Isaiah 55:13
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13 (A)Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
Isaiah 41:19
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19 (A)I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert (B)the cypress,
the plane and the pine together,
Isaiah 60:13
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13 (A)The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
the cypress, the plane, and (B)the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Jeremiah 33:9
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9 (A)And this city[a] shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall (B)fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.
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- Jeremiah 33:9 Hebrew And it
1 Peter 2:9-10
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9 But you are (A)a chosen race, (B)a royal (C)priesthood, (D)a holy nation, (E)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you (F)out of darkness into (G)his marvelous light. 10 (H)Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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Ephesians 3:20-21
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20 (A)Now to (B)him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, (C)according to the power at work within us, 21 (D)to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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2 Corinthians 5:17
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17 Therefore, if anyone is (A)in Christ, he is (B)a new creation.[a] (C)The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
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- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or creature
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
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9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous[a] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: (A)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,[b] 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And (B)such were some of you. But (C)you were washed, (D)you were sanctified, (E)you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or wrongdoers
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts
Romans 6:19
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19 (A)I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For (B)just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members (C)as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
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Micah 7:4
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4 The best of them is (A)like a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of (B)your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
(C)now their confusion is at hand.
Jeremiah 50:5
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5 (A)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, (B)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an (C)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’
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Isaiah 61:3
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3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
(A)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(B)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(C)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, (D)that he may be glorified.[a]
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- Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty
1 Peter 4:11
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