the people of Israel.(A) Theirs is the adoption to sonship;(B) theirs the divine glory,(C) the covenants,(D) the receiving of the law,(E) the temple worship(F) and the promises.(G)

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12 remember (A)that you were at that time separated from Christ, (B)alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to (C)the covenants of promise, (D)having no hope and without God in the world.

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12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners(A) to the covenants of the promise,(B) without hope(C) and without God in the world.

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19 He declares his word to Jacob,
    his (A)statutes and rules[a] to Israel.

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  1. Psalm 147:19 Or and just decrees

19 He has revealed his word(A) to Jacob,(B)
    his laws and decrees(C) to Israel.

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that I may make my covenant between me and you, and (A)may multiply you greatly.”

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Then I will make my covenant between me and you(A) and will greatly increase your numbers.”(B)

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But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,

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God’s Sovereign Choice

It is not as though God’s word(A) had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.(B)

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22 Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, (A)Israel is my (B)firstborn son,

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22 Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,(A)

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The Earthly Holy Place

Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and (A)an earthly place of holiness.

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Worship in the Earthly Tabernacle

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.(A)

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39 For (A)the promise is for you and (B)for your children and for all (C)who are far off, everyone (D)whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

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39 The promise is for you and your children(A) and for all who are far off(B)—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

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11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

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11 And the priests could not perform their service(A) because of the cloud, for the glory(B) of the Lord filled his temple.

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“For (A)you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be (B)a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

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For you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) The Lord your God has chosen(C) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(D)

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The Certainty of God's Promise

13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, (A)he swore by himself, 14 saying, (B)“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15 And thus Abraham,[a] (C)having patiently waited, obtained the promise. 16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes (D)an oath is final for confirmation. 17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to (E)the heirs of the promise (F)the unchangeable character of his purpose, (G)he guaranteed it with an oath,

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  1. Hebrews 6:15 Greek he

The Certainty of God’s Promise

13 When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,(A) 14 saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”[a](B) 15 And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.(C)

16 People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument.(D) 17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging(E) nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised,(F) he confirmed it with an oath.

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  1. Hebrews 6:14 Gen. 22:17

15 For (A)you did not receive (B)the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of (C)adoption as sons, by whom we cry, (D)“Abba! Father!”

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15 The Spirit(A) you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again;(B) rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[a] And by him we cry, “Abba,[b] Father.”(C)

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  1. Romans 8:15 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.
  2. Romans 8:15 Aramaic for father

25 (A)You are the sons of the prophets and of (B)the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, (C)‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ 26 (D)God, (E)having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, (F)to bless you (G)by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”

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25 And you are heirs(A) of the prophets and of the covenant(B) God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’[a](C) 26 When God raised up(D) his servant, he sent him first(E) to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

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  1. Acts 3:25 Gen. 22:18; 26:4