18 (A)Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
    (B)build up 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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16 For the Lord (A)builds up Zion;
    he (B)appears in his glory;

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16 For the Lord will rebuild Zion(A)
    and appear in his glory.(B)

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13 for (A)it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for (B)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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(A)he predestined us[a] for (B)adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, (C)according to the purpose of his will,

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  1. Ephesians 1:5 Or before him in love, 5having predestined us

he[a] predestined(A) us for adoption to sonship[b](B) through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure(C) and will—

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  1. Ephesians 1:5 Or sight in love. He
  2. Ephesians 1:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.

32 “Do not be afraid,(A) little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.(B)

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(A)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
    “May they be secure who love you!
Peace be within your (B)walls
    and security within your (C)towers!”
For my brothers and companions' sake
    I will say, (D)“Peace be within you!”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will (E)seek your good.

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May those who love(A) you be secure.
May there be peace(B) within your walls
    and security within your citadels.(C)
For the sake of my family and friends,
    I will say, “Peace be within you.”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your prosperity.(D)

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11 To this end we (A)always pray for you, that our God may (B)make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every (C)work of faith by his power,

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11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you,(A) that our God may make you worthy(B) of his calling,(C) and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness(D) and your every deed prompted by faith.(E)

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22 (A)Redeem Israel, O God,
    out of all his troubles.

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22 Deliver Israel,(A) O God,
    from all their troubles!

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(A)making known[a] to us the mystery of his will, (B)according to his purpose, which he (C)set forth in Christ

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  1. Ephesians 1:9 Or he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known…

he[a] made known to us the mystery(A) of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed(B) in Christ,

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  1. Ephesians 1:9 Or us with all wisdom and understanding. And he

28 And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for (A)all the churches. 29 (B)Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?

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28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.(A) 29 Who is weak, and I do not feel weak?(B) Who is led into sin,(C) and I do not inwardly burn?

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And I will be to her (A)a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”

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And I myself will be a wall(A) of fire(B) around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory(C) within.’(D)

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11 (A)A day for the building of your walls!
    In that day the boundary shall be far extended.

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11 The day for building your walls(A) will come,
    the day for extending your boundaries.

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25 (A)Know therefore and understand that (B)from the going out of the word to restore and (C)build Jerusalem to the coming of an (D)anointed one, a (E)prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again[a] with squares and moat, (F)but in a troubled time.

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  1. Daniel 9:25 Or there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again

25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild(A) Jerusalem until the Anointed One,[a](B) the ruler,(C) comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.(D)

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  1. Daniel 9:25 Or an anointed one; also in verse 26