everyone who is called by my name,(A)
    whom I created(B) for my glory,(C)
    whom I formed and made.(D)

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10 For we are God’s handiwork,(A) created(B) in Christ Jesus to do good works,(C) which God prepared in advance for us to do.

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21     the people I formed(A) for myself(B)
    that they may proclaim my praise.(C)

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12 in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.(A)

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23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(A) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(B)

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But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E)

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The nations(A) will see your vindication,
    and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name(B)
    that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
You will be a crown(C) of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
    a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
No longer will they call you Deserted,(D)
    or name your land Desolate.(E)
But you will be called Hephzibah,[a](F)
    and your land Beulah[b];
for the Lord will take delight(G) in you,
    and your land will be married.(H)
As a young man marries a young woman,
    so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom(I) rejoices over his bride,
    so will your God rejoice(J) over you.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
  2. Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.

This is to my Father’s glory,(A) that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.(B)

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to them I will give within my temple and its walls(A)
    a memorial(B) and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name(C)
    that will endure forever.(D)

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11 For my own sake,(A) for my own sake, I do this.
    How can I let myself be defamed?(B)
    I will not yield my glory to another.(C)

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Israel’s Only Savior

43 But now, this is what the Lord says—
    he who created(A) you, Jacob,
    he who formed(B) you, Israel:(C)
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed(D) you;
    I have summoned you by name;(E) you are mine.(F)

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Know that the Lord is God.(A)
    It is he who made us,(B) and we are his[a];
    we are his people,(C) the sheep of his pasture.(D)

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  1. Psalm 100:3 Or and not we ourselves

23 Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,
    and to the blameless[a] I will show my salvation.(A)

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  1. Psalm 50:23 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; the meaning of the Masoretic Text for this phrase is uncertain.

23 When they see among them their children,(A)
    the work of my hands,(B)
they will keep my name holy;(C)
    they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One(D) of Jacob,
    and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

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Come, let us bow down(A) in worship,(B)
    let us kneel(C) before the Lord our Maker;(D)
for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,(E)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,

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12 The one who is victorious(A) I will make a pillar(B) in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God(C) and the name of the city of my God,(D) the new Jerusalem,(E) which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.

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15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything;(A) what counts is the new creation.(B)

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26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples(A) were called Christians first(B) at Antioch.

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16 In those days Judah will be saved(A)
    and Jerusalem will live in safety.(B)
This is the name by which it[a] will be called:(C)
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.’(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 33:16 Or he

Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?

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to the praise of his glorious grace,(A) which he has freely given us in the One he loves.(B)

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17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,(A) the new creation(B) has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or Christ, that person is a new creation.

Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[a](A)

“How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”

Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.(B) Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[b] gives birth to spirit.(C) You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[c] must be born again.’

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:3 The Greek for again also means from above; also in verse 7.
  2. John 3:6 Or but spirit
  3. John 3:7 The Greek is plural.

19 We are yours from of old;
    but you have not ruled over them,
    they have not been called[a] by your name.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:19 Or We are like those you have never ruled, / like those never called

14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ,(A) you are blessed,(B) for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

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