28 For (A)no one is a Jew (B)who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.

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15 For (A)neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but (B)a new creation.

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And do not presume to say to yourselves, (A)‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from (B)these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

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“‘I know your tribulation and (A)your poverty ((B)but you are rich) and the slander[a] of (C)those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:9 Greek blasphemy

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, and not all are children of Abraham (A)because they are his offspring, but (B)“Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but (C)the children of the promise are counted as offspring.

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10 How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. 11 (A)He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was (B)to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well, 12 and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

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Israel Refined for God's Glory

48 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
    (A)who are called by the name of Israel,
    and (B)who came from the waters of Judah,
(C)who swear by the name of the Lord
    and confess the God of Israel,
    but not in truth or right.
For they call themselves after the holy city,
    (D)and stay themselves on the God of Israel;
    the Lord of hosts is his name.

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She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, (A)“Call her name No Mercy,[a] for (B)I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all. But (C)I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I (D)will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”

When she had weaned No Mercy, she conceived and bore a son. And the Lord said, (E)“Call his name Not My People,[b] for (F)you are not my people, and I am not your God.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:6 Hebrew Lo-ruhama, which means she has not received mercy
  2. Hosea 1:9 Hebrew Lo-ammi, which means not my people
  3. Hosea 1:9 Hebrew I am not yours

21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, (A)now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but (B)as an appeal to God for a good conscience, (C)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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17 But if you call yourself a Jew and (A)rely on the law and boast in God

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37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet (A)you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you. 38 (B)I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard (C)from your father.”

You Are of Your Father the Devil

39 They answered him, (D)“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, (E)“If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

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47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, (A)an Israelite indeed, (B)in whom there is no deceit!”

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26 (A)Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and (B)all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are (C)uncircumcised in heart.”

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(A)If the Lord of hosts
    had not left us (B)a few survivors,
we should have been like (C)Sodom,
    and become like (D)Gomorrah.

10 Hear the word of the Lord,
    you rulers of (E)(F)Sodom!
Give ear to the teaching[a] of our God,
    you people of (G)Gomorrah!
11 (H)“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
    says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
    and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
    or of lambs, or of goats.

12 “When you come to (I)appear before me,
    who has required of you
    this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
    incense is an abomination to me.
(J)New moon and Sabbath and the (K)calling of convocations—
    I cannot endure (L)iniquity and (M)solemn assembly.
14 Your (N)new moons and your appointed feasts
    my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
    I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you (O)spread out your hands,
    I will hide my eyes from you;
(P)even though you make many prayers,
    I will not listen;
    (Q)your hands are full of blood.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:10 Or law

Book Three

God Is My Strength and Portion Forever

A Psalm of (A)Asaph.

73 Truly God is good to (B)Israel,
    to those who are (C)pure in heart.

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