17 (A)For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!
    (B)Grain shall make the young men flourish,
    and new wine the young women.

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17 (A)Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty;
    (B)they will see a land that stretches afar.

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(A)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because (B)God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that (C)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, (D)not that we have loved God (E)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be (F)the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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But when (A)the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, (B)not because of works done by us in righteousness, but (C)according to his own mercy, by (D)the washing of regeneration and (E)renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he (F)poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that (G)being justified by his grace we might become (H)heirs (I)according to the hope of eternal life.

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The Lord has sworn (A)by his right hand
    and by his mighty arm:
“I will not again give (B)your grain
    to be food for your enemies,
(C)and foreigners shall not drink your wine
    for which you have labored;
but (D)those who garner it shall eat it
    and praise the Lord,
and (E)those who gather it shall drink it
    in the courts of my sanctuary.”[a]

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  1. Isaiah 62:9 Or in my holy courts

12 saying with a loud voice,

(A)“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”

13 And I heard (B)every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,

“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

14 And the four living creatures (C)said, “Amen!” and the elders (D)fell down and worshiped.

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They shall pour forth the fame of your (A)abundant goodness
    and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

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17 Let the (A)favor[a] of the Lord our God be upon us,
    and establish (B)the work of our hands upon us;
    yes, establish the work of our hands!

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  1. Psalm 90:17 Or beauty

Out of Zion, (A)the perfection of beauty,
    (B)God shines forth.

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You are (A)the most handsome of the sons of men;
    (B)grace is poured upon your lips;
    therefore God has blessed you forever.

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(A)How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    The children of mankind take refuge (B)in the shadow of your wings.

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19 Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
    which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
    (A)in the sight of the children of mankind!

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11 (A)“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?
    Who is like you, majestic in holiness,
    awesome in (B)glorious deeds, (C)doing wonders?

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18 And (A)do not get drunk with wine, for that is (B)debauchery, but (C)be filled with the Spirit, 19 addressing one another in (D)psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,

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18 may have strength to (A)comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and (B)height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ (C)that surpasses knowledge, that (D)you may be filled with all (E)the fullness of God.

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But[a] God, being (A)rich in mercy, (B)because of the great love with which he loved us, even (C)when we were dead in our trespasses, (D)made us alive together with Christ—(E)by grace you have been saved—

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  1. Ephesians 2:4 Or And

(A)In him we have (B)redemption (C)through his blood, (D)the forgiveness of our trespasses, (E)according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight

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In their case (A)the god of this world (B)has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing (C)the light of (D)the gospel of the glory of Christ, (E)who is the image of God. For what (F)we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with (G)ourselves as your servants[a] for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, (H)“Let light shine out of darkness,” (I)has shone in our hearts to give (J)the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 4:5 Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

20 Now (A)the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, (B)grace abounded all the more,

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but (A)God shows his love for us in that (B)while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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For God So Loved the World

16 “For (A)God so loved (B)the world,[a] (C)that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not (D)perish but have eternal life.

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  1. John 3:16 Or For this is how God loved the world

14 And (A)the Word (B)became flesh and (C)dwelt among us, (D)and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son[a] from the Father, full of (E)grace and (F)truth.

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  1. John 1:14 Or only One, or unique One

13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    (A)“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
    and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
(B)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
    and all the hills shall flow with it.
14 (C)I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
    and (D)they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
(E)they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
    and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.

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