Psalm 36:1
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Man’s Wickedness and God’s Perfections
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.
36 An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked:
(A)There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Romans 3:18
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18 “There(A) is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Proverbs 16:6
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6 (A)In mercy and truth
Atonement is provided for iniquity;
And (B)by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.
Psalm 18:1
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God the Sovereign Savior(A)
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David (B)the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of (C)this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:
18 I (D)will love You, O Lord, my strength.
Revelation 1:1
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Introduction and Benediction
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, (A)which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must [a]shortly take place. And (B)He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,
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- Revelation 1:1 quickly or swiftly
Jude
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Greeting to the Called
1 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:
2 Mercy, (D)peace, and love be multiplied to you.
Contend for the Faith
3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you (E)concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting (F)you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord [b]God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Old and New Apostates
5 But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that (G)the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not keep their [c]proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; 7 as (H)Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the [d]vengeance of eternal fire.
8 (I)Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and (J)speak evil of [e]dignitaries. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, in [f]contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, (K)“The Lord rebuke you!” 10 (L)But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way (M)of Cain, (N)have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished (O)in the rebellion of Korah.
Apostates Depraved and Doomed
12 These are [g]spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried [h]about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13 (P)raging waves of the sea, (Q)foaming up their own shame; wandering stars (R)for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the (S)harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
Apostates Predicted
16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they (T)mouth great swelling words, (U)flattering people to gain advantage. 17 (V)But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: 18 how they told you that (W)there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. 19 These are [i]sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.
Maintain Your Life with God
20 But you, beloved, (X)building yourselves up on your most holy faith, (Y)praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, (Z)looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And on some have compassion, [j]making a distinction; 23 but (AA)others save [k]with fear, (AB)pulling them out of the [l]fire, hating even (AC)the garment defiled by the flesh.
Glory to God
24 (AD)Now to Him who is able to keep [m]you from stumbling,
And (AE)to present you faultless
Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
25 To [n]God our Savior,
[o]Who alone is wise,
Be glory and majesty,
Dominion and [p]power,
Both now and forever.
Amen.
Footnotes
- Jude 1:1 NU beloved
- Jude 1:4 NU omits God
- Jude 1:6 own
- Jude 1:7 punishment
- Jude 1:8 glorious ones, lit. glories
- Jude 1:9 arguing
- Jude 1:12 stains, or hidden reefs
- Jude 1:12 NU, M along
- Jude 1:19 soulish or worldly
- Jude 1:22 NU who are doubting (or making distinctions)
- Jude 1:23 NU omits with fear
- Jude 1:23 NU adds and on some have mercy with fear
- Jude 1:24 M them
- Jude 1:25 NU the only God our
- Jude 1:25 NU Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Be glory
- Jude 1:25 NU adds Before all time,
2 Peter 1:1
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Greeting the Faithful
1 Simon Peter, a bondservant and (A)apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have [a]obtained (B)like[b] precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
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- 2 Peter 1:1 received
- 2 Peter 1:1 faith of the same value
Titus 1:16
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16 They profess to (A)know God, but (B)in works they deny Him, being [a]abominable, disobedient, (C)and disqualified for every good work.
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- Titus 1:16 detestable
Titus 1:1
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Greeting
1 Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and (A)the acknowledgment of the truth (B)which accords with godliness,
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2 Timothy 2:24
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24 And (A)a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, (B)able to teach, (C)patient,
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Matthew 12:33-34
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A Tree Known by Its Fruit(A)
33 “Either make the tree good and (B)its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 (C)Brood[a] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? (D)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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- Matthew 12:34 Offspring
Matthew 7:16-20
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16 (A)You will know them by their fruits. (B)Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, (C)every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 (D)Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
(A)Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
Proverbs 20:11
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11 Even a child is (A)known by his deeds,
Whether what he does is pure and right.
Proverbs 8:13
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13 (A)The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
(B)Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And (C)the perverse mouth I hate.
Psalm 143:12
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12 In Your mercy (A)cut[a] off my enemies,
And destroy all those who afflict my soul;
For I am Your servant.
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- Psalm 143:12 put an end to
Psalm 112:1
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The Blessed State of the Righteous
112 Praise[a] the Lord!
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who (A)delights greatly in His commandments.
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- Psalm 112:1 Heb. Hallelujah
Psalm 90:1
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BOOK FOUR
Psalms 90–106
The Eternity of God, and Man’s Frailty
A Prayer (A)of Moses the man of God.
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- Psalm 90:1 LXX, Tg., Vg. refuge
Deuteronomy 34:5
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5 (A)So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.
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James 1:1
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Greeting to the Twelve Tribes
1 James, (A)a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad:
Greetings.
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Genesis 20:11
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11 And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely (A)the fear of God is not in this place; and (B)they will kill me on account of my wife.
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1 Samuel 15:13-14
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13 Then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him, (A)“Blessed are you of the Lord! I have performed the commandment of the Lord.”
14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?”
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