24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

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24 Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 6:24 Or Grace and immortality to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

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15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God(A) and that no bitter root(B) grows up to cause trouble and defile many.

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16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

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16 Let us then approach(A) God’s throne of grace with confidence,(B) so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

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15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

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15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear(A) of death.

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13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.

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13 And again,

“I will put my trust in him.”[a](A)

And again he says,

“Here am I, and the children God has given me.”[b](B)

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  1. Hebrews 2:13 Isaiah 8:17
  2. Hebrews 2:13 Isaiah 8:18

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:

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For this reason, when I could stand it no longer,(A) I sent to find out about your faith.(B) I was afraid that in some way the tempter(C) had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.(D)

Timothy’s Encouraging Report

But Timothy(E) has just now come to us from you(F) and has brought good news about your faith and love.(G) He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you.(H)

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Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

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Examine yourselves(A) to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.(B) Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you(C)—unless, of course, you fail the test?

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14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

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14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.(A) 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves(B) but for him who died for them(C) and was raised again.

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11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

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11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.(A)

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36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

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Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas

36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns(A) where we preached the word of the Lord(B) and see how they are doing.”

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40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.

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40 For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel,(A) declares the Sovereign Lord, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings(B) and your choice gifts,[a] along with all your holy sacrifices.(C) 41 I will accept you as fragrant incense(D) when I bring you out from the nations and gather(E) you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will be proved holy(F) through you in the sight of the nations.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:40 Or and the gifts of your firstfruits