Psalm 138:8 |
| | Expanded Bible Lord, you ·do everything [fulfill/accomplish your plan] for me. Lord, your ·love [loyalty] continues forever. Do not ·leave [abandon; forsake] us, ·whom you made [L the work of your hands]. Read at Bible Gateway Read all of Psalm 138
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| | King James Version The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. Read at Bible Gateway Read all of Psalm 138
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| | La Biblia de las Américas El Señor cumplirá su propósito en mí; eterna, oh Señor, es tu misericordia; no abandones las obras de tus manos. Read at Bible Gateway Read all of Psalm 138
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| | La Biblia de las Américas El Señor cumplirá su propósito en mí; eterna, oh Señor, es tu misericordia; no abandones las obras de tus manos. Read at Bible Gateway Read all of Psalm 138
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| | New American Standard Bible The Lord will accomplish what concerns me; Your faithfulness, Lord, is everlasting; Do not abandon the works of Your hands. Read at Bible Gateway Read all of Psalm 138
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 Bible Gateway Enduring When Obeying HurtsLooking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross. (Hebrews 12:2)
What faith performs is sometimes unspeakably hard. In his book Miracle on the River Kwai, Ernest Gordon tells the true story of a group of POWs working on the Burma Railway during World War II. At the end of each day the tools were collected from the work party. On one occasion a Japanese guard shouted that a shovel was missing and demanded to know which man had taken it. He began to rant and rave, working himself up into a paranoid fury and ordered whoever was guilty to step forward. No one moved. "All die! All die!" he shrieked, cocking and aiming his rifle at the prisoners. At that moment one man stepped forward and the guard clubbed him to death with his rifle while he stood silently to attention. When they returned to the camp, the tools were counted again and no shovel was missing.
What can sustain the will to die for others, when you are innocent? Jesus was carried and sustained in his love for us by "the joy that was set before him." Grace does signify that its objects are undeserving. So I won't say that Jesus put his hope in grace. I will simply say that he banked on future blessing and joy, and that carried and sustained him in love through his suffering. Whenever we follow him in this, which we should, that blessing and joy for us is grace — future grace. As a man, modeling for us how to take up our cross and follow him on the Calvary road of love, Jesus entrusted himself to his Father (1 Peter 2:23) and banked his hope on the resurrection and all the joys of reunion with his Father and the redemption of his people. | | | | | | | | Bible Gateway Recommendations | | | |
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 Bible Gateway 2 Peter 3:9 |
| | Expanded Bible The Lord is not ·slow [or late] in doing what he promised—the way some people understand ·slowness [lateness; Hab. 2:3]. But God is being patient with you [Ex. 34:6]. He does not want anyone to ·be lost [perish], but he wants all people to ·change their hearts and lives [L come to repentance]. Read at Bible Gateway Read all of 2 Peter 3
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| | King James Version The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Read at Bible Gateway Read all of 2 Peter 3
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| | La Biblia de las Américas El Señor no se tarda en cumplir su promesa, según algunos entienden la tardanza, sino que es paciente para con vosotros, no queriendo que nadie perezca, sino que todos vengan al arrepentimiento. Read at Bible Gateway Read all of 2 Peter 3
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| | La Biblia de las Américas El Señor no se tarda en cumplir su promesa, según algunos entienden la tardanza, sino que es paciente para con vosotros, no queriendo que nadie perezca, sino que todos vengan al arrepentimiento. Read at Bible Gateway Read all of 2 Peter 3
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| | New American Standard Bible The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance. Read at Bible Gateway Read all of 2 Peter 3
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