3:12
When Peter saw it, he addressed the people, "You
Israelites, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at
us, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk?
3:13
The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the
God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you
handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he
had decided to release him.
3:14
But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a
murderer given to you,
3:15
and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the
dead. To this we are witnesses.
3:16
And by faith in his name, his name itself has made this man
strong, whom you see and know; and the faith that is through
Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all
of you.
3:17
"And now, friends, I know that you acted in ignorance, as
did also your rulers.
3:18
In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the
prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.
3:19
Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped
out,
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4:1
Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You gave me room when
I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.
4:2
How long, you people, shall my honor suffer shame? How long will
you love vain words, and seek after lies? Selah
4:3
But know that the LORD has set apart the faithful for himself;
the LORD hears when I call to him.
4:4
When you are disturbed, do not sin; ponder it on your beds, and
be silent. Selah
4:5
Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the LORD.
4:6
There are many who say, "O that we might see some good! Let
the light of your face shine on us, O LORD!"
4:7
You have put gladness in my heart more than when their grain and
wine abound.
4:8
I will both lie down and sleep in peace; for you alone, O LORD,
make me lie down in safety.
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3:1
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called
children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world
does not know us is that it did not know him.
3:2
Beloved, we are God's children now; what we will be has not yet
been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we
will be like him, for we will see him as he is.
3:3
And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he
is pure.
3:4
Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is
lawlessness.
3:5
You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him
there is no sin.
3:6
No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen
him or known him.
3:7
Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what
is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
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24:36b
While they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among
them and said to them, "Peace be with you."
24:37
They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were
seeing a ghost.
24:38
He said to them, "Why are you frightened, and why do doubts
arise in your hearts?
24:39
Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me
and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see
that I have."
24:40
And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his
feet.
24:41
While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering,
he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?"
24:42
They gave him a piece of broiled fish,
24:43
and he took it and ate in their presence.
24:44
Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to
you while I was still with you--that everything written about me
in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be
fulfilled."
24:45
Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,
24:46
and he said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Messiah
is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day,
24:47
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed
in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
24:48
You are witnesses of these things.
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