The Groom

(A)Swear to me, you (B)daughters of Jerusalem,
By the (C)gazelles or by the (D)does of the field,
(E)That you will not disturb or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

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The Groom

(A)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem,
By the (B)gazelles or by the does of the field,
That you will not disturb or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

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How (A)beautiful and how delightful you are,
[a]My love, with all your delights!

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:6 Or With love among your charms

The Groom

(A)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem:
[a]Do not disturb or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:4 Lit Why should you disturb or

The Lord appeared to [a]him [b]long ago, saying,
“I have (A)loved you with an everlasting love;
Therefore I have drawn you out with (B)kindness.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:3 Lit me
  2. Jeremiah 31:3 Or from far away

16 “For God so (A)loved the world, that He (B)gave His (C)only Son, so that everyone who (D)believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.

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13 (A)Greater love has no one than this, that a person will (B)lay down his life for his friends.

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and hope (A)does not disappoint, because the love of God has been (B)poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

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But God (A)demonstrates (B)His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, (C)Christ died for us.

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38 For I am convinced that neither (A)death, nor life, nor (B)angels, nor principalities, nor (C)things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from (D)the love of God that is (E)in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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14 For the love of Christ (A)controls us, having concluded this, that (B)one died for all, therefore all died;

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just as (A)He chose us in Him before (B)the foundation of the world, that we would be (C)holy and blameless before [a]Him. (D)In love [b]He (E)predestined us to (F)adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, (G)according to the good pleasure of His will,

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  1. Ephesians 1:4 Or Him, in love. He
  2. Ephesians 1:5 Lit having predestined

But God, being (A)rich in mercy, because of (B)His great love with which He loved us, even when we were (C)dead [a]in our wrongdoings, made us alive together [b]with Christ ((D)by grace you have been saved), and (E)raised us up with Him, and (F)seated us with Him in (G)the heavenly places in (H)Christ Jesus,

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  1. Ephesians 2:5 Or by reason of
  2. Ephesians 2:5 Two early mss in Christ

16 that He would grant you, according to (A)the riches of His glory, to be (B)strengthened with power through His Spirit in (C)the inner [a]self, 17 so that (D)Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being (E)rooted and (F)grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with (G)all the [b]saints what is (H)the width and length and height and depth, 19 and to know (I)the love of Christ which (J)surpasses knowledge, that you may be (K)filled to all the (L)fullness of God.

20 (M)Now to Him who is (N)able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, (O)according to the power that works within us, 21 (P)to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations [c]forever and ever. Amen.

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  1. Ephesians 3:16 Lit person
  2. Ephesians 3:18 See note v 8
  3. Ephesians 3:21 Lit of the age of the ages

27 Looking at them, Jesus *said, (A)With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”

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knowing this, that our (A)old [a]self was (B)crucified with Him, in order that our (C)body of sin might be [b]done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; for (D)the one who has died is [c]freed from sin.

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  1. Romans 6:6 Lit person (Gr anthropos)
  2. Romans 6:6 Or made powerless
  3. Romans 6:7 Or acquitted

20 I have been (A)crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but (B)Christ lives in me; and [a]the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in (C)the Son of God, who (D)loved me and (E)gave Himself up for me.

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  1. Galatians 2:20 Or insofar as I

22 yet He has now (A)reconciled you in His (B)body of flesh through death, in order to (C)present you before Him (D)holy and blameless and beyond reproach—

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12 having been (A)buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also (B)raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who (C)raised Him from the dead. 13 And [a]when you were (D)dead [b]in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He (E)made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings,

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  1. Colossians 2:13 Or although
  2. Colossians 2:13 Or by reason of

Put On the New Self

Therefore, if you have been (A)raised with Christ, keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, (B)seated at the right hand of God. [a](C)Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have (D)died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, (E)who is our life, is revealed, (F)then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

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  1. Colossians 3:2 Or Be intent on

(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who (B)according to His great mercy (C)has caused us to be born again to (D)a living hope through the (E)resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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24 and He Himself [a](A)brought our sins in His body up on the [b](B)cross, so that we (C)might die to [c]sin and live for righteousness; (D)by His [d]wounds you were (E)healed.

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  1. 1 Peter 2:24 Or offered...up
  2. 1 Peter 2:24 Lit wood; see Deut 21:23
  3. 1 Peter 2:24 Lit sins
  4. 1 Peter 2:24 Lit wound; or welt

30 But it is [a]due to Him that you are in (A)Christ Jesus, who became to us (B)wisdom from God, [b]and (C)righteousness and (D)sanctification, and (E)redemption,

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  1. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Lit from Him
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:30 Or both

16 (A)Do you not know that (B)you are a [a]temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Or sanctuary

17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is (A)one spirit with Him.

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