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10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

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23 I have sworn by my own name;
    I have spoken the truth,
    and I will never go back on my word:
Every knee will bend to me,
    and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.[a]
24 The people will declare,
    “The Lord is the source of all my righteousness and strength.”
And all who were angry with him
    will come to him and be ashamed.
25 In the Lord all the generations of Israel will be justified,
    and in him they will boast.

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Footnotes

  1. 45:23 Hebrew will confess; Greek version reads will declare allegiance to God. Compare Rom 14:11.

13 And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang:

“Blessing and honor and glory and power
    belong to the one sitting on the throne
    and to the Lamb forever and ever.”

14 And the four living beings said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped the Lamb.

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18 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

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And when he brought his supreme[a] Son into the world, God said,[b]

“Let all of God’s angels worship him.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:6a Or firstborn.
  2. 1:6b Or when he again brings his supreme Son [or firstborn Son] into the world, God will say.
  3. 1:6c Deut 32:43.

10 So why do you condemn another believer[a]? Why do you look down on another believer? Remember, we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. 11 For the Scriptures say,

“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bend to me,
    and every tongue will declare allegiance to God.[b]’”

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Footnotes

  1. 14:10 Greek your brother; also in 14:10b, 13, 15, 21.
  2. 14:11 Or declare praise for God. Isa 49:18; 45:23 (Greek version).

28 Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son, 29 and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment.

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10 And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth.

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13 The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave[a] gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:13 Greek and Hades; also in 20:14.

10 the twenty-four elders fall down and worship the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever). And they lay their crowns before the throne and say,

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Paul’s Prayer for Spiritual Growth

14 When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:14 Some manuscripts read the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

29 They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”

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Notice that it says “he ascended.” This clearly means that Christ also descended to our lowly world.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:9 Some manuscripts read to the lower parts of the earth.

40 For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

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And do you remember God’s reply? He said, “No, I have 7,000 others who have never bowed down to Baal!”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 11:4 1 Kgs 19:18.

43 Then he had Joseph ride in the chariot reserved for his second-in-command. And wherever Joseph went, the command was shouted, “Kneel down!” So Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of all Egypt.

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