But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (A)darkness into His marvelous light;

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15 (A)Therefore by Him let us continually offer (B)the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, (C)the fruit of our lips, [a]giving thanks to His name.

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  1. Hebrews 13:15 Lit. confessing

19 Or (A)do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, (B)and you are not your own? 20 For (C)you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [a]and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:20 NU omits the rest of v. 20.

18 This will be (A)written for the generation to come,
That (B)a people yet to be created may praise the Lord.

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31 (A)Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

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74 To grant us that we,
Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might (A)serve Him without fear,
75 (B)In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.

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To [a]console those who mourn in Zion,
(A)To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
(B)The planting of the Lord, (C)that He may be glorified.”

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  1. Isaiah 61:3 Lit. appoint

16 For (A)by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or (B)dominions or [a]principalities or [b]powers. All things were created (C)through Him and for Him.

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  1. Colossians 1:16 rulers
  2. Colossians 1:16 authorities

(A)having predestined us to (B)adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, (C)according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, (D)by which He [a]made us accepted in (E)the Beloved.

(F)In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to (G)the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and [b]prudence, (H)having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure (I)which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of (J)the fullness of the times (K)He might gather together in one (L)all things in Christ, [c]both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. 11 (M)In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to (N)the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 (O)that we (P)who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

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  1. Ephesians 1:6 Lit. bestowed grace (favor) upon us
  2. Ephesians 1:8 understanding
  3. Ephesians 1:10 NU, M omit both

21 (A)Also your people shall all be righteous;
(B)They shall inherit the land forever,
(C)The branch of My planting,
(D)The work of My hands,
That I may be glorified.

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21 (A)to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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“For the Lord God will help Me;
Therefore I will not be disgraced;
Therefore (A)I have set My face like a flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed.

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14 (A)who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed (B)and purify for Himself (C)His own special people, zealous for good works.

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But know that (A)the Lord has [a]set apart for Himself him who is godly;
The Lord will hear when I call to Him.

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  1. Psalm 4:3 Many Heb. mss., LXX, Tg., Vg. made wonderful

The (A)Lord has made all for Himself,
(B)Yes, even the wicked for the day of [a]doom.

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  1. Proverbs 16:4 Lit. evil

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