The Book of Remembrance

16 Then those who feared the Lord (A)spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and (B)a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.

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12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and (A)books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is (B)the book of life. And (C)the dead were judged by what was written in the books, (D)according to what they had done.

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You have kept count of my tossings;[a]
    (A)put my tears in your bottle.
    (B)Are they not in your book?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:8 Or wanderings

(A)Who will not fear, O Lord,
    and glorify your name?
For you alone are (B)holy.
    (C)All nations will come
    and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

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But for you (A)who fear my name, (B)the sun (C)of righteousness shall rise (D)with healing in its wings. You shall go out (E)leaping like calves from the stall.

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24 And (A)let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

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11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

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“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

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31 So (A)the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And (B)walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, (C)it multiplied.

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

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12 For (A)the word of God is living and (B)active, (C)sharper than any (D)two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and (E)discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And (F)no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are (G)naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

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a devout man (A)who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God.

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19 Again I say to you, if two of you (A)agree on earth about anything they ask, (B)it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are (C)gathered in my name, (D)there am I among them.”

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And the Lord said to him, “Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and (A)put a mark on the foreheads of the men who (B)sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.”

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15 (A)The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
    (B)and his ears toward their cry.

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19 addressing one another in (A)psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

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The Believers Pray for Boldness

23 When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 And when they heard it, they lifted their voices (A)together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, (B)who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, 25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant,[a] said by the Holy Spirit,

(C)“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
    and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and (D)the rulers were gathered together,
    against the Lord and against his (E)Anointed’[b]

27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your (F)holy servant Jesus, (G)whom you anointed, both (H)Herod and (I)Pontius Pilate, along (J)with the Gentiles and (K)the peoples of Israel, 28 (L)to do whatever your hand and (M)your plan had predestined to take place. 29 And now, Lord, (N)look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all (O)boldness, 30 while (P)you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed (Q)through the name of your (R)holy servant Jesus.” 31 And when they had prayed, (S)the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and (T)they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and (U)continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

They Had Everything in Common

32 Now the full number of those who believed were of (V)one heart and (W)soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but (X)they had everything in common. 33 And with great (Y)power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and (Z)great grace was upon them all.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 4:25 Or child; also verses 27, 30
  2. Acts 4:26 Or Christ

13 And when they had entered, they went up to (A)the upper room, where they were staying, (B)Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon (C)the Zealot and Judas the son of James.

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Some Greeks Seek Jesus

20 Now (A)among those who went up to worship at the feast were some (B)Greeks. 21 So these came to (C)Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told (D)Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

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40 (A)One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus[a] was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found (B)the Messiah” (which means Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of (C)John. You shall be called (D)Cephas” (which means (E)Peter[b]).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 (F)The next day Jesus decided (G)to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now (H)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found (I)Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom (J)Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus (K)of Nazareth, (L)the son of Joseph.” 46 Nathanael said to him, (M)“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, (N)an Israelite indeed, (O)in whom there is no deceit!”

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:40 Greek him
  2. John 1:42 Cephas and Peter are from the word for rock in Aramaic and Greek, respectively

38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were (A)waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

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35 (A)The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, (B)on the day of judgment (C)people will give account for (D)every careless word they speak, 37 for (E)by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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10 (A)A stream of fire issued
    and came out from before him;
(B)a thousand thousands (C)served him,
    (D)and ten thousand times ten thousand (E)stood before him;
the (F)court sat in judgment,
    and (G)the books were opened.

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15 If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
    I would have betrayed (A)the generation of your children.

16 But when I thought how to understand this,
    it seemed to me (B)a wearisome task,
17 until I went into (C)the sanctuary of God;
    then I discerned their (D)end.

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The King Honors Mordecai

On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring (A)the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

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