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17 And may the Lord our God show us his approval
    and make our efforts successful.
    Yes, make our efforts successful!

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17 May the favor[a] of the Lord our God rest on us;
    establish the work of our hands for us—
    yes, establish the work of our hands.(A)

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  1. Psalm 90:17 Or beauty

Commit your actions to the Lord,
    and your plans will succeed.

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Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
    and he will establish your plans.(A)

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It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.

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So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

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16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, 17 comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say.

Paul’s Request for Prayer

Finally, dear brothers and sisters,[a] we ask you to pray for us. Pray that the Lord’s message will spread rapidly and be honored wherever it goes, just as when it came to you.

Footnotes

  1. 3:1 Greek brothers; also in 3:6, 13.

16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,(A) who loved us(B) and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 17 encourage(C) your hearts and strengthen(D) you in every good deed and word.

Request for Prayer

As for other matters, brothers and sisters,(E) pray for us(F) that the message of the Lord(G) may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.(H)

12 Lord, you will grant us peace;
    all we have accomplished is really from you.

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12 Lord, you establish peace(A) for us;
    all that we have accomplished you have done(B) for us.

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25 Please, Lord, please save us.
    Please, Lord, please give us success.

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25 Lord, save us!(A)
    Lord, grant us success!

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28 You will succeed in whatever you choose to do,
    and light will shine on the road ahead of you.

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28 What you decide on will be done,(A)
    and light(B) will shine on your ways.(C)

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Turn us again to yourself, O God.
    Make your face shine down upon us.
    Only then will we be saved.

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Restore(A) us,(B) O God;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.(C)

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28 Summon your might, O God.[a]
    Display your power, O God, as you have in the past.

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  1. 68:28 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek and Syriac versions; most Hebrew manuscripts read Your God has commanded your strength.

28 Summon your power,(A) God[a];
    show us your strength,(B) our God, as you have done(C) before.

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  1. Psalm 68:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Your God has summoned power for you

Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies.
    Make your face shine down upon us.
    Only then will we be saved.

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Restore us, God Almighty;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.(A)

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18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

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18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate[a](A) the Lord’s glory,(B) are being transformed into his image(C) with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Or reflect

When you go to war,
    your people will serve you willingly.
You are arrayed in holy garments,
    and your strength will be renewed each day like the morning dew.

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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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  1. Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty,
    God shines in glorious radiance.

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From Zion,(A) perfect in beauty,(B)
    God shines forth.(C)

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