I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life

14 (A)“Let not your hearts be troubled. (B)Believe in God;[a] believe also in me.

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  1. John 14:1 Or You believe in God

Jesus Comforts His Disciples

14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled.(A) You believe(B) in God[a];(C) believe also in me.

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  1. John 14:1 Or Believe in God

(A)You keep him in perfect peace
    whose mind is stayed on you,
    because he trusts in you.

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You will keep in perfect peace(A)
    those whose minds are steadfast,
    because they trust(B) in you.

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22 (A)So also you have sorrow now, but (B)I will see you again, and (C)your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. 23 (D)In that day you will (E)ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, (F)whatever you ask of the Father in my name, (G)he will give it to you.

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22 So with you: Now is your time of grief,(A) but I will see you again(B) and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.(C) 23 In that day(D) you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.(E)

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“Behold, God is my salvation;
    I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for (A)the Lord God[a] is my strength and my song,
    and he has become my salvation.”

(B)With joy you[b] will draw water from the wells of salvation.

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  1. Isaiah 12:2 Hebrew for Yah, the Lord
  2. Isaiah 12:3 The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 3, 4

Surely God is my salvation;(A)
    I will trust(B) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,(C) is my strength(D) and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.(E)
With joy you will draw water(F)
    from the wells(G) of salvation.

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  1. Isaiah 12:2 Or song

27 (A)Peace I leave with you; (B)my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. (C)Let not your hearts be troubled, neither (D)let them be afraid. 28 (E)You heard me say to you, (F)‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I (G)am going to the Father, for (H)the Father is greater than I.

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27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.(A) I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled(B) and do not be afraid.

28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’(C) If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father,(D) for the Father is greater than I.(E)

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But he said to me, (A)“My grace is sufficient for you, for (B)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that (C)the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 (D)For the sake of Christ, then, (E)I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For (F)when I am weak, then I am strong.

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But he said to me, “My grace(A) is sufficient for you, for my power(B) is made perfect in weakness.(C)(D) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(E) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(F) in persecutions,(G) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(H)

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Jesus Came to Save the World

44 And Jesus cried out and said, (A)“Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but (B)in him who sent me.

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44 Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.(A)

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(A)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you (B)in turmoil within me?
(C)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation[a] and my God.

My soul is cast down within me;
    therefore I (D)remember you
(E)from the land of Jordan and of (F)Hermon,
    from Mount Mizar.

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  1. Psalm 42:5 Hebrew the salvation of my face; also verse 11 and 43:5

Why, my soul, are you downcast?(A)
    Why so disturbed(B) within me?
Put your hope in God,(C)
    for I will yet praise(D) him,
    my Savior(E) and my God.(F)

My soul is downcast within me;
    therefore I will remember(G) you
from the land of the Jordan,(H)
    the heights of Hermon(I)—from Mount Mizar.

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40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who (A)looks on the Son and (B)believes in him (C)should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

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40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son(A) and believes in him shall have eternal life,(B) and I will raise them up at the last day.”

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(A)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you in turmoil within me?
(B)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation and my God.

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Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.(A)

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21 (A)who through him are believers in God, (B)who raised him from the dead and (C)gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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21 Through him you believe in God,(A) who raised him from the dead(B) and glorified him,(C) and so your faith and hope(D) are in God.

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Prayer for Spiritual Strength

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom (A)every family[a] in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to (B)the riches of his glory (C)he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit (D)in your inner being, 17 (E)so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being (F)rooted and (G)grounded in love,

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  1. Ephesians 3:15 Or from whom all fatherhood; the Greek word patria in verse 15 is closely related to the word for Father in verse 14

A Prayer for the Ephesians

14 For this reason I kneel(A) before the Father, 15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches(B) he may strengthen you with power(C) through his Spirit in your inner being,(D) 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts(E) through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted(F) and established in love,

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  1. Ephesians 3:15 The Greek for family (patria) is derived from the Greek for father (pater).

that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that (A)we are destined for this. For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, (B)just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.

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so that no one would be unsettled by these trials.(A) For you know quite well that we are destined for them.(B) In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.(C)

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