¹⁰ For we are ^(A)His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Israel’s Confession and Comfort

⁶ that the sharing of your faith may become effective ^(A)by the acknowledgment of ^(B)every good thing which is in ^[a]you in Christ Jesus.

⁴¹ So the Philistine came, and began drawing near to David, and the man who bore the shield went before him. ⁴² And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he ^(A)disdained^[a] him; for he was only a youth, ^(B)ruddy and good-looking. ⁴³ So the Philistine ^(C)said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. ⁴⁴ And the Philistine ^(D)said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

⁴⁵ Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. ^(E)But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have ^(F)defied. ⁴⁶ This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give ^(G)the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, ^(H)that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. ⁴⁷ Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord ^(I)does not save with sword and spear; for ^(J)the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.”

⁴⁸ So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ^(K)ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.