Isaiah 61:10-62:12

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¹⁰I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices^(A) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,^(B)
as a bridegroom adorns his head^(C) like a priest,
    and as a bride^(D) adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹For as the soil makes the sprout come up
    and a garden^(E) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness^(F)
    and praise spring up before all nations.

Zion’s New Name

62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,^(G)
    for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindication^(H) shines out like the dawn,^(I)
    her salvation^(J) like a blazing torch.
²The nations^(K) will see your vindication,
    and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name^(L)
    that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
³You will be a crown^(M) of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
    a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
⁴No longer will they call you Deserted,^(N)
    or name your land Desolate.^(O)
But you will be called Hephzibah,^[a]^(P)
    and your land Beulah^[b];
for the Lord will take delight^(Q) in you,
    and your land will be married.^(R)
⁵As a young man marries a young woman,
    so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom^(S) rejoices over his bride,
    so will your God rejoice^(T) over you.

⁶I have posted watchmen^(U) on your walls, Jerusalem;
    they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
    give yourselves no rest,^(V)
⁷and give him no rest^(W) till he establishes Jerusalem
    and makes her the praise^(X) of the earth.

⁸The Lord has sworn^(Y) by his right hand
    and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grain^(Z)
    as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
    for which you have toiled;
⁹but those who harvest it will eat^(AA) it
    and praise the Lord,^(AB)
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
    in the courts of my sanctuary.”^(AC)

¹⁰Pass through, pass through the gates!^(AD)
Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!^(AE)
Remove the stones.
Raise a banner^(AF) for the nations.

¹¹The Lord has made proclamation
    to the ends of the earth:^(AG)
“Say to Daughter Zion,^(AH)
    ‘See, your Savior comes!^(AI)
See, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.’”^(AJ)
¹²They will be called^(AK) the Holy People,^(AL)
    the Redeemed^(AM) of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought After,
    the City No Longer Deserted.^(AN)

Footnotes

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

Galatians 3:23-25

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Children of God

²³Before the coming of this faith,^[a] we were held in custody^(A) under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed.^(B) ²⁴So the law was our guardian until Christ came^(C) that we might be justified by faith.^(D) ²⁵Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.^(E)

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Footnotes

Galatians 3:23 Or through the faithfulness of Jesus … ²³Before faith came

Galatians 4:4-7

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⁴But when the set time had fully come,^(A) God sent his Son,^(B) born of a woman,^(C) born under the law,^(D) ⁵to redeem^(E) those under the law, that we might receive adoption^(F) to sonship.^[a]^(G) ⁶Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son^(H) into our hearts,^(I) the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,^[b] Father.”^(J) ⁷So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.^(K)

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Footnotes

Galatians 4:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.
Galatians 4:6 Aramaic for Father

John 1:1-18

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The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word,^(A) and the Word was with God,^(B) and the Word was God.^(C) ²He was with God in the beginning.^(D) ³Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.^(E) ⁴In him was life,^(F) and that life was the light^(G) of all mankind. ⁵The light shines in the darkness,^(H) and the darkness has not overcome^[a] it.^(I)

⁶There was a man sent from God whose name was John.^(J) ⁷He came as a witness to testify^(K) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.^(L) ⁸He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

⁹The true light^(M) that gives light to everyone^(N) was coming into the world. ¹⁰He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,^(O) the world did not recognize him. ¹¹He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.^(P) ¹²Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed^(Q) in his name,^(R) he gave the right to become children of God^(S)— ¹³children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.^(T)

¹⁴The Word became flesh^(U) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,^(V) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace^(W) and truth.^(X)

¹⁵(John testified^(Y) concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)^(Z) ¹⁶Out of his fullness^(AA) we have all received grace^(AB) in place of grace already given. ¹⁷For the law was given through Moses;^(AC) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.^(AD) ¹⁸No one has ever seen God,^(AE) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and^[b]^(AF) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.