Isaiah 1:21-31

New King James Version

The Degenerate City

²¹^(A)How the faithful city has become a ^[a]harlot!
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now ^(B)murderers.
²²^(C)Your silver has become dross,
Your wine mixed with water.
²³^(D)Your princes are rebellious,
And ^(E)companions of thieves;
^(F)Everyone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They ^(G)do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

²⁴Therefore the Lord says,
The Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel,
“Ah, ^(H)I will ^[b]rid Myself of My adversaries,
And ^[c]take vengeance on My enemies.
²⁵I will turn My hand against you,
And ^(I)thoroughly^[d] purge away your dross,
And take away all your alloy.
²⁶I will restore your judges ^(J)as at the first,
And your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward ^(K)you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”

²⁷Zion shall be redeemed with justice,
And her ^[e]penitents with righteousness.
²⁸The ^(L)destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together,
And those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
²⁹For ^[f]they shall be ashamed of the ^[g]terebinth trees
Which you have desired;
And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens
Which you have chosen.
³⁰For you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades,
And as a garden that has no water.
³¹^(M)The strong shall be as tinder,
And the work of it as a spark;
Both will burn together,
And no one shall ^(N)quench them.

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Notas al pie

Isaiah 1:21 Unfaithful
Isaiah 1:24 be relieved of
Isaiah 1:24 avenge Myself
Isaiah 1:25 refine with lye
Isaiah 1:27 Lit. returners
Isaiah 1:29 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; some Heb. mss., Tg. you
Isaiah 1:29 Sites of pagan worship

Matthew 23:23-28

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²³“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ^(A)For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and ^(B)have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. ²⁴Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

²⁵“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ^(C)For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and ^[a]self-indulgence. ²⁶Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

²⁷“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ^(D)For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. ²⁸Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

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Matthew 23:25 M unrighteousness

1 John 4:7-21

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Knowing God Through Love^(A)

⁷^(B)Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who ^(C)loves is born of God and knows God. ⁸He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. ⁹^(D)In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten ^(E)Son into the world, that we might live through Him. ¹⁰In this is love, ^(F)not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son ^(G)to be the propitiation for our sins. ¹¹Beloved, ^(H)if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Seeing God Through Love

¹²^(I)No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. ¹³^(J)By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. ¹⁴And ^(K)we have seen and testify that ^(L)the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. ¹⁵^(M)Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. ¹⁶And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and ^(N)he who abides in love abides in God, and God ^(O)in him.

The Consummation of Love

¹⁷Love has been perfected among us in this: that ^(P)we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. ¹⁸There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. ¹⁹^(Q)We love ^[a]Him because He first loved us.

Obedience by Faith

²⁰^(R)If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, ^[b]how can he love God ^(S)whom he has not seen? ²¹And ^(T)this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.