Moses' Intercession

¹² 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 favor in my sight.’ ¹³ Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please ^(C)show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is ^(D)your people.” ¹⁴ And he said, ^(E)“My presence will go with you, and ^(F)I will give you rest.” ¹⁵ And he said to him, ^(G)“If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. ¹⁶ For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? ^(H)Is it not in your going with us, ^(I)so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”

¹⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, ^(J)for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” ¹⁸ Moses said, “Please ^(K)show me your glory.” ¹⁹ And he said, ^(L)“I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And ^(M)I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. ²⁰ But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for ^(N)man shall not see me and live.” ²¹ And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, ²² and while my glory passes by I will put you in a ^(O)cleft of the rock, and I will ^(P)cover you with my hand until I have passed by. ²³ Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall ^(Q)not be seen.”

The Thessalonians' Faith and Example

^2 (A)We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly^{[a] (B)}mentioning you in our prayers, ³ remembering before ^(C)our God and Father ^(D)your work of faith and labor of ^(E)love and ^(F)steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴ For we know, ^(G)brothers^[b] loved by God, ^(H)that he has chosen you, ⁵ because ^(I)our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and ^(J)in the Holy Spirit and with full ^(K)conviction. You know ^(L)what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. ⁶ And ^(M)you became imitators of us ^(N)and of the Lord, for ^(O)you received the word in much affliction, ^(P)with the ^(Q)joy of the Holy Spirit, ⁷ so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. ⁸ For not only has the word of the Lord ^(R)sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth ^(S)everywhere, so that we need not say anything. ⁹ For they themselves report concerning us the kind of ^(T)reception we had among you, and how ^(U)you turned to God ^(V)from idols to serve the living and ^(W)true God, ¹⁰ and ^(X)to wait for his Son ^(Y)from heaven, ^(Z)whom he raised from the dead, Jesus ^(AA)who delivers us from ^(AB)the wrath to come.