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         <div class="m"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.15.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">In the western foothills:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOS.15.33"><span class="content">Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOS.15.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOS.15.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jarmuth, Adullam, Sokoh, Azekah, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOS.15.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim)</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:36 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Gederah and Gederothaim</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;fourteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOS.15.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOS.15.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOS.15.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOS.15.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOS.15.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Kabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish, </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.15.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah and Makkedah&#8212;sixteen towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOS.15.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JOS.15.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Libnah, Ether, Ashan, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JOS.15.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JOS.15.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Keilah, Akzib and Mareshah&#8212;nine towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JOS.15.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JOS.15.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Ekron, with its surrounding settlements and villages; </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JOS.15.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">west of Ekron, all that were in the vicinity of Ashdod, together with their villages; </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.15.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Ashdod, its surrounding settlements and villages; and Gaza, its settlements and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JOS.15.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JOS.15.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">In the hill country:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JOS.15.48"><span class="content">Shamir, Jattir, Sokoh, </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JOS.15.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir), </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JOS.15.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JOS.15.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Goshen, Holon and Giloh&#8212;eleven towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JOS.15.51"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="JOS.15.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">Arab, Dumah, Eshan, </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="JOS.15.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="JOS.15.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) and Zior&#8212;nine towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="JOS.15.54"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="JOS.15.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="JOS.15.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, </span></span><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="JOS.15.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">Kain, Gibeah and Timnah&#8212;ten towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="JOS.15.57"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="JOS.15.58"><span class="label">58</span><span class="content">Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor, </span></span><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="JOS.15.59"><span class="label">59</span><span class="content">Maarath, Beth Anoth and Eltekon&#8212;six towns and their villages.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:59 </span><span class="ft">The Septuagint adds another district of eleven towns, including Tekoa and Ephrathah (Bethlehem).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v59" data-usfm="JOS.15.59"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="JOS.15.60"><span class="label">60</span><span class="content">Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah&#8212;two towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v60" data-usfm="JOS.15.60"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="JOS.15.61"><span class="label">61</span><span class="content">In the wilderness:</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v61" data-usfm="JOS.15.61"><span class="content">Beth Arabah, Middin, Sekakah, </span></span><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="JOS.15.62"><span class="label">62</span><span class="content">Nibshan, the City of Salt and En Gedi&#8212;six towns and their villages.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v62" data-usfm="JOS.15.62"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v63" data-usfm="JOS.15.63"><span class="label">63</span><span class="content">Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the people of Judah.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.50.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the word the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">50:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 8, 25, 35 and 45</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.50.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.50.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Announce and proclaim among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.50.2"><span class="content">lift up a banner and proclaim it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.50.2"><span class="content">keep nothing back, but say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.50.2"><span class="content">&#8216;Babylon will be captured;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.50.2"><span class="content">Bel will be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.50.2"><span class="content">Marduk filled with terror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.50.2"><span class="content">Her images will be put to shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.50.2"><span class="content">and her idols filled with terror.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.50.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.50.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A nation from the north will attack her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.50.3"><span class="content">and lay waste her land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.50.3"><span class="content">No one will live in it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.50.3"><span class="content">both people and animals will flee away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.50.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.50.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;In those days, at that time,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.50.4"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.50.4"><span class="content">&#8220;the people of Israel and the people of Judah together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.50.4"><span class="content">will go in tears to seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.50.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.50.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They will ask the way to Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.50.5"><span class="content">and turn their faces toward it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.50.5"><span class="content">They will come and bind themselves to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.50.5"><span class="content">in an everlasting covenant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.50.5"><span class="content">that will not be forgotten.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.50.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.50.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;My people have been lost sheep;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.50.6"><span class="content">their shepherds have led them astray</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.50.6"><span class="content">and caused them to roam on the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.50.6"><span class="content">They wandered over mountain and hill</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.50.6"><span class="content">and forgot their own resting place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.50.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.50.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Whoever found them devoured them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.50.7"><span class="content">their enemies said, &#8216;We are not guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.50.7"><span class="content">for they sinned against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, their verdant pasture,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.50.7"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the hope of their ancestors.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.50.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.50.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Flee out of Babylon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.50.8"><span class="content">leave the land of the Babylonians,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.50.8"><span class="content">and be like the goats that lead the flock.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.50.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.50.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For I will stir up and bring against Babylon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.50.9"><span class="content">an alliance of great nations from the land of the north.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.50.9"><span class="content">They will take up their positions against her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.50.9"><span class="content">and from the north she will be captured.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.50.9"><span class="content">Their arrows will be like skilled warriors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.50.9"><span class="content">who do not return empty-handed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.50.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.50.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So Babylonia</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">50:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldea</span></span></span><span class="content"> will be plundered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.50.10"><span class="content">all who plunder her will have their fill,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.50.10"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.50.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.50.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because you rejoice and are glad,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.50.11"><span class="content">you who pillage my inheritance,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.50.11"><span class="content">because you frolic like a heifer threshing grain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.50.11"><span class="content">and neigh like stallions,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.50.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.50.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">your mother will be greatly ashamed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.50.12"><span class="content">she who gave you birth will be disgraced.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.50.12"><span class="content">She will be the least of the nations&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.50.12"><span class="content">a wilderness, a dry land, a desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.50.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.50.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Because of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger she will not be inhabited</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.50.13"><span class="content">but will be completely desolate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.50.13"><span class="content">All who pass Babylon will be appalled;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.50.13"><span class="content">they will scoff because of all her wounds.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.50.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.50.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take up your positions around Babylon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.50.14"><span class="content">all you who draw the bow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.50.14"><span class="content">Shoot at her! Spare no arrows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.50.14"><span class="content">for she has sinned against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.50.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.50.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Shout against her on every side!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.50.15"><span class="content">She surrenders, her towers fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.50.15"><span class="content">her walls are torn down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.50.15"><span class="content">Since this is the vengeance of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.50.15"><span class="content">take vengeance on her;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.50.15"><span class="content">do to her as she has done to others.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.50.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.50.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Cut off from Babylon the sower,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.50.16"><span class="content">and the reaper with his sickle at harvest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.50.16"><span class="content">Because of the sword of the oppressor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.50.16"><span class="content">let everyone return to their own people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.50.16"><span class="content">let everyone flee to their own land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.50.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.50.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Israel is a scattered flock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.50.17"><span class="content">that lions have chased away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.50.17"><span class="content">The first to devour them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.50.17"><span class="content">was the king of Assyria;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.50.17"><span class="content">the last to crush their bones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.50.17"><span class="content">was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.50.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.50.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, the God of Israel, says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.50.18"><span class="content">&#8220;I will punish the king of Babylon and his land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.50.18"><span class="content">as I punished the king of Assyria.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.50.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.50.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But I will bring Israel back to their own pasture,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.50.19"><span class="content">and they will graze on Carmel and Bashan;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.50.19"><span class="content">their appetite will be satisfied</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.50.19"><span class="content">on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.50.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.50.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">In those days, at that time,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.50.20"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.50.20"><span class="content">&#8220;search will be made for Israel&#8217;s guilt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.50.20"><span class="content">but there will be none,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.50.20"><span class="content">and for the sins of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.50.20"><span class="content">but none will be found,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.50.20"><span class="content">for I will forgive the remnant I spare.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="nb"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, &#8220;Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">On Cyprus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. John was with them as their helper.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind for a time, not even able to see the light of the sun.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.13.11"><span class="content">Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">In Pisidian Antioch</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">From Paphos, Paul and his companions sailed to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath they entered the synagogue and sat down. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, &#8220;Brothers, if you have a word of exhortation for the people, please speak.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Standing up, Paul motioned with his hand and said: &#8220;Fellow Israelites and you Gentiles who worship God, listen to me! </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors; he made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt; with mighty power he led them out of that country; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">for about forty years he endured their conduct</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:18 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">he cared for them</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the wilderness; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">and he overthrew seven nations in Canaan, giving their land to his people as their inheritance. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">All this took about 450 years.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.13.20"><span class="content">&#8220;After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then the people asked for a king, and he gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: &#8216;I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;From this man&#8217;s descendants God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as he promised. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As John was completing his work, he said: &#8216;Who do you suppose I am? I am not the one you are looking for. But there is one coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.13.25"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1PE.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1PE.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1PE.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1PE.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God&#8217;s sight. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1PE.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1PE.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Suffering for Doing Good</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1PE.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1PE.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1PE.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever would love life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">and see good days</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">must keep their tongue from evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">and their lips from deceitful speech.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1PE.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They must turn from evil and do good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.3.11"><span class="content">they must seek peace and pursue it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1PE.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="content">and his ears are attentive to their prayer,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="content">but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 34:12-16</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1PE.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1PE.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1PE.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. &#8220;Do not fear their threats</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">fear what they fear</span></span></span><span class="content">; do not be frightened.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 8:12</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1PE.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1PE.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1PE.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For it is better, if it is God&#8217;s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1PE.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1PE.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">After being made alive,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:18,19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">but made alive in the spirit, </span><span class="fv">19 </span><span class="fqa">in which also</span></span></span><span class="content"> he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1PE.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1PE.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also&#8212;not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">but an appeal to God for a clear conscience</span></span></span><span class="content"> It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1PE.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">who has gone into heaven and is at God&#8217;s right hand&#8212;with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.</span></span></div>
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