Galatians 4:12-20

New King James Version

¹²Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you. ^(A)You have not injured me at all. ¹³You know that ^(B)because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first. ¹⁴And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me ^(C)as an ^[a]angel of God, ^(D)even as Christ Jesus. ¹⁵^[b]What then was the blessing you enjoyed? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me. ¹⁶Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?

¹⁷They ^(E)zealously court you, but for no good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may be zealous for them. ¹⁸But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you. ¹⁹^(F)My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you, ²⁰I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.

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Isaiah 35

New King James Version

The Future Glory of Zion

35 The ^(A)wilderness and the ^[a]wasteland shall be glad for them,
And the ^(B)desert^[b] shall rejoice and blossom as the rose;
²^(C)It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice,
Even with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
The excellence of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the ^(D)glory of the Lord,
The excellency of our God.

³^(E)Strengthen the ^[c]weak hands,
And make firm the ^[d]feeble knees.
⁴Say to those who are fearful-hearted,
“Be strong, do not fear!
Behold, your God will come with ^(F)vengeance,
With the recompense of God;
He will come and ^(G)save you.”

⁵Then the ^(H)eyes of the blind shall be opened,
And ^(I)the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
⁶Then the ^(J)lame shall leap like a deer,
And the ^(K)tongue of the dumb sing.
For ^(L)waters shall burst forth in the wilderness,
And streams in the desert.
⁷The parched ground shall become a pool,
And the thirsty land springs of water;
In ^(M)the habitation of jackals, where each lay,
There shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

⁸A ^(N)highway shall be there, and a road,
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
^(O)The unclean shall not pass over it,
But it shall be for others.
Whoever walks the road, although a fool,
Shall not go astray.
⁹^(P)No lion shall be there,
Nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it;
It shall not be found there.
But the redeemed shall walk there,
¹⁰And the ^(Q)ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And ^(R)sorrow and sighing shall flee away.