(A)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May those who love(A) you be secure.

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And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, (A)and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will have peace.

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Also, seek(A) the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray(B) to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

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18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.

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18 May it please you to prosper Zion,(A)
    to build up the walls of Jerusalem.(B)

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(A)I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in (B)you all the families of the earth shall be (C)blessed.”

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I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;(A)
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.(B)[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)

50 (A)You who have escaped the sword,
Get away! Do not stand still!
(B)Remember the Lord afar off,
And let Jerusalem come to your mind.

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50 You who have escaped the sword,
    leave(A) and do not linger!
Remember(B) the Lord in a distant land,(C)
    and call to mind Jerusalem.”

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If I do not remember you,
Let my (A)tongue cling to the roof of my mouth—
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.

Remember, O Lord, against (B)the sons of Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, [a]“Raze it, raze it,
To its very foundation!”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 137:7 Lit. Make bare

May my tongue cling to the roof(A) of my mouth
    if I do not remember(B) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem(C)
    my highest joy.

Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(D) did
    on the day Jerusalem fell.(E)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
    “tear it down to its foundations!”(F)

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‘He(A) bows down, he lies down as a lion;
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?’

(B)“Blessed is he who blesses you,
And cursed is he who curses you.”

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Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness(A)—who dares to rouse them?

“May those who bless you be blessed(B)
    and those who curse you be cursed!”(C)

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14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [a]his brother abides in death.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:14 NU omits his brother

14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(A) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(B)

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Benediction

16 Now may (A)the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all.

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Final Greetings

16 Now may the Lord of peace(A) himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.(B)

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endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit (A)in the bond of peace.

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Make every effort to keep the unity(A) of the Spirit through the bond of peace.(B)

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21 (A)that they all may be one, as (B)You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.

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21 that all of them may be one,(A) Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.(B) May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.(C)

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