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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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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“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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As you come to him, a living stone (A)rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, (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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26 but (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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39 For (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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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.
11 And 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]
14 then 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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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:13 Or business
  2. Isaiah 58:13 Or pursuing your own business
  3. Isaiah 58:13 Hebrew or speaking a word
  4. Isaiah 58:14 Or of the land

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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“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—
(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.”
The 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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For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith (A)with virtue,[a] and virtue (B)with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control (C)with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness (D)with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection (E)with love. For 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. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he (G)is blind, having forgotten that he was (H)cleansed from his former sins. 10 Therefore, 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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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 1:5 Or excellence; twice in this verse
  2. 2 Peter 1:8 Greek these things; also verses 9, 10, 12
  3. 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

13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were (A)far off have been brought near (B)by the blood of Christ. 14 For (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 15 by 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, 16 and might (H)reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and (I)preached peace to you who were (J)far off and peace to those who were (K)near. 18 For (L)through him we both have (M)access in (N)one Spirit to the Father. 19 So 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. 22 In him (X)you also are being built together (Y)into a dwelling place for God by[b] the Spirit.

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

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. 11 For no one can lay a (D)foundation other (E)than that which is laid, (F)which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now 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. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, (J)he will receive a reward. 15 If 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. 1 Corinthians 3:10 Or wise

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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12 And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is (A)the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and (B)he shall build the temple of the Lord.

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Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, (A)“The hands of (B)Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also (C)complete it. (D)Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

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For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me[a] to the nations who plundered you, (A)for he who touches you touches (B)the apple of his eye: “Behold, (C)I will shake my hand over them, (D)and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then (E)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me. 10 (F)Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for (G)behold, I come (H)and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. 11 (I)And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. (J)And I will dwell in your midst, and (K)you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

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  1. Zechariah 2:8 Or he sent me after glory

23 But this command I gave them: (A)‘Obey my voice, and (B)I will be your God, and you shall be my people. (C)And walk in all the way that I command you, (D)that it may be well with you.’

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10 (A)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
    (B)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

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