Genesis 3:15

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¹⁵I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring^[a] and ^(A)her offspring;
^(B)he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 3:15 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis

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Genesis 12:3

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³^(A)I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and ^(B)in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”^[a]

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Genesis 12:3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves

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Psalm 2

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The Reign of the Lord's Anointed

2 ^(A)Why do ^(B)the nations rage^[a]
    and the peoples plot in vain?
²The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the Lord and against his ^(C)Anointed, saying,
³“Let us ^(D)burst their bonds apart
    and cast away their cords from us.”

⁴He who ^(E)sits in the heavens ^(F)laughs;
    the Lord holds them in derision.
⁵Then he will speak to them in his ^(G)wrath,
    and terrify them in his fury, saying,
⁶“As for me, I have ^(H)set my King
    on ^(I)Zion, my ^(J)holy hill.”

⁷I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, ^(K)“You are my Son;
    today I have begotten you.
⁸Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
    and ^(L)the ends of the earth your possession.
⁹You shall ^(M)break^[b] them with ^(N)a rod of iron
    and dash them in pieces like ^(O)a potter's vessel.”

¹⁰Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
    be warned, O rulers of the earth.
¹¹^(P)Serve the Lord with ^(Q)fear,
    and ^(R)rejoice with ^(S)trembling.
¹²^(T)Kiss ^(U)the Son,
    lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
    for his ^(V)wrath is quickly kindled.
^(W)Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Footnotes

Psalm 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble
Psalm 2:9 Revocalization yields (compare Septuagint) You shall rule

Psalm 110

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Sit at My Right Hand

A Psalm of David.

110 ^(A)The Lord says to my Lord:
^(B)“Sit at my right hand,
^(C)until I make your enemies your ^(D)footstool.”

²The Lord sends forth ^(E)from Zion
    ^(F)your mighty scepter.
    ^(G)Rule in the midst of your enemies!
³^(H)Your people will ^(I)offer themselves freely
    on the day of your ^(J)power,^[a]
    in ^(K)holy garments;^[b]
from the womb of the morning,
    the dew of your youth will be yours.^[c]
⁴^(L)The Lord has ^(M)sworn
    and will ^(N)not change his mind,
^(O)“You are ^(P)a priest ^(Q)forever
    after the order of ^(R)Melchizedek.”

⁵The Lord is at your ^(S)right hand;
    he will ^(T)shatter kings on ^(U)the day of his wrath.
⁶He will ^(V)execute judgment among the nations,
    ^(W)filling them with corpses;
he will ^(X)shatter chiefs^[d]
    over the wide earth.
⁷He will ^(Y)drink from the brook by the way;
    therefore he will lift up his head.

Footnotes

Psalm 110:3 Or on the day you lead your forces
Psalm 110:3 Masoretic Text; some Hebrew manuscripts and Jerome on the holy mountains
Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Psalm 110:6 Or the head

Matthew 1:21-23

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²¹She will bear a son, and ^(A)you shall call his name Jesus, ^(B)for he will save his people from their sins.” ²²^(C)All this took place ^(D)to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

²³^(E)“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name ^(F)Immanuel”

(which means, God ^(G)with us).

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Galatians 3

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By Faith, or by Works of the Law?

3 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? ^(A)It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly ^(B)portrayed as crucified. ²Let me ask you only this: ^(C)Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by ^(D)hearing with faith? ³Are you so foolish? ^(E)Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by^[a] the flesh? ⁴^(F)Did you suffer^[b] so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? ⁵Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and ^(G)works miracles among you do so ^(H)by works of the law, or by hearing with faith— ⁶just as ^(I)Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?

⁷Know then that it is ^(J)those of faith who are ^(K)the sons of Abraham. ⁸And the Scripture, foreseeing that ^(L)God would justify^[c] the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ^(M)“In you shall all the nations be blessed.” ⁹So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

¹⁰For all who rely on works of the law are ^(N)under a curse; for it is written, ^(O)“Cursed be everyone who does not ^(P)abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” ¹¹Now it is evident that ^(Q)no one is justified before God by the law, for ^(R)“The righteous shall live by faith.”^[d] ¹²But the law is not of faith, rather ^(S)“The one who does them shall live by them.” ¹³Christ ^(T)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, ^(U)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged ^(V)on a tree”— ¹⁴so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might ^(W)come to the Gentiles, so that ^(X)we might receive ^(Y)the promised Spirit^[e] through faith.

The Law and the Promise

¹⁵^(Z)To give a human example, brothers:^[f] ^(AA)even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. ¹⁶Now ^(AB)the promises were made ^(AC)to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, ^(AD)“And to your offspring,” who is Christ. ¹⁷This is what I mean: the law, which came ^(AE)430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as ^(AF)to make the promise void. ¹⁸For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but ^(AG)God gave it to Abraham by a promise.

¹⁹Why then the law? ^(AH)It was added because of transgressions, ^(AI)until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was ^(AJ)put in place through angels ^(AK)by an intermediary. ²⁰Now ^(AL)an intermediary implies more than one, but ^(AM)God is one.

²¹Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For ^(AN)if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. ²²But the Scripture ^(AO)imprisoned everything under sin, so that ^(AP)the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given ^(AQ)to those who believe.

²³Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, ^(AR)imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. ²⁴So then, ^(AS)the law was our ^(AT)guardian until Christ came, ^(AU)in order that we might be justified by faith. ²⁵But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, ²⁶for in Christ Jesus ^(AV)you are all sons of God, through faith. ²⁷For as many of you as ^(AW)were baptized ^(AX)into Christ have ^(AY)put on Christ. ²⁸^(AZ)There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave^[g] nor free, ^(BA)there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹And ^(BB)if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, ^(BC)heirs according to promise.

Footnotes

Galatians 3:3 Or now ending with
Galatians 3:4 Or experience
Galatians 3:8 Or count righteous; also verses 11, 24
Galatians 3:11 Or The one who by faith is righteous will live
Galatians 3:14 Greek receive the promise of the Spirit
Galatians 3:15 Or brothers and sisters
Galatians 3:28 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface