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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and he began to teach them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Beatitudes</span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.5.2"><span class="content">He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.5.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed are the poor in spirit,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.5.3"><span class="wj"><span class="content">for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.5.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Blessed are those who mourn,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.5.4"><span class="wj"><span class="content">for they will be comforted.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.5.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Blessed are the meek,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.5.5"><span class="wj"><span class="content">for they will inherit the earth.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.5.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.5.6"><span class="wj"><span class="content">for they will be filled.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.5.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Blessed are the merciful,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.5.7"><span class="wj"><span class="content">for they will be shown mercy.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.5.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Blessed are the pure in heart,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.5.8"><span class="wj"><span class="content">for they will see God.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.5.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Blessed are the peacemakers,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.5.9"><span class="wj"><span class="content">for they will be called children of God.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.5.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.5.10"><span class="wj"><span class="content">for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.5.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ACT.28.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ACT.28.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ&#8212;with all boldness and without hindrance!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore, since through God&#8217;s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CO.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone&#8217;s conscience in the sight of God. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore God exalted him to the highest place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.2.9"><span class="content">and gave him the name that is above every name,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.2.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.2.10"><span class="content">in heaven and on earth and under the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.2.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.2.11"><span class="content">to the glory of God the Father.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Do Everything Without Grumbling</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PHP.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed&#8212;not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence&#8212;continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.2.13"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TI.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TI.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TI.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TI.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">him with proper</span></span></span><span class="content"> respect. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TI.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God&#8217;s church?) </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2PE.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them&#8212;bringing swift destruction on themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2PE.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2PE.2.3"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="3JN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="3JN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome other believers. He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="3JN.1.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="3JN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God. </span></span></div>
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