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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the genealogy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">is an account of the origin</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Jesus the Messiah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Jesus Christ</span><span class="ft">. </span><span class="fq">Messiah </span><span class="ft">(Hebrew) and </span><span class="fqa">Christ </span><span class="ft">(Greek) both mean </span><span class="fqa">Anointed One</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 18.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the son of David, the son of Abraham:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Abraham was the father of Isaac,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="content">Isaac the father of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="content">Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="content">Perez the father of Hezron,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="content">Hezron the father of Ram,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Ram the father of Amminadab,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="content">Amminadab the father of Nahshon,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="content">Nahshon the father of Salmon,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="content">Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="content">Obed the father of Jesse,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and Jesse the father of King David.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"><span class="content">David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah&#8217;s wife,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Solomon the father of Rehoboam,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="content">Rehoboam the father of Abijah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="content">Abijah the father of Asa,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="content">Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="content">Jehoram the father of Uzziah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Uzziah the father of Jotham,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="content">Jotham the father of Ahaz,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="content">Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="content">Manasseh the father of Amon,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="content">Amon the father of Josiah,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and Josiah the father of Jeconiah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jehoiachin; also in verse 12</span></span></span><span class="content"> and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">After the exile to Babylon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="content">Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="content">Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="content">Abihud the father of Eliakim,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="content">Eliakim the father of Azor,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Azor the father of Zadok,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="content">Zadok the father of Akim,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="content">Akim the father of Elihud,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Elihud the father of Eleazar,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="content">Eleazar the father of Matthan,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="content">Matthan the father of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this</span></span></span><span class="content">: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">was a righteous man and</span></span></span><span class="content"> did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, &#8220;Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="fq">Jesus </span><span class="ft">is the Greek form of </span><span class="fqa">Joshua, </span><span class="ft">which means </span><span class="fqa">the <span class="nd">Lord</span> saves.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because he will save his people from their sins.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:23 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 7:14</span></span></span><span class="content"> (which means &#8220;God with us&#8221;).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Beginning</span></div><div class="pi"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let there be light,&#8221; and there was light. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God called the light &#8220;day,&#8221; and the darkness he called &#8220;night.&#8221; And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the first day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">God called the vault &#8220;sky.&#8221; And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the second day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">God called the dry ground &#8220;land,&#8221; and the gathered waters he called &#8220;seas.&#8221; And God saw that it was good.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then God said, &#8220;Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the third day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">God made two great lights&#8212;the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the fourth day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">God blessed them and said, &#8220;Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the fifth day.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And God said, &#8220;Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.&#8221; And it was so. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then God said, &#8220;Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:26 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">the earth</span></span></span><span class="content"> and over all the creatures that move along the ground.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So God created mankind in his own image,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="content">in the image of God he created them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="content">male and female he created them.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">God blessed them and said to them, &#8220;Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then God said, &#8220;I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground&#8212;everything that has the breath of life in it&#8212;I give every green plant for food.&#8221; And it was so.</span></span></div><div class="pi"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning&#8212;the sixth day.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
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      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="ROM.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who according to the flesh</span></span></span><span class="content"> was a descendant of David, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">was declared with power to be the Son of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that is</span></span></span><span class="content"> faith for his name&#8217;s sake. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Longing to Visit Rome</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God&#8217;s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other&#8217;s faith. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 7:1, 4; 8:12, 29; 10:1; 11:25; 12:1; 15:14, 30; 16:14, 17.</span></span></span><span class="content"> that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed&#8212;a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">is from faith to faith</span></span></span><span class="content"> just as it is written: &#8220;The righteous will live by faith.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Hab. 2:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For since the creation of the world God&#8217;s invisible qualities&#8212;his eternal power and divine nature&#8212;have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator&#8212;who is forever praised. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ROM.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Although they know God&#8217;s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, Silas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Silvanus</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Silas</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Timothy,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"><span class="content">To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians&#8217; Faith</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TH.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TH.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TH.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TH.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For we know, brothers and sisters</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 2:1, 9, 14, 17; 3:7; 4:1, 10, 13; 5:1, 4, 12, 14, 25, 27.</span></span></span><span class="content"> loved by God, that he has chosen you, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TH.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TH.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TH.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TH.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Lord&#8217;s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia&#8212;your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TH.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TH.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead&#8212;Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Prologue</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He had seven sons and three daughters, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, &#8220;Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.&#8221; This was Job&#8217;s regular custom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">One day the angels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the sons of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> came to present themselves before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and Satan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew <span class="tl">satan</span> means </span><span class="fqa">adversary.</span></span></span><span class="content"> also came with them. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Satan, &#8220;Where have you come from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.1.7"><span class="content">Satan answered the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Satan, &#8220;Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Does Job fear God for nothing?&#8221; Satan replied. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Satan, &#8220;Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.1.12"><span class="content">Then Satan went out from the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">One day when Job&#8217;s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother&#8217;s house, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">a messenger came to Job and said, &#8220;The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, &#8220;The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, &#8220;The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, &#8220;Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother&#8217;s house, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Naked I came from my mother&#8217;s womb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">and naked I will depart.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will return there</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has taken away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">may the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be praised.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK I</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 1&#8211;41</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 1</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">who does not walk in step with the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">or stand in the way that sinners take</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">or sit in the company of mockers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">but whose delight is in the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="content">and who meditates on his law day and night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">which yields its fruit in season</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">and whose leaf does not wither&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">whatever they do prospers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Not so the wicked!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">They are like chaff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">that the wind blows away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="content">nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over the way of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.1.6"><span class="content">but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Purpose and Theme</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for gaining wisdom and instruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">for understanding words of insight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">doing what is right and just and fair;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">for giving prudence to those who are simple,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew word rendered </span><span class="fq">simple </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">knowledge and discretion to the young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">let the wise listen and add to their learning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">and let the discerning get guidance&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">for understanding proverbs and parables,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">the sayings and riddles of the wise.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the beginning of knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">but fools</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew words rendered </span><span class="fq">fool </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.</span></span></span><span class="content"> despise wisdom and instruction.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom</span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Listen, my son, to your father&#8217;s instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">and do not forsake your mother&#8217;s teaching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They are a garland to grace your head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">and a chain to adorn your neck.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My son, if sinful men entice you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">do not give in to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they say, &#8220;Come along with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s lie in wait for innocent blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s ambush some harmless soul;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">let&#8217;s swallow them alive, like the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">and whole, like those who go down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">we will get all sorts of valuable things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">and fill our houses with plunder;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">cast lots with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">we will all share the loot&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">my son, do not go along with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">do not set foot on their paths;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for their feet rush into evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">they are swift to shed blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How useless to spread a net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">where every bird can see it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">These men lie in wait for their own blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">they ambush only themselves!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">it takes away the life of those who get it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom&#8217;s Rebuke</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">she raises her voice in the public square;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">on top of the wall</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/ at noisy street corners</span></span></span><span class="content"> she cries out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">at the city gate she makes her speech:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">How long will mockers delight in mockery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">and fools hate knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Repent at my rebuke!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">I will make known to you my teachings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But since you refuse to listen when I call</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">since you disregard all my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">and do not accept my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">I will mock when calamity overtakes you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">when calamity overtakes you like a storm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when distress and trouble overwhelm you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then they will call to me but I will not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">they will look for me but will not find me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">since they hated knowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">and did not choose to fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Since they would not accept my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">and spurned my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">they will eat the fruit of their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">and the complacency of fools will destroy them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">but whoever listens to me will live in safety</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="content">and be at ease, without fear of harm.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joshua Installed as Leader</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOS.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After the death of Moses the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses&#8217; aide: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOS.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them&#8212;to the Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOS.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOS.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates&#8212;all the Hittite country&#8212;to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOS.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOS.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOS.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOS.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God will be with you wherever you go.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOS.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOS.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go through the camp and tell the people, &#8216;Get your provisions ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is giving you for your own.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOS.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOS.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOS.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Remember the command that Moses the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave you after he said, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God will give you rest by giving you this land.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOS.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, ready for battle, must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites. You are to help them </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">until the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOS.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOS.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then they answered Joshua, &#8220;Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOS.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God be with you as he was with Moses. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOS.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey it, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Taken Up Into Heaven</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For John baptized with</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">water, but in a few days you will be baptized with</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">the Holy Spirit.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then they gathered around him and asked him, &#8220;Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He said to them: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Men of Galilee,&#8221; they said, &#8220;why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day&#8217;s walk</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 5/8 mile or about 1 kilometer</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the city. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and said, &#8220;Brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:16 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 6:3; 11:29; 12:17; 16:40; 18:18, 27; 21:7, 17; 28:14, 15.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">(With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;For,&#8221; said Peter, &#8220;it is written in the Book of Psalms:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;May his place be deserted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">let there be no one to dwell in it,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 69:25</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">and,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;May another take his place of leadership.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 109:8</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">beginning from John&#8217;s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then they prayed, &#8220;Lord, you know everyone&#8217;s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.</span></span></div>
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