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21 " Be not among drunkards [5] or among gluttonous eaters of meat, 21for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags. "
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22 " But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, 18to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments. "
23 " in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. 5†Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6†do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7†And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. "
24 " only that, but we f rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering g produces endurance, 4[†]and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5[†]and h hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love i has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. "
25 " She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 "
26 " Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel "
27 " Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). "
28 " blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. [1] 23Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding. "
29 " the knowledge of the Son of God. This does not refer to salvation knowledge but to the deep knowledge of Christ that a believer comes to have through prayer, faithful study of his word, and obedience to his commands (cf. Phil. 3:8–10, 12; Col. 1:9–10; 2:2; see note on 1 John 2:12–14). "
30 " Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. "
31 " PSALM 127 [†] Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD x watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. 2[†] It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious y toil; for he gives to his z beloved a sleep. 3[†] Behold, b children are a heritage from the LORD, c the fruit of the womb a reward. 4[†] Like arrows in the hand of d a warrior are the children [1] of one’s youth. 5 Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies e in the gate. [2] "
32 " The Gentile libertines boasted about their sin and abused Christian liberty to defend their behavior (1 Cor. 6:12). earthly things. The Judaizers were preoccupied with ceremonies, feasts, sacrifices, and other kinds of physical observances. The Gentile libertines simply loved the world itself and all the things in it (cf. James 4:4; "
33 " m For the time is coming when people will not endure n sound [1] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, "
34 " Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. "
35 " yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. "
36 " Thus, sinning against your brothers [5] and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. "
37 " Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, 18lest the LORD see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him. "
38 " It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. "
