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28 The earth produces of itself first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

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28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

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And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight(A) 10 to help you to determine what really matters, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, 11 having produced the harvest[a] of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.

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  1. 1.11 Gk fruit

And this is my prayer: that your love(A) may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,(B) 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,(C) 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness(D) that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

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31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, 32 yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”

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31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. 32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”

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Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord;
    his appearing is as sure as the dawn;
he will come to us like the showers,
    like the spring rains that water the earth.”(A)

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Let us acknowledge the Lord;
    let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
    he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,(A)
    like the spring rains that water the earth.(B)

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12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you.(A) 13 And may he so strengthen your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.[a](B)

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  1. 3.13 Other ancient authorities add Amen

12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other(A) and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. 13 May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless(B) and holy in the presence of our God and Father(C) when our Lord Jesus comes(D) with all his holy ones.(E)

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10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.(A)

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10 so that you may live a life worthy(A) of the Lord and please him(B) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,(C)

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I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete[a] it until the day of Jesus Christ.

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  1. 1.6 Or perfect

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion(A) until the day of Christ Jesus.(B)

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26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well.

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26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

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11 For as the earth brings forth its shoots
    and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
    to spring up before all the nations.(A)

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11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up
    and a garden(A) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness(B)
    and praise spring up before all nations.

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11 He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover, he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.(A)

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11 He has made everything beautiful in its time.(A) He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet[a] no one can fathom(B) what God has done from beginning to end.(C)

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:11 Or also placed ignorance in the human heart, so that

Everything Has Its Time

For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven:(A)

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A Time for Everything

There is a time(A) for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

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13 They are planted in the house of the Lord;
    they flourish in the courts of our God.
14 In old age they still produce fruit;
    they are always green and full of sap,(A)

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13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.(A)
14 They will still bear fruit(B) in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,

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18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
    which shines brighter and brighter until full day.(A)

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18 The path of the righteous(A) is like the morning sun,(B)
    shining ever brighter till the full light of day.(C)

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