Romans 8:33
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33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.(A)
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Revelation 12:10-11
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10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven proclaiming,
“Now have come the salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Messiah,[a]
for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down,
who accuses them day and night before our God.(A)
11 But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.(B)
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- 12.10 Gk Christ
Isaiah 54:17
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17 No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper,
and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
and their vindication from me, says the Lord.(A)
Isaiah 50:8-9
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8 he who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand in court together.
Who are my adversaries?
Let them confront me.(A)
9 It is the Lord God who helps me;
who will declare me guilty?
All of them will wear out like a garment;
the moth will eat them up.(B)
Romans 8:1
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Life in the Spirit
8 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.(A)
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Luke 18:7
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7 And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?
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Zechariah 3:1-4
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Fourth Vision: Joshua and Satan
3 Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord and the accuser[a] standing at his right hand to accuse him.(A) 2 And the Lord said to the accuser,[b] “The Lord rebuke you, O accuser![c] The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this man a brand plucked from the fire?”(B) 3 Now Joshua was wearing filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 The angel[d] said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.” And to him he said, “See, I have taken your guilt away from you, and I will clothe you with festal apparel.”(C)
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1 Thessalonians 1:4
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4 For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you,
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Matthew 24:24
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24 For false messiahs[a] and false prophets will appear and produce great signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.(A)
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- 24.24 Or christs
Isaiah 42:1
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The Servant, a Light to the Nations
42 Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.(A)
Job 42:7-9
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Job’s Friends Are Humiliated
7 After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.(A) 8 Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering, and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has done.”(B) 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
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1 Peter 1:2
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2 who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood:
May grace and peace be yours in abundance.(A)
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Romans 3:26
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26 it was to demonstrate at the present time his own righteousness, so that he is righteous and he justifies the one who has the faith of Jesus.[a]
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- 3.26 Or has faith in Jesus
Job 1:9-11
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9 Then the accuser[a] answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing?(A) 10 Have you not put a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.(B) 11 But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.”(C)
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- 1.9 Heb the satan
Galatians 3:8
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8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would reckon as righteous the gentiles by faith, declared the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the gentiles shall be blessed in you.”(A)
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Psalm 35:11
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11 Malicious witnesses rise up;
they ask me about things I do not know.(A)
Job 34:8-9
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8 who goes in company with evildoers
and walks with the wicked?(A)
9 For he has said, ‘It profits one nothing
to take delight in God.’(B)
Job 22:6-30
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6 For you have exacted pledges from your family for no reason
and stripped the naked of their clothing.(A)
7 You have given no water to the weary to drink,
and you have withheld bread from the hungry.(B)
8 The powerful possess the land,
and the favored live in it.
9 You have sent widows away empty-handed,
and the arms of the orphans you have crushed.[a](C)
10 Therefore snares are around you,
and sudden terror overwhelms you,
11 or darkness so that you cannot see;
a flood of water covers you.(D)
12 “Is not God high in the heavens?
See the highest stars, how lofty they are!
13 Therefore you say, ‘What does God know?
Can he judge through the deep darkness?(E)
14 Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see,
and he walks on the dome of heaven.’
15 Will you keep to the old way
that the wicked have trod?
16 They were snatched away before their time;
their foundation was washed away by a flood.(F)
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone,’
and ‘What can the Almighty[b] do to us?’[c]
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things—
but the plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.(G)
19 The righteous see it and are glad;
the innocent laugh them to scorn,(H)
20 saying, ‘Surely our adversaries are cut off,
and what they left, the fire has consumed.’(I)
21 “Agree with God,[d] and be at peace;
in this way good will come to you.(J)
22 Receive instruction from his mouth,
and lay up his words in your heart.(K)
23 If you return to the Almighty,[e] you will be restored,
if you remove unrighteousness from your tents,(L)
24 if you treat gold like dust
and gold of Ophir like the stones of the torrent bed,(M)
25 and if the Almighty[f] is your gold
and your precious silver,(N)
26 then you will delight yourself in the Almighty[g]
and lift up your face to God.(O)
27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
and you will pay your vows.(P)
28 You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you,
and light will shine on your ways.(Q)
29 When others are humiliated, you say it is pride,
for he saves the humble.(R)
30 He will deliver even those who are guilty;
they will escape because of the cleanness of your hands.”[h](S)
Job 2:4-6
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4 Then the accuser[a] answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! All that the man has he will give for his life. 5 But stretch out your hand now and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.”(A) 6 The Lord said to the accuser,[b] “Very well, he is in your power; only spare his life.”(B)
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Titus 1:1
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Salutation
1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and the knowledge of the truth that is in accordance with godliness,
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