Zechariah 6:15

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¹⁵^(A)“And those who are far off shall come and ^(B)help to build the temple of the Lord. ^(C)And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ^(D)And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”

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Zechariah 6:15

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¹⁵Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the Lord,^(A) and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.^(B) This will happen if you diligently obey^(C) the Lord your God.”

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Isaiah 60:10

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¹⁰^(A)Foreigners shall build up your walls,
and ^(B)their kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

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Isaiah 60:10

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¹⁰“Foreigners^(A) will rebuild your walls,
and their kings^(B) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
in favor^(C) I will show you compassion.^(D)

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Zechariah 3:7

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⁷“Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and ^(A)keep my charge, then you shall ^(B)rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among ^(C)those who are standing here.

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Zechariah 3:7

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⁷“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements,^(A) then you will govern my house^(B) and have charge^(C) of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.^(D)

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1 Peter 2:4-5

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⁴As you come to him, a living stone ^(A)rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, ⁵^(B)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as ^(C)a spiritual house, to be ^(D)a holy priesthood, ^(E)to offer spiritual sacrifices ^(F)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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1 Peter 2:4-5

New International Version

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

⁴As you come to him, the living Stone^(A)—rejected by humans but chosen by God^(B) and precious to him— ⁵you also, like living stones, are being built^(C) into a spiritual house^[a]^(D) to be a holy priesthood,^(E) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.^(F)

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1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit

Romans 16:26

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²⁶but ^(A)has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, ^(B)to bring about the obedience of faith—

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Romans 16:26

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²⁶but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings^(A) by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from^[a] faith^(B)—

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Romans 16:26 Or that is

Acts 2:39

English Standard Version

³⁹For ^(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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Acts 2:39

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³⁹The 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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Isaiah 58:10-14

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¹⁰^(A)if you pour yourself out for the hungry
    and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
^(B)then shall your light rise in the darkness
    and your gloom be as the noonday.
¹¹And the Lord will guide you continually
    and satisfy your desire in scorched places
    and make your bones strong;
and you shall be ^(C)like a watered garden,
    like a spring of water,
    whose waters do not fail.
¹²^(D)And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
    you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
    the restorer of streets to dwell in.

¹³^(E)“If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath,
    from doing your pleasure^[a] on my holy day,
and call the Sabbath a delight
    and the holy day of the Lord honorable;
if you honor it, not going your own ways,
    or seeking ^(F)your own pleasure,^[b] or talking idly;^[c]
¹⁴then you shall take delight in the Lord,
    ^(G)and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth;^[d]
^(H)I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father,
    ^(I)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

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Isaiah 58:13 Or business
Isaiah 58:13 Or pursuing your own business
Isaiah 58:13 Hebrew or speaking a word
Isaiah 58:14 Or of the land

Isaiah 58:10-14

New International Version

¹⁰and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
    and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,^(A)
then your light^(B) will rise in the darkness,
    and your night will become like the noonday.^(C)
¹¹The Lord will guide^(D) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs^(E) in a sun-scorched land^(F)
    and will strengthen^(G) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,^(H)
    like a spring^(I) whose waters never fail.
¹²Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins^(J)
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;^(K)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,^(L)
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

¹³“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath^(M)
    and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight^(N)
    and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
    and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,^(O)
¹⁴then you will find your joy^(P) in the Lord,
    and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights^(Q) of the land
    and to feast on the inheritance^(R) of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(S)

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Isaiah 57:19

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¹⁹ ^(A)creating ^(B)the fruit of the lips.
^(C)Peace, peace, ^(D)to the far and to the near,” says the Lord,
^(E)“and I will heal him.

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Isaiah 57:19

New International Version

¹⁹ creating praise on their lips.^(A)
Peace, peace,^(B) to those far and near,”^(C)
says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”

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Isaiah 56:6-8

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⁶“And ^(A)the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
    to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
    and to be his servants,
everyone ^(B)who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,
    and holds fast my covenant—
⁷^(C)these I will bring to ^(D)my holy mountain,
    and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
^(E)their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
    will be accepted on my altar;
for ^(F)my house shall be called a house of prayer
    for all peoples.”
⁸The Lord God,
    ^(G)who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,
^(H)“I will gather yet others to him
    besides those already gathered.”

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Isaiah 56:6-8

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⁶And foreigners^(A) who bind themselves to the Lord
    to minister^(B) to him,
to love the name^(C) of the Lord,
    and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath^(D) without desecrating it
    and who hold fast to my covenant—
⁷these I will bring to my holy mountain^(E)
    and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices^(F)
    will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
    a house of prayer for all nations.^(G)”^(H)
⁸The Sovereign Lord declares—
    he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather^(I) still others to them
    besides those already gathered.”

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2 Peter 1:5-10

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⁵For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith ^(A)with virtue,^[a] and virtue ^(B)with knowledge, ⁶and knowledge with self-control, and self-control ^(C)with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, ⁷and godliness ^(D)with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection ^(E)with love. ⁸For if these qualities^[b] are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or ^(F)unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he ^(G)is blind, having forgotten that he was ^(H)cleansed from his former sins. ¹⁰Therefore, brothers,^[c] be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and ^(I)election, for if you practice these qualities ^(J)you will never fall.

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2 Peter 1:5 Or excellence; twice in this verse
2 Peter 1:8 Greek these things; also verses 9, 10, 12
2 Peter 1:10 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

2 Peter 1:5-10

New International Version

⁵For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;^(A) ⁶and to knowledge, self-control;^(B) and to self-control, perseverance;^(C) and to perseverance, godliness;^(D) ⁷and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.^(E) ⁸For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive^(F) in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.^(G) ⁹But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind,^(H) forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.^(I)

¹⁰Therefore, my brothers and sisters,^[a] make every effort to confirm your calling^(J) and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,^(K)

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2 Peter 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.

Ephesians 2:13-22

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¹³But now in Christ Jesus you who once were ^(A)far off have been brought near ^(B)by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴For ^(C)he himself is our peace, ^(D)who has made us both one and has broken down ^(E)in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility ¹⁵by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ^(F)ordinances, that he might create in himself one ^(G)new man in place of the two, so making peace, ¹⁶and might ^(H)reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. ¹⁷And he came and ^(I)preached peace to you who were ^(J)far off and peace to those who were ^(K)near. ¹⁸For ^(L)through him we both have ^(M)access in ^(N)one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹So then you are no longer ^(O)strangers and aliens,^[a] but you are ^(P)fellow citizens with the saints and ^(Q)members of the household of God, ²⁰^(R)built on the foundation of the ^(S)apostles and prophets, ^(T)Christ Jesus himself being ^(U)the cornerstone, ²¹^(V)in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into ^(W)a holy temple in the Lord. ²²In him ^(X)you also are being built together ^(Y)into a dwelling place for God by^[b] the Spirit.

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Ephesians 2:19 Or sojourners
Ephesians 2:22 Or in

Ephesians 2:13-22

New International Version

¹³But now in Christ Jesus you who once^(A) were far away have been brought near^(B) by the blood of Christ.^(C)

¹⁴For he himself is our peace,^(D) who has made the two groups one^(E) and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, ¹⁵by setting aside in his flesh^(F) the law with its commands and regulations.^(G) His purpose was to create in himself one^(H) new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, ¹⁶and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,^(I) by which he put to death their hostility. ¹⁷He came and preached peace^(J) to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.^(K) ¹⁸For through him we both have access^(L) to the Father^(M) by one Spirit.^(N)

¹⁹Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,^(O) but fellow citizens^(P) with God’s people and also members of his household,^(Q) ²⁰built^(R) on the foundation^(S) of the apostles and prophets,^(T) with Christ Jesus himself^(U) as the chief cornerstone.^(V) ²¹In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple^(W) in the Lord. ²²And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.^(X)

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1 Corinthians 3:10-15

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¹⁰^(A)According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled^[a] master builder I laid a ^(B)foundation, and ^(C)someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. ¹¹For no one can lay a ^(D)foundation other ^(E)than that which is laid, ^(F)which is Jesus Christ. ¹²Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— ¹³^(G)each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed ^(H)by fire, and ^(I)the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. ¹⁴If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, ^(J)he will receive a reward. ¹⁵If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, ^(K)but only as through fire.

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1 Corinthians 3:10 Or wise

1 Corinthians 3:10-15

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¹⁰By the grace God has given me,^(A) I laid a foundation^(B) as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. ¹¹For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.^(C) ¹²If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, ¹³their work will be shown for what it is,^(D) because the Day^(E) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.^(F) ¹⁴If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.^(G) ¹⁵If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.^(H)

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John 17:20-21

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²⁰“I do not ^(A)ask for these only, but also for those ^(B)who will believe in me through their word, ²¹^(C)that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that ^(D)they also may be in ^(E)us, so that the world ^(F)may believe that you have sent me.

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John 17:20-21

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Jesus Prays for All Believers

²⁰“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, ²¹that all of them may be one,^(A) Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.^(B) May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.^(C)

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