12 And He said, (A)“Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for (B)now I know that you fear God, since you have not (C)withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

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21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works (A)when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see (B)that faith was working together with his works, and by (C)works faith was made [a]perfect?

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  1. James 2:22 complete

22 So Samuel said:

(A)“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, (B)to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.

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18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” (A)Show me your faith without [a]your works, (B)and I will show you my faith by [b]my works.

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  1. James 2:18 NU omits your
  2. James 2:18 NU omits my

(A)because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

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13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:

(A)Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.

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12 For (A)if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.

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13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but (A)God is faithful, (B)who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to [a]bear it.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:13 endure

32 (A)He who did not spare His own Son, but (B)delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

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But (A)God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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The Church Prospers

31 (A)Then the [a]churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were (B)edified.[b] And walking in the (C)fear of the Lord and in the (D)comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were (E)multiplied.

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  1. Acts 9:31 NU church . . . was
  2. Acts 9:31 built up

16 (A)For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten (B)Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

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29 (A)And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother [a]or wife or children or [b]lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.

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  1. Matthew 19:29 NU omits or wife
  2. Matthew 19:29 Lit. fields

Take Up the Cross and Follow Him(A)

24 (B)Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and (C)follow Me.

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37 (A)He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 (B)And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

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16 Let your light so shine before men, (A)that they may see your good works and (B)glorify your Father in heaven.

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But to you who (A)fear My name
The (B)Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.

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With what shall I come before the Lord,
And bow myself before the High God?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With calves a year old?
(A)Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
Ten thousand (B)rivers of oil?
(C)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
[a]The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

He has (D)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But (E)to do justly,
To love [b]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?

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  1. Micah 6:7 My own child
  2. Micah 6:8 Or lovingkindness

40 And (A)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but (B)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.

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(A)(they have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, (B)which I did not command or speak, nor did it come into My mind),

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(A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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11 The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him,
In those who hope in His mercy.

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14 (A)The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him,
And He will show them His covenant.

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12 Who is the man that fears the Lord?
(A)Him shall [a]He teach in the way He chooses.

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  1. Psalm 25:12 Or he

11 Serve the Lord with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.

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