Romans 1:14-17 Part 2 of 4

I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both the wise and the foolish. That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed--a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."

 

first to the Jew 

Acts 3:26  "When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways." 

Acts 13:46  Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: "We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles."  

 

then to the Gentile 

Matthew 21:41  "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end," they replied, "and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time." 

Acts 18:6  But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles." 

Acts 22:21  "Then the Lord said to me, 'Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.' " 

Acts 26:20  "First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds."

Acts 28:28  "Therefore I want you to know that God's salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!" 

Romans 11:11  Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.

Romans 2:9-11  There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For God does not show favoritism. 

 

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Romans 1:14-17 Part 1 of 4

I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both the wise and the foolish. That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed--a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."

 

I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both the wise and the foolish 

1 Corinthians 9:16  For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

 

That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome 

Romans 15:20  It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on some else's foundation. 

 

For I am not ashamed of the gospel 

2 Timothy 1:8  So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God.

 

because it is the power of God 

1 Corinthians 1:18  For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:23-24  ... but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

 

that brings salvation to everyone who believes 

John 3:16-18  For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

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Romans 1:11-13

I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong--that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith. I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

 

I long to see you 

Romans 15:23-24  But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you, I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for awhile. 

 

so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong 

1 Corinthians 1:7  Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 

1 Corinthians 12:7-11  Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. 

 

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters 

Romans 11:25  I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, ...

 

(but have been prevented from doing so until now) 

Romans 15:20-22  It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation. Rather, as it is written: "Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand. " [Isaiah 52:15] This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you. 

 

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Romans 1:9-10 Part 2 of 2

God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God's will the way may be opened for me to come to you.

 

how constantly I remember you in my prayers at all times 

1 Samuel 12:23  "As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right."

Luke 18:1  Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

Romans 12:12  Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Ephesians 6:18  And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people. 

Colossians 4:2  Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

Acts 1:14  They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. 

Acts 2:42  They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 

Ephesians 1:16  I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.

Philippians 1:4  In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy ...

Colossians 1:9a  For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you.

2 Thessalonians 1:11  With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. 

 

and I pray that now at last by God's will the way may be opened for me to come to you 

Romans 1:13  I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles. 

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Romans 1:9-10 Part 1 of 2

God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God's will the way may be opened for me to come to you.

 

God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son 

2 Timothy 1:3  I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.

 

is my witness 

Job 16:19  "Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high."

Jeremiah 42:5-6  Then they (the remnant escaping from the Babylonians) said to Jeremiah, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the LORD  your God sends  you to tell us. Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the LORD our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well with us, for we will obey the LORD our God." (but they didn't)

2 Corinthians 1:23  I call God as my witness--and I stake my life on it--that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

Galatians 1:20  I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.

Philippians 1:8  God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 2:5  You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed--God is our witness.

1 Thessalonians 2:10  You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed.

 

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Romans 1:8

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.

 

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you 

1 Corinthians 1:4  I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 

Ephesians 1:15-16  For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God's people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.

1 Thessalonians 2:13  And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.

2 Thessalonians 1:3  We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.

2 Timothy 1:3  I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.

because your faith is being reported all over the world 

Romans 10:17-18  Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. But I ask: Did they (the Israelites) not hear? Of course they did: "Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world." (Psalm 19:4)

Romans 16:19  Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

Matthew 24:14  "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."

Colossians 1:6  ... In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world--just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God's grace.

1 Thessalonians 1:8-10  The Lord's message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia--your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

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Romans 1:7

To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

To all in Rome who are loved by God

Romans 8:38-39  For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Thessalonians 1:4-5a  For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction.

and called to be his holy people 

Acts 9:13  "Lord," Ananias answered, "I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem."

Acts 26:10  "And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord's people in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them."

Ephesians 1:1  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God's holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus: ...

Philippians 1:1  Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all God's holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons: ...

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ 

1 Corinthians 1:3  Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:2  Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 1:2  To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Titus 1:4  To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

1 Peter 1:1-2  Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God's elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

 

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Romans 1:5-6 Part 2 of 2

Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name's sake. And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

to the obedience that comes from faith for his name's sake

Acts 6:7  So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

Romans 16:25-27  Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith--to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.

And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ 

Jude 1-2  Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.

Revelation 17:14  "They (the ten kings) will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings--and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers."

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Romans 1:5-6 Part 1 of 2

Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name's sake. And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

Through him we received grace 

1 Timothy 1:14  The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 4:15  All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

and apostleship to call all the Gentiles 

Acts 9:15  But the Lord said to Ananias, "Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel."

Romans 11:13-14  I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. 

Romans 15:14-16  I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another. Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 1:15-16  But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being.

Galatians 2:7-8  On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as  an apostle to the Gentiles.

 

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Romans 1:1-4 Part 4 of 4

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the *gospel of God--the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

by his resurrection from the dead 

Acts 2:24  "But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him."

Acts 13:30-31  "But God raised him from the dead, and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people."

Jesus Christ our Lord 

1 Corinthians 1:2  To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ--their Lord and ours: ...

Acts 2:36  "Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah."

Romans 10:9  If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Philippians 2:9-11  Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Colossians 2:6-7  So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

*gospel = good news

 

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Romans 1:1-4 Part 3 of 4

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the *gospel of God--the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life 

John 1:14  The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Romans 9:5  Theirs (the people of Israel) are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.

was a descendant of David 

Matthew 1:1  This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: ...

Luke 1:32-33  "He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob's descendants forever; his kingdom will never end."

Revelation 22:16  "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star."

and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power 

Matthew 4:3  The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."

Matthew 14:32-33  And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."

Matthew 16:15-16  "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

*gospel = good news

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Romans 1:1-4 Part 2 of 4

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the *gospel of God--the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

the gospel he promised beforehand 

Acts 13:32-33a  "We tell you the good news: What God promised our ancestors he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus."

Titus 1:1-2  Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness--in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, ...

through his prophets 

Luke 1:69-70  "He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), ..."

Romans 3:21  But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known to which the Law and the Prophets testify.

in the Holy Scriptures 

Galatians 3:8  Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you." [Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18]

*gospel = good news

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Romans 1:1-4 Part 1 of 4

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the *gospel of God--the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle 

1 Corinthians 1:1   Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, ...

Ephesians 1:1  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God's holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus: ...

1 Timothy 1:1  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, ... 

2 Timothy 1:1  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, ...

and set apart 

Acts 9:15  But the Lord said to Ananias, "Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel."

for the gospel of God 

Romans 15:15-16  Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the *gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Acts 20:24  "However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me--the task of testifying to the good news of God's grace."

2 Corinthians 4:3-4  And even if our *gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the *gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

*gospel = good news

 

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Psalm 80:19

Restore us, LORD God Almighty; make your face shine on us that we may be saved.

 

Restore us, LORD God Almighty

Psalm 71:20  Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

Psalm 85:4  Restore us again, God our Savior, and put away your displeasure toward us.

Hosea 6:2  "After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us that we may live in his presence."  

Jeremiah 31:18  "I have surely heard Ephraim's moaning: 'You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the LORD my God.' "

Lamentations 5:21-22  Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.

make your face shine on us 

Psalm 80:3  Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.

Numbers 6:24-26  " ' "The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace." ' "

Psalm 4:6  Many, LORD, are asking, "Who will bring us prosperity?" Let the light of your face shine on us.

Psalm 31:16  Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

Psalm 119:135  Make your face shine on your servant and teach me your decrees.

that we may be saved 

Psalm 80:7  Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.

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Psalm 80:16-18

Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish. Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself. Then we will not turn away from you; revive us, and we will call on your name.

 

Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire 

Psalm 79:11  O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

 

at your rebuke your people perish 

Deuteronomy 28:20  The LORD will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him.

Isaiah 17:13  Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters, when he rebukes them they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweed before a gale. 

Isaiah 66:15  See, the LORD is coming with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind; he will bring down his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself 

Job 25:5-6  "If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes, how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot--a human being, who is only a worm!"

Psalm 144:3-4  LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them? They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.

Ezekiel 2:1  He said to me, "Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak to you."

revive us, and we will call on your name 

Psalm 85:6  Will you not revive us again that your people may rejoice in you?

Isaiah 57:15  For this is what the high and exalted One says--he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite."

Hosea 6:2  "After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence."

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Psalm 80:12-15

Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes? Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects from the fields feed on it. Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine, the root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself.

Why have you broken down its walls 

Psalm 89:40  You have broken through all his walls and reduced his stronghold to ruins.

Isaiah 5:5  "Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled."

Isaiah 30:12-14  Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: "Because you have rejected this message, relied on oppression and depended on deceit, this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant. It will break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern."

Jeremiah 39:8  The Babylonians set fire to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Boars from the forest ravage it 

Jeremiah 5:6  Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will ravage them, a leopard will lie in wait near their towns to tear to pieces any who venture out, for their rebellion is great and their backslidings many.

Look down from heaven and see 

Deuteronomy 26:15  "Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey."

Psalm 102:19-20  "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."

Isaiah 63:15  Look down from heaven and see, from your lofty throne, holy and glorious. Where are your zeal and your might? Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.

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Psalm 80:7-11 Part 2 of 2

Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. Its branches reached as far as the Sea (the Mediterranean), its shoots as far as the River (the Euphrates).

you drove out the nations 

Exodus 23:28-30  "I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and the Hittites out of your way. But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land."

Joshua 13:6-7  "As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you, and divide it as an inheritance among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh."

Acts 7:45  "After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David, ..."

and planted it 

Exodus 15:17  "You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance--the place, LORD, you made for your dwelling, the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established."

Isaiah 60:21  "Then all your people will be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor."

Amos 9:15  "I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the LORD your God.

Its branches reached as far as the Sea (the Mediterranean), its shoots as far as the River (the Euphrates) 

Psalm 72:8  May he rule from sea to sea and from the River (the Euphrates) to the ends of the earth.

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Psalm 80:7-11 Part 1 of 2

Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved. You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. Its branches reached as far as the Sea (the Mediterranean), its shoots as far as the River (the Euphrates).

You transplanted a vine from Egypt 

Isaiah 5:1-2  I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit.

Jeremiah 2:21  "I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine?"

Matthew 21:37-41  "Last of all, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said. But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.' So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"  "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end," they replied, "and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time."

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Psalm 80:4-6 Part 2 of 2

How long, LORD God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people? You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful. You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.

you have made them drink tears by the bowlful 

Isaiah 30:20  Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them.

You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us 

Psalm 79:4  We are objects of contempt to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us.

Palm 39:8  Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.

Psalm 44:13  You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.

Ezekiel 5:14  "I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by."

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Psalm 80:4-6 Part 1 of 2

How long, LORD God Almighty, will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people? You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful. You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.

How long, LORD God Almighty 

Psalm 74:9-11  We are given no signs from God; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be. How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever? Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!

Psalm 6:3  My soul is in deep anguish. How long, LORD, how long?

Psalm 79:5  How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?

will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people 

Deuteronomy 29:20  The LORD will never be willing to forgive them; his wrath and zeal will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the LORD will blot out their names from under heaven.

Psalm 74:1  O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

Ezekiel 36:5  " '... this is what the Sovereign LORD says: In my burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.' "

You have fed them with the bread of tears 

Job 3:24  "For sighing has become my daily food; my groans pour out like water."

Psalm 6:6  I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

Psalm 42:3-4  My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

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Psalm 80:3

Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.

Restore us, O God 

Psalm 71:20  Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

Psalm 85:4  Restore us again, God our Savior, and put away your displeasure toward us.

Hosea 6:2  "After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us that we may live in his presence."  

Jeremiah 31:18  "I have surely heard Ephraim's moaning: 'You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the LORD my God.' "

Lamentations 5:21-22  Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.

make your face shine on us 

Psalm 80:19  Restore us, LORD God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.

Numbers 6:24-26  " ' "The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace." ' "

Psalm 4:6  Many, LORD, are asking, "Who will bring us prosperity?" Let the light of your face shine on us.

Psalm 31:16  Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

Psalm 119:135  Make your face shine on your servant and teach me your decrees.

that we may be saved 

Psalm 80:7  Restore us, God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.

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Psalm 80:1-2 Part 3 of 3

Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us.

Awaken your might 

Psalm 35:23  Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and Lord.

Psalm 7:6  Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.

come and save us

Psalm 54:1  Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might.

Psalm 69:1-2  Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.

Psalm 71:2-3  In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me. Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

Psalm 109:26  Help me, LORD my God; save me according to your unfailing love.

Psalm 116:3-4  The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow. Then I called on the name of the LORD: "LORD, save me!"

Psalm 119:94  Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts.

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Psalm 80:1-2 Part 2 of 3

Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us.

 

You who sit enthroned between the cherubim 

Exodus 25:22  "There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you (Moses) all my commands for the Israelites." (see verses 17-21)

 

shine forth before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh 

Numbers 2:18-24  On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud. His division numbers 40,500. The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. His division numbers 32,200. The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Aidan son of Gideoni. His division numbers 35,400. All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.

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Psalm 80:1-2 Part 1 of 3

Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us.

Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock

Psalm 77:20  You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Psalm 78:52  But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the wilderness.

Isaiah 63:11-14  Then his people recalled the days of old, the days of Moses and his people--where is he who brought them through the sea, with the shepherd of his flock? Where is he who set his Holy Spirit among them, who sent his glorious arm of power to be at Moses' right hand, who divided the waters before them, to gain for himself everlasting renown, who led them through the depths? Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble; like cattle that go down to the plain, they were given rest by the Spirit of the LORD. This is how you guided your people to make for yourself a glorious name.

Psalm 74:1  O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

Psalm 77:70-72  He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens; from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance. And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.

Psalm 23:1-3  The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake.

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John 21:24-25

This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true. Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.

This is the disciple who testifies to these things 
John 15:26-27  "When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father--he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning."
Luke 24:48  "You are witnesses of these things."
Acts 1:8  "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."
Acts 2:32  "God has raised Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it."
Acts 4:20  "As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard." 
Acts 5:32  "We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him." 
Acts 13:30-31  "But God raised him from the dead, and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people."
1 Peter 5:1  To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ's sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed: ... 
1 John 1:1-2  That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched--this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 
1 John 4:14  And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

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John 21:20-23

Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, "Lord, who is going to betray you?") When Peter saw him, he asked, "Lord what about him?" Jesus answered, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me." Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?"

Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them 
John 21:7  Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, "It is the Lord," he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water.

("Lord, who is going to betray you?") 
John 13:25  Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, "Lord, who is it?"

If I want him to remain alive until I return 
Matthew 16:27  "For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done."
Luke 17:30  "It will be like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed." [See Luke 17:20-37]
John 14:3  "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."
Acts 1:11  "Men of Galilee," they said, "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."
1 Corinthians 1:7  Therefore  you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17  For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

You must follow me  
John 21:19  Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, "Follow me!"
Matthew 4:19  "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will send you out to fish for people."

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John 21:18-19 Part 2 of 2

"Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go." Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, "Follow me!"
 
Then he said to him, "Follow me!" 
Matthew 4:18-22  As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will send you out to fish for people." At once they left their nets and followed him. Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. 
Mark 10:21-22  Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." At this the man's face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.
Mark 10:28  Then Peter spoke up, "We have left everything to follow you!"
Luke 5:27-28  After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. "Follow me," Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.
John 1:43  The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, "Follow me."
John 21:21-22  When Peter saw him, he asked, "Lord, what about him?" Jesus answered, "If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me."

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