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The Lord has made everything for its purpose,
    even the wicked for the day of trouble.(A)

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The Lord works out everything to its proper end(A)
    even the wicked for a day of disaster.(B)

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then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial and to keep the unrighteous until the day of judgment, when they will be punished(A)

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if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials(A) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.(B)

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22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath that are made for destruction,(A)

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22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(A) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(B)

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21     the people whom I formed for myself
so that they might declare my praise.(A)

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21     the people I formed(A) for myself(B)
    that they may proclaim my praise.(C)

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everyone who is called by my name,
    whom I created for my glory,
    whom I formed and made.”(A)

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everyone who is called by my name,(A)
    whom I created(B) for my glory,(C)
    whom I formed and made.(D)

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and

“A stone that makes them stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall.”

They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.(A)

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and,

“A stone that causes people to stumble
    and a rock that makes them fall.”[a](A)

They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.(A)

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In their greed(A) these teachers will exploit you(B) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

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36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.(A)

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36 For from him and through him and for him are all things.(A)
    To him be the glory forever! Amen.(B)

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30 that the wicked are spared in the day of calamity
    and are rescued in the day of wrath?(A)

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30 that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity,(A)
    that they are delivered from[a] the day of wrath?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:30 Or wicked are reserved for the day of calamity, / that they are brought forth to

11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
    and by your will they existed and were created.”(A)

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11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,(A)
for you created all things,
    and by your will they were created
    and have their being.”(B)

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