a paraphrased scripture study
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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 2:13-23
13 - When the wise men from the East had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “and take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. For Herod is going to search for the child to kill him. Stay there until I tell you.” 14 So Joseph got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and left for Egypt. 15 And so what the Lord had said through the prophet was fulfilled, “Out of Egypt I called my son.” 16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and the vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. 17 Then what was said through Jeremiah the prophet [31:15] was fulfilled, 18 “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” 19 After Herod died, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream 20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and return to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.” 21 So Joseph got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and was again warned in a dream, so he went to the district of Galilee, 23 where they lived in a town called Nazareth. So it was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene. (God foresees all.)
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From New Testament Letters
(In the Order Believed Written)
~ 2 Corinthians 5:10-21
10 - For we will all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. 11 Since, we know what it is to respect and revere the LORD, we try to persuade others. God himself knows what we are like, and I hope you also know what sort of people we are. 12 We are not again trying to commend ourselves to you, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. 13 If we are “out of our mind,” as some say, it is for God, and if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, because of all dying. 15 And he died for all, so those who live should no longer live for only themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once even regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation. The old has passed away, and the new has come into being. 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the service of reconciliation, 19 for God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins [hamartia - missing the mark] against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf - Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that - in him we might become (a new person of) righteousness [dikaiosunΓ© - righteousness, justice, from dikaios - correct, righteous, judged innocent].
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Tomorrow’s Verses:
Luke 2:39-52
2 Corinthians 6:1-10
A link to the reading schedule is pinned.
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Acts last week, 18:17-28 ✔️
Rev/Apoc last week, 19:1-8 ✔️
Prophets - Isaiah 1 - 5 ✔️
Prophets - Each part includes the previous parts also. Disclaimer, some are long.
Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox! ~ hope you have a blessed day..
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