14 (A)For the Lord will not forsake his (B)people;
    he will not abandon his (C)heritage;

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14 For the Lord will not reject his people;(A)
    he will never forsake his inheritance.

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22 (A)For the Lord will not forsake his people, (B)for his great name's sake, because (C)it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself.

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22 For the sake(A) of his great name(B) the Lord will not reject(C) his people, because the Lord was pleased to make(D) you his own.

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The Remnant of Israel

11 I ask, then, (A)has God rejected his people? By no means! For (B)I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,[a] a member of the tribe of Benjamin. (C)God has not rejected his people whom he (D)foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?

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  1. Romans 11:1 Or one of the offspring of Abraham

The Remnant of Israel

11 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means!(A) I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham,(B) from the tribe of Benjamin.(C) God did not reject his people,(D) whom he foreknew.(E) Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel:

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28 For the Lord (A)loves justice;
    he will not forsake his (B)saints.
They are preserved forever,
    but the children of the wicked shall be (C)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

27 (A)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 (B)I give them eternal life, and (C)they will never perish, and (D)no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, (E)who has given them to me,[a] (F)is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of (G)the Father's hand. 30 (H)I and the Father are one.”

31 (I)The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.

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  1. John 10:29 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me

27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,(A) and they follow me.(B) 28 I give them eternal life,(C) and they shall never perish;(D) no one will snatch them out of my hand.(E) 29 My Father, who has given them to me,(F) is greater than all[a];(G) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”(H)

31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,(I)

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  1. John 10:29 Many early manuscripts What my Father has given me is greater than all

But the Lord's portion is his people,
    Jacob his allotted heritage.

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For the Lord’s portion(A) is his people,
    Jacob his allotted inheritance.(B)

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18 (A)having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is (B)the hope to which he has called you, what are (C)the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

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18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened(A) in order that you may know the hope to which he has called(B) you, the riches(C) of his glorious inheritance(D) in his holy people,(E)

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30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also (A)justified, and those whom he justified he also (B)glorified.

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30 And those he predestined,(A) he also called;(B) those he called, he also justified;(C) those he justified, he also glorified.(D)

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Keep your life (A)free from love of money, and (B)be content with what you have, for he has said, (C)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

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Keep your lives free from the love of money(A) and be content with what you have,(B) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”[a](C)

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  1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6

39 (A)I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, (B)for their own good and the good of their children after them. 40 (C)I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. (D)And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.

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39 I will give them singleness(A) of heart and action, so that they will always fear(B) me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. 40 I will make an everlasting covenant(C) with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire(D) them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.(E)

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14 But Zion said, (A)“The Lord has forsaken me;
    my Lord has forgotten me.”

15 (B)“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
    that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
    yet I will not forget you.

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14 But Zion(A) said, “The Lord has forsaken(B) me,
    the Lord has forgotten me.”

15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
    and have no compassion on the child(C) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
    I will not forget you!(D)

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38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither the present nor the future,(A) nor any powers,(B) 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God(C) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.(D)

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  1. Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers

16 Not like these is he who is (A)the portion of Jacob,
    for he is the one who formed all things,
(B)and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
    (C)the Lord of hosts is his name.

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16 He who is the Portion(A) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,(B)
including Israel, the people of his inheritance(C)
    the Lord Almighty is his name.(D)

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