17 (A)His name shall endure forever;
His name shall continue as long as the sun.
And (B)men shall be blessed in Him;
(C)All nations shall call Him blessed.

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17 May his name endure forever;(A)
    may it continue as long as the sun.(B)

Then all nations will be blessed through him,[a]
    and they will call him blessed.(C)

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  1. Psalm 72:17 Or will use his name in blessings (see Gen. 48:20)

14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: (A)Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear (B)a Son, and shall call His name (C)Immanuel.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 7:14 Lit. God-With-Us

14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you[a] a sign:(A) The virgin[b](B) will conceive and give birth to a son,(C) and[c] will call him Immanuel.[d](D)

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  1. Isaiah 7:14 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Isaiah 7:14 Or young woman
  3. Isaiah 7:14 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls son, and he or son, and they
  4. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God with us.

23 (A)“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

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23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[a](A) (which means “God with us”).

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  1. Matthew 1:23 Isaiah 7:14

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

36 (A)His seed shall endure forever,
And his throne (B)as the sun before Me;

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36 that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;(A)

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48 For (A)He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant;
For behold, henceforth (B)all generations will call me blessed.

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48 for he has been mindful
    of the humble state of his servant.(A)
From now on all generations will call me blessed,(B)

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A Heavenly Inheritance

(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who (B)according to His abundant mercy (C)has begotten us again to a living hope (D)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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Praise to God for a Living Hope

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!(A) In his great mercy(B) he has given us new birth(C) into a living hope(D) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,(E)

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10 (A)that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,

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10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,(A)
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,(B)

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31 (A)And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and (B)shall call His name Jesus. 32 He will be great, (C)and will be called the Son of the Highest; and (D)the Lord God will give Him the (E)throne of His (F)father David. 33 (G)And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”

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31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.(A) 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.(B) The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,(C) 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom(D) will never end.”(E)

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18 (A)In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, (B)because you have obeyed My voice.”

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18 and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](A) because you have obeyed me.”(B)

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  1. Genesis 22:18 Or seed
  2. Genesis 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

Their Faith in Christ

(A)We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

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Thanksgiving and Prayer

We always thank God,(A) the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

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Appreciation of the Mystery

14 For this reason I bow my knees to the (A)Father [a]of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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  1. Ephesians 3:14 NU omits of our Lord Jesus Christ

A Prayer for the Ephesians

14 For this reason I kneel(A) before the Father,

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Redemption in Christ

(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

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Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,(A) who has blessed us in the heavenly realms(B) with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

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