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         <div class="label">42</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here is my servant, whom I uphold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="content">my chosen one in whom I delight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="content">I will put my Spirit on him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="content">and he will bring justice to the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.42.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He will not shout or cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.42.2"><span class="content">or raise his voice in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.42.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.42.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A bruised reed he will not break,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.42.3"><span class="content">and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.42.3"><span class="content">In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.42.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.42.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">he will not falter or be discouraged</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.42.4"><span class="content">till he establishes justice on earth.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.42.4"><span class="content">In his teaching the islands will put their hope.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.42.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.42.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">This is what God the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">who gives breath to its people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">and life to those who walk on it:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have called you in righteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">I will take hold of your hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">I will keep you and will make you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">to be a covenant for the people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">and a light for the Gentiles,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.42.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">to open eyes that are blind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.42.7"><span class="content">to free captives from prison</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.42.7"><span class="content">and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.42.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.42.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.42.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; that is my name!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.42.8"><span class="content">I will not yield my glory to another</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.42.8"><span class="content">or my praise to idols.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.42.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">See, the former things have taken place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="content">and new things I declare;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="content">before they spring into being</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="content">I announce them to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Song of Praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a new song,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="content">his praise from the ends of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="content">you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="content">you islands, and all who live in them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Let the wilderness and its towns raise their voices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="content">let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="content">Let the people of Sela sing for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="content">let them shout from the mountaintops.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.42.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Let them give glory to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.42.12"><span class="content">and proclaim his praise in the islands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.42.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will march out like a champion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="content">like a warrior he will stir up his zeal;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="content">with a shout he will raise the battle cry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="content">and will triumph over his enemies.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;For a long time I have kept silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="content">I have been quiet and held myself back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="content">But now, like a woman in childbirth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="content">I cry out, I gasp and pant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will lay waste the mountains and hills</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="content">and dry up all their vegetation;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="content">I will turn rivers into islands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="content">and dry up the pools.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">I will turn the darkness into light before them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">and make the rough places smooth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">These are the things I will do;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">I will not forsake them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.42.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But those who trust in idols,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.42.17"><span class="content">who say to images, &#8216;You are our gods,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.42.17"><span class="content">will be turned back in utter shame.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Blind and Deaf</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.42.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.42.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear, you deaf;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.42.18"><span class="content">look, you blind, and see!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.42.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Who is blind but my servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="content">and deaf like the messenger I send?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="content">Who is blind like the one in covenant with me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="content">blind like the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.42.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You have seen many things, but you pay no attention;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.42.20"><span class="content">your ears are open, but you do not listen.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.42.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.42.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It pleased the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.42.21"><span class="content">for the sake of his righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.42.21"><span class="content">to make his law great and glorious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.42.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But this is a people plundered and looted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">all of them trapped in pits</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">or hidden away in prisons.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">They have become plunder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">with no one to rescue them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">they have been made loot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">with no one to say, &#8220;Send them back.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.42.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Which of you will listen to this</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.42.23"><span class="content">or pay close attention in time to come?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.42.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Who handed Jacob over to become loot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">and Israel to the plunderers?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">Was it not the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">against whom we have sinned?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">For they would not follow his ways;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">they did not obey his law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.42.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So he poured out on them his burning anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.42.25"><span class="content">the violence of war.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.42.25"><span class="content">It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.42.25"><span class="content">it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">43</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel&#8217;s Only Savior</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But now, this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">he who created you, Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">he who formed you, Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"><span class="content">I have summoned you by name; you are mine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.43.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When you pass through the waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">I will be with you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">and when you pass through the rivers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">they will not sweep over you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">When you walk through the fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">you will not be burned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"><span class="content">the flames will not set you ablaze.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.43.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="content">the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="content">I give Egypt for your ransom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"><span class="content">Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">43:3 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Seba in your stead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.43.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Since you are precious and honored in my sight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="content">and because I love you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="content">I will give people in exchange for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"><span class="content">nations in exchange for your life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.43.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.43.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Do not be afraid, for I am with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.43.5"><span class="content">I will bring your children from the east</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.43.5"><span class="content">and gather you from the west.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.43.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will say to the north, &#8216;Give them up!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="content">and to the south, &#8216;Do not hold them back.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="content">Bring my sons from afar</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"><span class="content">and my daughters from the ends of the earth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.43.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.43.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">everyone who is called by my name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.43.7"><span class="content">whom I created for my glory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.43.7"><span class="content">whom I formed and made.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.43.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.43.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.43.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Lead out those who have eyes but are blind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.43.8"><span class="content">who have ears but are deaf.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.43.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All the nations gather together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">and the peoples assemble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">Which of their gods foretold this</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">and proclaimed to us the former things?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"><span class="content">so that others may hear and say, &#8220;It is true.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.43.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are my witnesses,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">&#8220;and my servant whom I have chosen,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">so that you may know and believe me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">and understand that I am he.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">Before me no god was formed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"><span class="content">nor will there be one after me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.43.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.43.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I, even I, am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.43.11"><span class="content">and apart from me there is no savior.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.43.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.43.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I have revealed and saved and proclaimed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.43.12"><span class="content">I, and not some foreign god among you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.43.12"><span class="content">You are my witnesses,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;that I am God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.43.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.43.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Yes, and from ancient days I am he.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.43.13"><span class="content">No one can deliver out of my hand.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.43.13"><span class="content">When I act, who can reverse it?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Mercy and Israel&#8217;s Unfaithfulness</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.43.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">&#8220;For your sake I will send to Babylon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">43:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"><span class="content">in the ships in which they took pride.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.43.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.43.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, your Holy One,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.43.15"><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s Creator, your King.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.43.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.43.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.43.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.43.16"><span class="content">he who made a way through the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.43.16"><span class="content">a path through the mighty waters,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.43.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">who drew out the chariots and horses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="content">the army and reinforcements together,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="content">and they lay there, never to rise again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"><span class="content">extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.43.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.43.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Forget the former things;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.43.18"><span class="content">do not dwell on the past.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.43.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">See, I am doing a new thing!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="content">Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="content">I am making a way in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"><span class="content">and streams in the wasteland.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.43.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The wild animals honor me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">the jackals and the owls,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">because I provide water in the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">and streams in the wasteland,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"><span class="content">to give drink to my people, my chosen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.43.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.43.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">the people I formed for myself</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.43.21"><span class="content">that they may proclaim my praise.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.43.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.43.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.43.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.43.22"><span class="content">you have not wearied yourselves for</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">43:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Jacob; / surely you have grown weary of</span></span></span><span class="content"> me, Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.43.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="content">nor honored me with your sacrifices.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="content">I have not burdened you with grain offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"><span class="content">nor wearied you with demands for incense.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.43.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">You have not bought any fragrant calamus for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="content">or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="content">But you have burdened me with your sins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"><span class="content">and wearied me with your offenses.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.43.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.43.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;I, even I, am he who blots out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.43.25"><span class="content">your transgressions, for my own sake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.43.25"><span class="content">and remembers your sins no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.43.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.43.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Review the past for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.43.26"><span class="content">let us argue the matter together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.43.26"><span class="content">state the case for your innocence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.43.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.43.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Your first father sinned;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.43.27"><span class="content">those I sent to teach you rebelled against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.43.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.43.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.43.28"><span class="content">I consigned Jacob to destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">43:28 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.43.28"><span class="content">and Israel to scorn.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">82</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 82</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of Asaph.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">God presides in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"><span class="content">he renders judgment among the &#8220;gods&#8221;:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.82.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">82:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> defend the unjust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"><span class="content">and show partiality to the wicked?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">82:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.82.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Defend the weak and the fatherless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"><span class="content">uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.82.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Rescue the weak and the needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"><span class="content">deliver them from the hand of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.82.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;The &#8216;gods&#8217; know nothing, they understand nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">They walk about in darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"><span class="content">all the foundations of the earth are shaken.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.82.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I said, &#8216;You are &#8220;gods&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"><span class="content">you are all sons of the Most High.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.82.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But you will die like mere mortals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"><span class="content">you will fall like every other ruler.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.82.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.82.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Rise up, O God, judge the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.82.8"><span class="content">for all the nations are your inheritance.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="ACT.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Taken Up Into Heaven</span></div><div class="p"><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><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><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><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><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><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><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><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><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"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.69.25">Psalm 69:25</span></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"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.109.8">Psalm 109:8</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"></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><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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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Concerning Spiritual Gifts</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, &#8220;Jesus be cursed,&#8221; and no one can say, &#8220;Jesus is Lord,&#8221; except by the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.12.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.12.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">languages</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 28</span></span></span><span class="content"> and to still another the interpretation of tongues.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">languages</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 28</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Unity and Diversity in the Body</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.12.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For we were all baptized by</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">with</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> one Spirit so as to form one body&#8212;whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free&#8212;and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.12.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Now if the foot should say, &#8220;Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,&#8221; it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And if the ear should say, &#8220;Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,&#8221; it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">If they were all one part, where would the body be? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">As it is, there are many parts, but one body.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.12.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The eye cannot say to the hand, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need you!&#8221; And the head cannot say to the feet, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need you!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.12.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:30 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">other languages</span></span></span><span class="content">? Do all interpret? </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Love Is Indispensable</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.12.31"><span class="content">And yet I will show you the most excellent way.</span></span></div>
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