(A)Your people shall be volunteers
In the day of Your power;
(B)In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning,
You have the dew of Your 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.

“When[a] leaders (A)lead in Israel,
(B)When the people [b]willingly offer themselves,
Bless the Lord!

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  1. Judges 5:2 Or When locks are loosed
  2. Judges 5:2 volunteer

“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 [a]complete in every good work to do His will, (A)working in [b]you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

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  1. Hebrews 13:21 perfect
  2. Hebrews 13:21 NU, M us

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 (A)who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed (B)and purify for Himself (C)His own special people, zealous for 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 did not call us to uncleanness, (A)but in 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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just as (A)He chose us in Him (B)before the foundation of the world, that we should (C)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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(A)For though He was crucified in weakness, yet (B)He lives by the power of God. For (C)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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Collection for the Judean Saints

16 But thanks be to God who [a]puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 8:16 NU has put

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 (A)if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.

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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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Excel in Giving

Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia: that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and (A)their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality. For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing,

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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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Oh, worship the Lord (A)in the beauty of holiness!
Tremble 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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  1. Psalm 96:9 Or Lord with the splendor of

A Multitude from the Great Tribulation

After these things I looked, and behold, (A)a great multitude which no one could number, (B)of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, (C)clothed with white robes, with palm branches 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 (A)it is God who works in you both to will and to do (B)for 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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