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“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
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“What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
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“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
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“Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
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They were all filled with awe and praised God. “A great prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.”
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He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
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The Nature of True Apostleship
This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.
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who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
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Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
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And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
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Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
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When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,
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Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
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Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
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For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence.
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let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
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since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
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Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,
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For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
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Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.
