(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.

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  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

11 For (A)unto you is born this day in (B)the city of David (C)a Savior, who is (D)Christ (E)the Lord.

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(A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous (B)Branch, and (C)he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and (D)Israel will (E)dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: (F)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

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14 Therefore the (A)Lord himself will give you a sign. (B)Behold, the (C)virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name (D)Immanuel.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God is with us

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

(which means, God (C)with us).

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16 On his robe and on his thigh (A)he has a name written, (B)King of kings and Lord of lords.

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20 And we know that the Son of God has come and (A)has given us understanding, so that we may know (B)him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and (C)eternal life.

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The Word Became Flesh

(A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and (C)the Word was with God, and (D)the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.

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16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:

(A)He[a] was manifested in the flesh,
    vindicated[b] by the Spirit,[c]
        (B)seen by angels,
(C)proclaimed among the nations,
    (D)believed on in the world,
        (E)taken up in glory.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:16 Greek Who; some manuscripts God; others Which
  2. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or justified
  3. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or vindicated in spirit

(A)But he was pierced for our transgressions;
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
    (B)and with his wounds we are healed.

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29 This also comes from the Lord of hosts;
    he is (A)wonderful in counsel
    and excellent in wisdom.

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13 And again,

(A)“I will put my trust in him.”

And again,

(B)“Behold, I and the children (C)God has given me.”

14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise (D)partook of the same things, that (E)through death he might (F)destroy (G)the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

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32 (A)He who did not spare his own Son but (B)gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

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25 For he must reign (A)until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

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21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, (A)to the mighty God.

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(A)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
    The (B)scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;

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18 And the angel of the Lord said to him, (A)“Why do you ask my name, seeing (B)it is wonderful?”

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14 For (A)he himself is our peace, (B)who has made us both one and has broken down (C)in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in (D)ordinances, that he might create in himself one (E)new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might (F)reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and (G)preached peace to you who were (H)far off and peace to those who were (I)near. 18 For (J)through him we both have (K)access in (L)one Spirit to the Father.

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27 (A)Peace I leave with you; (B)my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. (C)Let not your hearts be troubled, neither (D)let them be afraid.

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For God So Loved the World

16 “For (A)God so loved (B)the world,[a] (C)that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not (D)perish but have eternal life. 17 For (E)God did not send his Son into the world (F)to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

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  1. John 3:16 Or For this is how God loved the world

But of the Son he says,

(A)“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
    the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.

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14 And (A)the Word (B)became flesh and (C)dwelt among us, (D)and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son[a] from the Father, full of (E)grace and (F)truth.

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  1. John 1:14 Or only One, or unique One

27 (A)All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son (B)except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone (C)to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

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The Coming King of Zion

(A)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
    Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
(B)Behold, (C)your king is coming to you;
    righteous and having salvation is he,
(D)humble and mounted on a donkey,
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 (E)I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
    and (F)the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
    and (G)he shall speak peace to the nations;
(H)his rule shall be from sea to sea,
    and from (I)the River[a] to the ends of the earth.

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  1. Zechariah 9:10 That is, the Euphrates

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