33 Who will bring any charge(A) against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.

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10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven(A) say:

“Now have come the salvation(B) and the power
    and the kingdom of our God,
    and the authority of his Messiah.
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,(C)
    who accuses them before our God day and night,
    has been hurled down.
11 They triumphed over(D) him
    by the blood of the Lamb(E)
    and by the word of their testimony;(F)
they did not love their lives so much
    as to shrink from death.(G)

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17     no weapon forged against you will prevail,(A)
    and you will refute(B) every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants(C) of the Lord,
    and this is their vindication(D) from me,”
declares the Lord.

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He who vindicates(A) me is near.(B)
    Who then will bring charges against me?(C)
    Let us face each other!(D)
Who is my accuser?
    Let him confront me!
It is the Sovereign Lord(E) who helps(F) me.
    Who will condemn(G) me?
They will all wear out like a garment;
    the moths(H) will eat them up.

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Life Through the Spirit

Therefore, there is now no condemnation(A) for those who are in Christ Jesus,(B)

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And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out(A) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

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Clean Garments for the High Priest

Then he showed me Joshua(A) the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan[a](B) standing at his right side to accuse him. The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you,(C) Satan! The Lord, who has chosen(D) Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick(E) snatched from the fire?”(F)

Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.”

Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin,(G) and I will put fine garments(H) on you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 3:1 Hebrew satan means adversary.

For we know, brothers and sisters[a] loved by God,(A) that he has chosen you,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 1:4 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 2:1, 9, 14, 17; 3:7; 4:1, 10, 13; 5:1, 4, 12, 14, 25, 27.

24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders(A) to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

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The Servant of the Lord

42 “Here is my servant,(A) whom I uphold,
    my chosen one(B) in whom I delight;(C)
I will put my Spirit(D) on him,
    and he will bring justice(E) to the nations.(F)

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Epilogue

After the Lord had said these things to Job(A), he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends,(B) because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.(C) So now take seven bulls and seven rams(D) and go to my servant Job(E) and sacrifice a burnt offering(F) for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer(G) and not deal with you according to your folly.(H) You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”(I) So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite(J) did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.(K)

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who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge(A) of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit,(B) to be obedient(C) to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood:(D)

Grace and peace be yours in abundance.(E)

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26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

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“Does Job fear God for nothing?”(A) Satan replied. 10 “Have you not put a hedge(B) around him and his household and everything he has?(C) You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.(D) 11 But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has,(E) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(F)

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Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18

11 Ruthless witnesses(A) come forward;
    they question me on things I know nothing about.

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He keeps company with evildoers;
    he associates with the wicked.(A)
For he says, ‘There is no profit
    in trying to please God.’(B)

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You demanded security(A) from your relatives for no reason;(B)
    you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.(C)
You gave no water(D) to the weary
    and you withheld food from the hungry,(E)
though you were a powerful man, owning land(F)
    an honored man,(G) living on it.(H)
And you sent widows(I) away empty-handed(J)
    and broke the strength of the fatherless.(K)
10 That is why snares(L) are all around you,(M)
    why sudden peril terrifies you,(N)
11 why it is so dark(O) you cannot see,
    and why a flood of water covers you.(P)

12 “Is not God in the heights of heaven?(Q)
    And see how lofty are the highest stars!
13 Yet you say, ‘What does God know?(R)
    Does he judge through such darkness?(S)
14 Thick clouds(T) veil him, so he does not see us(U)
    as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’(V)
15 Will you keep to the old path
    that the wicked(W) have trod?(X)
16 They were carried off before their time,(Y)
    their foundations(Z) washed away by a flood.(AA)
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    What can the Almighty do to us?’(AB)
18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,(AC)
    so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(AD)
19 The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;(AE)
    the innocent mock(AF) them, saying,
20 ‘Surely our foes are destroyed,(AG)
    and fire(AH) devours their wealth.’

21 “Submit to God and be at peace(AI) with him;(AJ)
    in this way prosperity will come to you.(AK)
22 Accept instruction from his mouth(AL)
    and lay up his words(AM) in your heart.(AN)
23 If you return(AO) to the Almighty, you will be restored:(AP)
    If you remove wickedness far from your tent(AQ)
24 and assign your nuggets(AR) to the dust,
    your gold(AS) of Ophir(AT) to the rocks in the ravines,(AU)
25 then the Almighty will be your gold,(AV)
    the choicest silver for you.(AW)
26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty(AX)
    and will lift up your face(AY) to God.(AZ)
27 You will pray to him,(BA) and he will hear you,(BB)
    and you will fulfill your vows.(BC)
28 What you decide on will be done,(BD)
    and light(BE) will shine on your ways.(BF)
29 When people are brought low(BG) and you say, ‘Lift them up!’
    then he will save the downcast.(BH)
30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent,(BI)
    who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”(BJ)

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“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has(A) for his own life. But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones,(B) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(C)

The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands;(D) but you must spare his life.”(E)

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Paul, a servant of God(A) and an apostle(B) of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth(C) that leads to godliness(D)

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