“But who can endure (A)the day of His coming?
And (B)who can stand when He appears?
For (C)He is like a refiner’s fire
And like launderers’ soap.

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But who can endure(A) the day of his coming?(B) Who can stand(C) when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire(D) or a launderer’s soap.(E)

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I will bring the one-third (A)through the fire,
Will (B)refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
(C)They will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
(D)I will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”

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This third I will put into the fire;(A)
    I will refine them like silver(B)
    and test them like gold.(C)
They will call(D) on my name(E)
    and I will answer(F) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(G)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(H)’”

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When (A)the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the [a]blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning,

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  1. Isaiah 4:4 bloodshed

The Lord will wash away the filth(A) of the women of Zion;(B) he will cleanse(C) the bloodstains(D) from Jerusalem by a spirit[a] of judgment(E) and a spirit[b] of fire.(F)

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  1. Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
  2. Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit

13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day (A)will declare it, because (B)it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

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13 their work will be shown for what it is,(A) because the Day(B) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.(C) 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.(D) 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.(E)

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17 For the great day of His wrath has come, (A)and who is able to stand?”

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17 For the great day(A) of their[a] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”(B)

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  1. Revelation 6:17 Some manuscripts his

Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who [a]are disobedient,

(A)“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”

and

(B)“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”

(C)They stumble, being disobedient to the word, (D)to which they also were appointed.

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  1. 1 Peter 2:7 NU disbelieve

Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,(A)

“The stone the builders rejected(B)
    has become the cornerstone,”[a](C)

and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall.”[b](D)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(E)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:7 Psalm 118:22
  2. 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14

Hear the Heavenly Voice

25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For (A)if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,

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25 See to it that you do not refuse(A) him who speaks.(B) If they did not escape when they refused him who warned(C) them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?(D)

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(A)Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And (B)if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. [a]But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

What then? (C)Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were (D)blinded. Just as it is written:

(E)“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
(F)Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”

And David says:

(G)“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,
And bow down their back always.”

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  1. Romans 11:6 NU omits the rest of v. 6.

So too, at the present time there is a remnant(A) chosen by grace.(B) And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works;(C) if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain.(D) The elect among them did, but the others were hardened,(E) as it is written:

“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
    eyes that could not see
    and ears that could not hear,(F)
to this very day.”[a](G)

And David says:

“May their table become a snare and a trap,
    a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,(H)
    and their backs be bent forever.”[b](I)

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  1. Romans 11:8 Deut. 29:4; Isaiah 29:10
  2. Romans 11:10 Psalm 69:22,23

36 (A)Watch therefore, and (B)pray always that you may [a]be counted (C)worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and (D)to stand before the Son of Man.”

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  1. Luke 21:36 NU have strength to

36 Be always on the watch, and pray(A) that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

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18 “Come now, and let us (A)reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
(B)They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.

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18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(A)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;(B)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.(C)

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“I will declare the [a]decree:
The Lord has said to Me,
(A)‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.

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  1. Psalm 2:7 Or decree of the Lord: He said to Me

I will proclaim the Lord’s decree:

He said to me, “You are my son;(A)
    today I have become your father.(B)

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28 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three (A)witnesses. 29 (B)Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, (C)counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, (D)and insulted the Spirit of grace?

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28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(A) 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God(B) underfoot,(C) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant(D) that sanctified them,(E) and who has insulted the Spirit(F) of grace?(G)

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31 but Israel, (A)pursuing the law of righteousness, (B)has not attained to the law [a]of righteousness. 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, [b]by the works of the law. For (C)they stumbled at that stumbling stone. 33 As it is written:

(D)“Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense,
And (E)whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”

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  1. Romans 9:31 NU omits of righteousness
  2. Romans 9:32 NU by works, omitting of the law

31 but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness,(A) have not attained their goal.(B) 32 Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.(C) 33 As it is written:

“See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall,
    and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[a](D)

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  1. Romans 9:33 Isaiah 8:14; 28:16