62:1
For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for
Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her vindication
shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a
burning torch.
62:2
The nations shall see your vindication, and all the
kings your glory; and you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the LORD will give.
62:3
You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
62:4
You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land
shall no more be termed Desolate; but you shall be
called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for
the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be
married.
62:5
For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your
builder marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over
the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
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36:5
Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.
36:6
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your
judgments are like the great deep; you save humans and
animals alike, O LORD.
36:7
How precious is your steadfast love, O God! All people
may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
36:8
They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give
them drink from the river of your delights.
36:9
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we
see light.
36:10
O continue your steadfast love to those who know you,
and your salvation to the upright of heart!
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12:1
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I
do not want you to be uninformed.
12:2
You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and
led astray to idols that could not speak.
12:3
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking
by the Spirit of God ever says "Let Jesus be
cursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is
Lord" except by the Holy Spirit.
12:4
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
12:5
and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord;
12:6
and there are varieties of activities, but it is the
same God who activates all of them in everyone.
12:7
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the
common good.
12:8
To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of
wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge
according to the same Spirit,
12:9
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of
healing by the one Spirit,
12:10
to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy,
to another the discernment of spirits, to another
various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation
of tongues.
12:11
All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who
allots to each one individually just as the Spirit
chooses.
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2:1
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee,
and the mother of Jesus was there.
2:2
Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the
wedding.
2:3
When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him,
"They have no wine."
2:4
And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what concern is that
to you and to me? My hour has not yet come."
2:5
His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he
tells you."
2:6
Now standing there were six stone water jars for the
Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or
thirty gallons.
2:7
Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with
water." And they filled them up to the brim.
2:8
He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to
the chief steward." So they took it.
2:9
When the steward tasted the water that had become wine,
and did not know where it came from (though the servants
who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the
bridegroom
2:10
and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine
first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have
become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until
now."
2:11
Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of
Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples
believed in him.
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