Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

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Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,(A)
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

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“When the princes in Israel take the lead,
    when the people willingly offer(A) themselves—
    praise the Lord!(B)

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21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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21 equip you with everything good for doing his will,(A) and may he work in us(B) what is pleasing to him,(C) through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.(D)

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14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

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14 who gave himself for us(A) to redeem us from all wickedness(B) and to purify(C) for himself a people that are his very own,(D) eager to do what is good.(E)

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For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

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For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.(A)

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According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

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For he chose us(A) in him before the creation of the world(B) to be holy and blameless(C) in his sight. In love(D)

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For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

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For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness,(A) yet he lives by God’s power.(B) Likewise, we are weak(C) in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him(D) in our dealing with you.

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16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

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Titus Sent to Receive the Collection

16 Thanks be to God,(A) who put into the heart(B) of Titus(C) the same concern I have for you.

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12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

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12 For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has,(A) not according to what one does not have.

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Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

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The Collection for the Lord’s People

And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian(A) churches. In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.(B) For I testify that they gave as much as they were able,(C) and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own,

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O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

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Worship the Lord(A) in the splendor of his[a] holiness;(B)
    tremble(C) before him, all the earth.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 96:9 Or Lord with the splendor of

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

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The Great Multitude in White Robes

After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,(A) standing before the throne(B) and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes(C) and were holding palm branches in their hands.

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13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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13 for it is God who works in you(A) to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.(B)

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