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24 ‘May the Lord bless you
    and protect you.

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24 “‘“The Lord bless you(A)
    and keep you;(B)

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Paul’s Final Greetings

23 Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

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23 May God himself, the God of peace,(A) sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul(B) and body be kept blameless(C) at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.(D)

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Indeed, he who watches over Israel
    never slumbers or sleeps.

The Lord himself watches over you!
    The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.
The sun will not harm you by day,
    nor the moon at night.

The Lord keeps you from all harm
    and watches over your life.

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indeed, he who watches(A) over Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord watches over(B) you—
    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
the sun(C) will not harm you by day,
    nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all harm(D)
    he will watch over your life;

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Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

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And the peace of God,(A) which transcends all understanding,(B) will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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A Prayer of Praise

24 Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault.

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Doxology

24 To him who is able(A) to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence(B) without fault(C) and with great joy—

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“I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness.
    I will take you by the hand and guard you,
and I will give you to my people, Israel,
    as a symbol of my covenant with them.
And you will be a light to guide the nations.

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“I, the Lord, have called(A) you in righteousness;(B)
    I will take hold of your hand.(C)
I will keep(D) you and will make you
    to be a covenant(E) for the people
    and a light(F) for the Gentiles,(G)

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11 Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name;[a] now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:11 Some manuscripts read you have given me these [disciples].

11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,(A) and I am coming to you.(B) Holy Father, protect them by the power of[a] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one(C) as we are one.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:11 Or Father, keep them faithful to

Your towns and your fields
    will be blessed.
Your children and your crops
    will be blessed.
The offspring of your herds and flocks
    will be blessed.
Your fruit baskets and breadboards
    will be blessed.
Wherever you go and whatever you do,
    you will be blessed.

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You will be blessed(A) in the city and blessed in the country.(B)

The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.(C)

Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.(D)

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May the Lord, who made heaven and earth,
    bless you from Jerusalem.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 134:3 Hebrew Zion.

May the Lord bless you from Zion,(A)
    he who is the Maker of heaven(B) and earth.

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11 For he will order his angels
    to protect you wherever you go.

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11 For he will command his angels(A) concerning you
    to guard you in all your ways;(B)

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While she was there, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters. “The Lord be with you!” he said.

“The Lord bless you!” the harvesters replied.

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Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!(A)

“The Lord bless you!(B)” they answered.

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“He will protect his faithful ones,
    but the wicked will disappear in darkness.
No one will succeed by strength alone.

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He will guard the feet(A) of his faithful servants,(B)
    but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.(C)

“It is not by strength(D) that one prevails;

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23 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:23 Some manuscripts add Amen.

23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ(A) be with your spirit.(B) Amen.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 4:23 Some manuscripts do not have Amen.