Ephesians 6:24
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24 Grace be with all who have an undying love for[a] our Lord Jesus Christ.[b]
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2 Corinthians 13:5
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5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless, indeed, you fail to meet the test!(A)
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Psalm 122:5
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5 For there the thrones for judgment were set up,
the thrones of the house of David.(A)
Hebrews 12:15
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15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and through it many become defiled.(A)
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Hebrews 4:16
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16 Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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Hebrews 2:15
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15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death.(A)
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Hebrews 2:13
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13 And again,
“I will put my trust in him.”
And again,
“Here am I and the children whom God has given me.”(A)
1 Thessalonians 3:5-6
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5 For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith; I was afraid that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor had been in vain.(A)
Timothy’s Encouraging Report
6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought us the good news of your faith and love. He has told us also that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, just as we long to see you.(B)
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2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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14 For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.(A) 15 And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for the one who for their sake died and was raised.
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Romans 5:11
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11 But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
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Acts 15:36
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Paul and Barnabas Separate
36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Come, let us return and visit the brothers and sisters in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.”(A)
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Ezekiel 20:40-41
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40 For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, says the Lord God, there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land; there I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred things.(A) 41 As a pleasing odor I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.(B)
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Isaiah 18:5
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5 For before the harvest, when the blossom is over
and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he will cut off the shoots with pruning hooks,
and the spreading branches he will hew away.(A)
Ecclesiastes 9:10
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10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.(A)
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Proverbs 24:30-31
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30 I passed by the field of one who was lazy,
by the vineyard of a stupid person,(A)
31 and see, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone wall was broken down.
Proverbs 8:17
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17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me diligently find me.(A)
Psalm 73:25
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25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.(A)
Psalm 63:3-8
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3 Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.(A)
4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands and call on your name.(B)
5 My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,[a]
and my mouth praises you with joyful lips(C)
6 when I think of you on my bed
and meditate on you in the watches of the night,(D)
7 for you have been my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.(E)
8 My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.(F)
Footnotes
- 63.5 Heb with fat and fatness
Psalm 43:4
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4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the harp,
O God, my God.(A)
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