B) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](C) which he bought(D) with his own blood.[b](E)

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  1. Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
  2. Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son

41 You are doing the works your father did.” They said to him, (A)“We were not born of sexual immorality. We have (B)one Father—even God.”

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41 You are doing the works of your own father.”(A)

“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”(B)

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