For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, (A)warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, (B)Obey my voice.

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15 The Lord, the God of their fathers, (A)sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.

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Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them (A)and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.”

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26 saying, (A)“If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the (B)diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, (C)your healer.”

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12 Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:12 Greek to eat their own bread

The New Life

17 Now this I say and (A)testify in the Lord, (B)that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, (C)in the futility of their minds.

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15 I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them (A)persistently, saying, (B)‘Turn now every one of you from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and (C)do not go after other gods to serve them, and then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to you and your fathers.’ (D)But you did not incline your ear or listen to me.

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(A)You have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the Lord (B)persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets,

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that I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, (A)from the iron furnace, saying, (B)Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you. (C)So shall you be my people, and I will be your God,

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23 But this command I gave them: (A)‘Obey my voice, and (B)I will be your God, and you shall be my people. (C)And walk in all the way that I command you, (D)that it may be well with you.’ 24 (E)But they did not obey or incline their ear, (F)but walked in their own counsels and (G)the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and (H)went backward and not forward. 25 From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, (I)I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day.

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13 And now, because you have done all these things, declares the Lord, and (A)when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and (B)when I called you, you did not answer,

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20 loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice (A)and holding fast to him, for (B)he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in (C)the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

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Blessings for Obedience

28 “And (A)if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you (B)high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and (C)overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and (D)blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be (E)the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your (F)kneading bowl. Blessed shall you be (G)when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

“The Lord (H)will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. The Lord (I)will command the blessing on you in your barns and (J)in all that you undertake. (K)And he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. (L)The Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in his ways. 10 And (M)all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are (N)called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be (O)afraid of you. 11 And (P)the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in (Q)the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, (R)to give the rain to your land in its season and (S)to bless all the work of your hands. And (T)you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make you (U)the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them, 14 (V)and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

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32 [a] “Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. (A)You shall not add to it or take from it.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:32 Ch 13:1 in Hebrew

26 (A)“See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 (B)the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, 28 and (C)the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, (D)to go after other gods that you have not known.

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Circumcise Your Heart

12 “And now, Israel, (A)what does the Lord your God require of you, but (B)to fear the Lord your God, (C)to walk in all his ways, (D)to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and (E)to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today (F)for your good?

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So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him.

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that (A)you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and (B)that your days may be long.

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29 (A)Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, (B)that it might go well with them and with their descendants[a] forever!

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 5:29 Or sons

(A)Keep them and do them, for (B)that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’

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21 Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; (A)do not rebel against him, (B)for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.

22 “But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say, then (C)I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.

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