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Jeremiah 3:19-4:4
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Jeremiah 3:19-4:4
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19 “‘I said,
How I would set you among my sons,
and give you a pleasant land,
a heritage most beautiful of all nations.
And I thought you would (A)call me, My Father,
and would not turn from following me.
20 (B)Surely, as a treacherous wife leaves her husband,
so have you been treacherous to me, O house of Israel,
declares the Lord.’”
21 A voice on the (C)bare heights is heard,
(D)the weeping and pleading of Israel's sons
because they have perverted their way;
they have forgotten the Lord their God.
22 (E)“Return, O faithless sons;
(F)I will heal your faithlessness.”
“Behold, we come to you,
for you are the Lord our God.
23 Truly (G)the hills are a delusion,
the orgies[a] on the mountains.
(H)Truly in the Lord our God
is the salvation of Israel.
24 “But from our youth the shameful thing has devoured all for which our fathers labored, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 (I)Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For (J)we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”
4 “If you return, O Israel,
declares the Lord,
(K)to me you should return.
If you remove your detestable things from my presence,
(L)and do not waver,
2 (M)and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’
in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then (N)nations shall bless themselves in him,
(O)and in him shall they glory.”
3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
(P)“Break up your fallow ground,
and (Q)sow not among thorns.
4 (R)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
remove the foreskin of your hearts,
O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem;
(S)lest my wrath go forth like fire,
and burn with none to quench it,
(T)because of the evil of your deeds.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 3:23 Hebrew commotion
Jeremiah 3:19-4:4
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Jeremiah 3:19-4:4
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19 “I myself said,
“‘How gladly would I treat you like my children
and give you a pleasant land,(A)
the most beautiful inheritance(B) of any nation.’
I thought you would call me ‘Father’(C)
and not turn away from following me.
20 But like a woman unfaithful to her husband,
so you, Israel, have been unfaithful(D) to me,”
declares the Lord.
21 A cry is heard on the barren heights,(E)
the weeping(F) and pleading of the people of Israel,
because they have perverted their ways
and have forgotten(G) the Lord their God.
“Yes, we will come to you,
for you are the Lord our God.
23 Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills(K)
and mountains is a deception;
surely in the Lord our God
is the salvation(L) of Israel.
24 From our youth shameful(M) gods have consumed
the fruits of our ancestors’ labor—
their flocks and herds,
their sons and daughters.
25 Let us lie down in our shame,(N)
and let our disgrace cover us.
We have sinned(O) against the Lord our God,
both we and our ancestors;(P)
from our youth(Q) till this day
we have not obeyed(R) the Lord our God.”
4 “If you, Israel, will return,(S)
then return to me,”
declares the Lord.
“If you put your detestable idols(T) out of my sight
and no longer go astray,
2 and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
you swear,(U) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(V)
then the nations will invoke blessings(W) by him
and in him they will boast.(X)”
3 This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:
“Break up your unplowed ground(Y)
and do not sow among thorns.(Z)
4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
circumcise your hearts,(AA)
you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or my wrath(AB) will flare up and burn like fire(AC)
because of the evil(AD) you have done—
burn with no one to quench(AE) it.
1 Corinthians 7:17-24
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1 Corinthians 7:17-24
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Live as You Are Called
17 Only let each person lead the life[a] (A)that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. (B)This is my rule in (C)all the churches. 18 Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? (D)Let him not seek circumcision. 19 (E)For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but (F)keeping the commandments of God. 20 (G)Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called. 21 Were you a bondservant[b] when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) 22 For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is (H)a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is (I)a bondservant of Christ. 23 (J)You were bought with a price; (K)do not become bondservants of men. 24 So, brothers,[c] (L)in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:17 Or each person walk in the way
- 1 Corinthians 7:21 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verses 22 (twice), 23
- 1 Corinthians 7:24 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 29
1 Corinthians 7:17-24
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1 Corinthians 7:17-24
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Concerning Change of Status
17 Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them.(A) This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.(B) 18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.(C) 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing.(D) Keeping God’s commands is what counts. 20 Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(E)
21 Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person;(F) similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.(G) 23 You were bought at a price;(H) do not become slaves of human beings. 24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(I)
Mark 1:14-20
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Mark 1:14-20
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Jesus Begins His Ministry
14 (A)Now after John was arrested, Jesus (B)came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, (C)“The time is fulfilled, and (D)the kingdom of God is at hand;[a] (E)repent and believe in the gospel.”
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
16 (F)Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become (G)fishers of men.”[b] 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19 And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
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Mark 1:14-20
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Mark 1:14-20
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Jesus Announces the Good News(A)
14 After John(B) was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee,(C) proclaiming the good news of God.(D) 15 “The time has come,”(E) he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe(F) the good news!”(G)
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
16 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 17 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 18 At once they left their nets and followed him.(H)
19 When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. 20 Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
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