52 and (A)not for the nation only, but also (B)to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

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16 And (A)I have other sheep that are not of this fold. (B)I must bring them also, and (C)they will listen to my voice. So there will be (D)one flock, (E)one shepherd.

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he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
    to raise up the tribes of Jacob
    and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
(A)I will make you (B)as a light for the nations,
    that (C)my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

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(A)He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but (B)also for the sins of the whole world.

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(A)making known[a] to us the mystery of his will, (B)according to his purpose, which he (C)set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for (D)the fullness of time, (E)to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:9 Or he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known…

And they sang (A)a new song, saying,

“Worthy are you to take the scroll
    and to open its seals,
for (B)you were slain, and by your blood (C)you ransomed people for God
    from (D)every tribe and language and people and nation,

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A Great Multitude from Every Nation

After this I looked, and behold, (A)a great multitude that no one could number, (B)from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, (C)clothed in white robes, with (D)palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, (E)“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

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Greeting

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who are elect exiles of (A)the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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Greeting

(A)James, a servant[a] of God and (B)of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To (C)the twelve tribes in (D)the Dispersion:

Greetings.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

Stand Firm

13 But (A)we ought always to give thanks to God for you, (B)brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you (C)as the firstfruits[a] (D)to be saved, (E)through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14 To this he called you through (F)our gospel, (G)so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts chose you from the beginning

20 and (A)through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, (B)making peace (C)by the blood of his cross.

21 (D)And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, (E)doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled (F)in his body of flesh by his death, (G)in order to present you holy and blameless and (H)above reproach before him, 23 (I)if indeed you continue in the faith, (J)stable and steadfast, not shifting from (K)the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed (L)in all creation[a] under heaven, (M)and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

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  1. Colossians 1:23 Or to every creature

11 This was (A)according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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14 For (A)he himself is our peace, (B)who has made us both one and has broken down (C)in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in (D)ordinances, that he might create in himself one (E)new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might (F)reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and (G)preached peace to you who were (H)far off and peace to those who were (I)near. 18 For (J)through him we both have (K)access in (L)one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer (M)strangers and aliens,[a] but you are (N)fellow citizens with the saints and (O)members of the household of God, 20 (P)built on the foundation of the (Q)apostles and prophets, (R)Christ Jesus himself being (S)the cornerstone, 21 (T)in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into (U)a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him (V)you also are being built together (W)into a dwelling place for God by[b] the Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:19 Or sojourners
  2. Ephesians 2:22 Or in

(A)he predestined us[a] for (B)adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, (C)according to the purpose of his will,

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  1. Ephesians 1:5 Or before him in love, 5having predestined us

25 As indeed he says in Hosea,

(A)“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’
    and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”
26 (B)“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
    there they will be called (C)‘sons of the living God.’”

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29 For those whom he (A)foreknew he also (B)predestined (C)to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be (D)the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also (E)justified, and those whom he justified he also (F)glorified.

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17 as it is written, (A)“I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, (B)who gives life to the dead and calls into existence (C)the things that do not exist.

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29 Or (A)is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

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10 (A)for I am with you, and (B)no one will attack you to harm you, for (C)I have many in this city who are my people.”

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32 And I, (A)when I am lifted up from the earth, (B)will draw (C)all people to myself.”

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Behold, the Lamb of God

29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, (A)the Lamb of God, who (B)takes away the sin (C)of the world!

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32 (A)a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and (B)for glory to (C)your people Israel.”

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The Final Judgment

31 (A)“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, (B)then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him (C)will be gathered (D)all the nations, and (E)he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates (F)the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. 34 Then (G)the King will say to (H)those on his right, ‘Come, you (I)who are blessed by my Father, (J)inherit (K)the kingdom (L)prepared for you (M)from the foundation of the world.

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10 [a] Yet (A)the number of the children of Israel shall be (B)like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. (C)And (D)in the place where it was said to them, (E)“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, (F)“Children[b] of (G)the living God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:10 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
  2. Hosea 1:10 Or Sons

12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on (A)a day of clouds and (B)thick darkness.

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