28 For the Lord loves justice,
And does not forsake His saints;
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.

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28 For the Lord loves the just
    and will not forsake his faithful ones.(A)

Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed[a];
    the offspring of the wicked will perish.(B)

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  1. Psalm 37:28 See Septuagint; Hebrew They will be protected forever

22 But the wicked will be [a]cut off from the [b]earth,
And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it.

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  1. Proverbs 2:22 destroyed
  2. Proverbs 2:22 land

22 but the wicked(A) will be cut off from the land,(B)
    and the unfaithful will be torn from it.(C)

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For the Lord is righteous,
He (A)loves righteousness;
[a]His countenance beholds the upright.

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  1. Psalm 11:7 Or The upright beholds His countenance

For the Lord is righteous,(A)
    he loves justice;(B)
    the upright(C) will see his face.(D)

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21 “As(A) for Me,” says the Lord, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the Lord, “from this time and forevermore.”

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21 “As for me, this is my covenant(A) with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit,(B) who is on you, will not depart from you,(C) and my words that I have put in your mouth(D) will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.

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10 Their offspring You shall destroy from the earth,
And their [a]descendants from among the sons of men.

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  1. Psalm 21:10 Lit. seed

10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth,
    their posterity from mankind.(A)

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Greeting to the Called

Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and (A)brother of James,

To those who are (B)called, [a]sanctified by God the Father, and (C)preserved in Jesus Christ:

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  1. Jude 1:1 NU beloved

Jude,(A) a servant of Jesus Christ(B) and a brother of James,

To those who have been called,(C) who are loved in God the Father and kept for[a] Jesus Christ:(D)

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  1. Jude 1:1 Or by; or in

(A)who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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who through faith are shielded by God’s power(A) until the coming of the salvation(B) that is ready to be revealed(C) in the last time.

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20 You will not be joined with them in burial,
Because you have destroyed your land
And slain your people.
(A)The brood of evildoers shall never be named.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children
(B)Because of the iniquity of their fathers,
Lest they rise up and possess the land,
And fill the face of the world with cities.”

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20     you will not join them in burial,(A)
for you have destroyed your land
    and killed your people.

Let the offspring(B) of the wicked(C)
    never be mentioned(D) again.
21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children(E)
    for the sins of their ancestors;(F)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
    and cover the earth with their cities.

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14 (A)If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword;
And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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14 However many his children,(A) their fate is the sword;(B)
    his offspring will never have enough to eat.(C)

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19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out (C)that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

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19 They went out from us,(A) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(B)

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Love and Joy Perfected

“As the Father (A)loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.

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“As the Father has loved me,(A) so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

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“For (A)I, the Lord, love justice;
(B)I hate robbery [a]for burnt offering;
I will direct their work in truth,
(C)And will make with them an everlasting covenant.

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  1. Isaiah 61:8 Or in

“For I, the Lord, love justice;(A)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant(B) with them.

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(A)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A (B)scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has (C)anointed You
With the oil of (D)gladness more than Your companions.

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Your throne, O God,[a] will last for ever and ever;(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
You love righteousness(B) and hate wickedness;(C)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing(D) you with the oil of joy.(E)

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  1. Psalm 45:6 Here the king is addressed as God’s representative.