40 (A)And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.

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52 And Jesus (A)increased in wisdom and in stature[a] and in (B)favor with God and man.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:52 Or years

80 (A)And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was (B)in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

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The Righteous Reign of the Branch

11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
    and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
And (B)the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
    the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and might,
    the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
(C)He shall not judge by (D)what his eyes see,
    or decide disputes by (E)what his ears hear,
but (F)with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
    and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall (G)strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
    and (H)with the breath of his lips (I)he shall kill the wicked.
Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
    and (J)faithfulness the belt of his loins.

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14 And (A)the Word (B)became flesh and (C)dwelt among us, (D)and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son[a] from the Father, full of (E)grace and (F)truth.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:14 Or only One, or unique One

26 Now the boy Samuel (A)continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.

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53 (A)Who has believed what he has heard from us?[a]
    And to whom has (B)the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For he grew up before him like a young plant,
    (C)and like a root out of dry ground;
(D)he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
    and no beauty that we should desire him.

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  1. Isaiah 53:1 Or Who has believed what we have heard?

Yet you are he who (A)took me from the womb;
    you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.

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19 (A)And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him (B)and let none of his words fall to the ground.

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47 And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

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33 And with great (A)power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and (B)great grace was upon them all.

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18 (A)Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy (B)clothed with a linen ephod.

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24 And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. (A)And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him.

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A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus

You then, (A)my child, (B)be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,

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that (A)their hearts may be encouraged, being (B)knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of (C)God's mystery, which is Christ, (D)in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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The Whole Armor of God

10 Finally, (A)be strong in the Lord and in (B)the strength of his might.

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You are (A)the most handsome of the sons of men;
    (B)grace is poured upon your lips;
    therefore God has blessed you forever.

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