Psalm 68:4-6

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⁴Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,^(A)
    extol him who rides on the clouds^[a]^(B);
    rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.^(C)
⁵A father to the fatherless,^(D) a defender of widows,^(E)
    is God in his holy dwelling.^(F)
⁶God sets the lonely^(G) in families,^[b]^(H)
    he leads out the prisoners^(I) with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.^(J)

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Footnotes

Psalm 68:4 Or name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts
Psalm 68:6 Or the desolate in a homeland

John 1:9-14

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⁹The true light^(A) that gives light to everyone^(B) was coming into the world. ¹⁰He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,^(C) the world did not recognize him. ¹¹He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.^(D) ¹²Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed^(E) in his name,^(F) he gave the right to become children of God^(G)— ¹³children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.^(H)

¹⁴The Word became flesh^(I) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,^(J) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace^(K) and truth.^(L)

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John 3:16-17

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¹⁶For God so loved^(A) the world that he gave^(B) his one and only Son,^(C) that whoever believes^(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.^(E) ¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world^(F) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.^(G)

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Ephesians 1:5

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⁵he^[a] predestined^(A) us for adoption to sonship^[b]^(B) through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure^(C) and will—

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Ephesians 1:5 Or sight in love. ⁵He
Ephesians 1:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.