He will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.Give us grace to be faithful today and avoid all boasting
27Where then is the boasting? It is excluded.
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By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faithfulness.
28We maintain therefore that a man is made righteous by faithfulness apart from the works of the law.
29Or is God the God of Jews only?
Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,
30since indeed there is one…Give us grace to show forth your righteousness today, coming out of the faithfulness of Jesus
For there is no distinction,
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23for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
24being made righteous freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;
25whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith(fulness) in his blood,
for a showing forth of his righteousness
through the passing…Give us the grace of Jesus Christ to be faithful today
3:19Now we know that whatever things the law says,
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it speaks to those who are under the law,
that every mouth may be closed,
and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.
20Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight;
for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
3:21But now apart from…Give us grace to seek after you, to fear you and to know the way of peace today
3:9What then? Are we better than they?
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No, in no way.
For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
10As it is written,
“There is no one righteous; no, not one.
11There is no one who understands.
There is no one who seeks after God.
…Give us grace to avoid taking your goodness for granted.
3:5But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say?
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Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
6May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
7For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory,
why am I also still judged as a sinner?
8Why not (as we are slanderously…Give us grace to be true to what you have revealed of yourself to us
3:1Then what advantage does the Jew have?
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Or what is the profit of circumcision?
2Much in every way!
Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.
3For what if some were without faith?
Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?
4May it never be! Yes, let God be found true…Give us grace to love you with all our hearts today.
25For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law,
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but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
26If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law,
won’t his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?
27Won’t the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfils the law, judge you,
who with…Give us grace to have integrity today, and do the things that we know are good.
17Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,
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18know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
19and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind,
a light to those who are in darkness,
20a corrector of the foolish,
a teacher of babies, having in…Give us grace to listen to you speaking to us through our conscience today
12For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law.
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As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
13For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God,
but the doers of the law will be justified
14(for when Gentiles who don’t have the law do by nature the things of the law,
these…Give us grace to perseverance in well-doing today, repenting of being self seeking and unrighteous
5But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart
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you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation,
and of the righteous judgement of God;
6who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”
7to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honour…Give us grace today to not stand in judgement over others, but to repent of our own failings
1Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge.
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For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself.
For you who judge practice the same things.
2We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.
3Do you think this, O man who judges…Give us grace today to turn away from all that is disobedient to you.
29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, 30backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32…
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26For this reason (their suppression of the truth of God in unrighteousness), God gave them up to dishonourable passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. 27Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due…
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22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, four-footed animals, and creeping things. 24Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be…
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18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them. 20For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen…
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1:13Now I don’t desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles. 14I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish. 15…
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1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. 9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers, 10…
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1:1Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, 2which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3concerning…
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give us grace to notice others today and share their joys and sorrows40 After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, .
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2 Pharaoh 3 put them in the prison, where 4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days. 5 They both dreamed a dream, in one night,
6…Heavenly father
give us grace to rejoice in humble circumstances9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
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10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
11 For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls,
and the beauty of its appearance perishes…5 By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us,
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God of our salvation.
You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth,
of those who are far away on the sea.
6 By your power, you form the mountains,
7 You still the roaring of the seas.
8 They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your…Heavenly Father, our maker
give us grace to trust in your saving power, even when you are hidden from us11 Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel
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and his Maker says:
“You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons,
and you command me concerning the work of my hands!
12 I have made the earth, and created man on it.
13 I have raised him up in righteousness…Heavenly father
give us grace to express our deep longing to be with you, even when we don’t know what that would look like11 But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping.
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So as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb,
12 and she saw two angels in white sitting,
one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
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