John 14:1
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Jesus the Way to the Father
14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe[a] in God; believe also in me.(A)
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- 14.1 Or You believe
Isaiah 26:3
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3 Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace,
in peace because they trust in you.
John 16:22-23
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22 So you have pain now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.(A) 23 On that day you will ask nothing of me.[a] Very truly, I tell you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.[b]
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Isaiah 12:2-3
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2 Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and will not be afraid,
for the Lord[a] is my strength and my might;
he has become my salvation.”(A)
3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.(B)
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- 12.2 Q ms Heb mss Gk Syr Vg Tg: MT for Yah, the Lord
John 14:27-28
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27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.(A) 28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.(B)
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2 Corinthians 12:9-10
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9 but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power[a] is made perfect in weakness.” So I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.(A) 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.(B)
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- 12.9 Other ancient authorities read my power
John 12:44
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Summary of Jesus’s Teaching
44 Then Jesus cried aloud: “Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me.(A)
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Psalm 42:5-6
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5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help(A) 6 and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
John 6:40
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40 This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.”(A)
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Psalm 43:5
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5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God.(A)
1 Peter 1:21
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21 Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your trust and hope are in God.
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Ephesians 3:14-17
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Prayer for the Readers
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,[a] 15 from whom every family[b] in heaven and on earth takes its name. 16 I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit(A) 17 and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.
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1 Thessalonians 3:3-4
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3 so that no one would be shaken by these persecutions. Indeed, you yourselves know that this is what we are destined for.(A) 4 In fact, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were to suffer persecution; so it turned out, as you know.
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Hebrews 12:12-13
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12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees(A) 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.(B)
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2 Corinthians 4:8-10
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8 We are afflicted in every way but not crushed, perplexed but not driven to despair, 9 persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed, 10 always carrying around in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies.(A)
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John 13:19
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19 I tell you this now, before it occurs, so that when it does occur you may believe that I am he.[a](A)
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- 13.19 Gk I am
Isaiah 43:1-2
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Restoration and Protection Promised
43 But now thus says the Lord,
he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name; you are mine.(A)
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you,
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.(B)
1 John 5:10-12
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10 Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony in their hearts. Those who do not believe in God[a] have made him a liar by not believing in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.(A) 11 And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(B)
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- 5.10 Other ancient authorities read in the Son
Ephesians 1:12-13
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12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. 13 In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit;(A)
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Psalm 42:8-11
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8 By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.(A)
9 I say to God, my rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I walk about mournfully
because the enemy oppresses me?”(B)
10 As with a deadly wound in my body,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me continually,
“Where is your God?”(C)
11 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God.(D)
1 John 2:23-24
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23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.(A) 24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.(B)
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2 Thessalonians 2:2
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2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.(A)
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Ephesians 1:15
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Paul’s Prayer
15 I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love[a] toward all the saints, and for this reason
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- 1.15 Other ancient authorities lack and your love
John 11:25-27
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25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[a] Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live,(A) 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah,[b] the Son of God, the one coming into the world.”(B)
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Acts 3:15-16
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15 and you killed the author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.(A) 16 And by faith in his name, his name itself has made this man strong, whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus[a] has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you.
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- 3.16 Gk him
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