(A)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
    The (B)scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;

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Your throne, O God,[a] will last for ever and ever;(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 45:6 Here the king is addressed as God’s representative.

The Word Became Flesh

(A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and (C)the Word was with God, and (D)the Word was God.

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The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C)

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And now, Father, (A)glorify me in your own presence with the glory (B)that I had with you (C)before the world existed.

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And now, Father, glorify me(A) in your presence with the glory I had with you(B) before the world began.(C)

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But Peter said, “Ananias, why has (A)Satan filled your heart to lie (B)to the Holy Spirit and (C)to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but (D)to God.”

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Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan(A) has so filled your heart(B) that you have lied to the Holy Spirit(C) and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?(D) Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal?(E) What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.”(F)

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To them belong (A)the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, (B)who is God over all, (C)blessed forever. Amen.

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Theirs are the patriarchs,(A) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,(B) who is God over all,(C) forever praised![a](D) Amen.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:5 Or Messiah, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Messiah. God who is over all be forever praised!

For (A)in him the whole fullness of deity dwells (B)bodily,

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For in Christ all the fullness(A) of the Deity lives in bodily form,

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Doxology

24 (A)Now to him who is able (B)to keep you from stumbling and (C)to present you (D)blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, 25 to (E)the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, (F)be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time[a] and now and forever. Amen.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:25 Or before any age

Doxology

24 To him who is able(A) to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence(B) without fault(C) and with great joy— 25 to the only God(D) our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore!(E) Amen.(F)

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