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John 11:52

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children  of God.

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But I have other sheep   that are not from this sheepfold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.


He himself is the atoning sacrifice  , for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.


he says, ‘It is not enough for you to be my servant raising up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected ones of Israel. I will also make you a light for the nations, to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.’


Peter,  an apostle of Jesus Christ: To those chosen, living as exiles  dispersed  abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,  chosen


And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and you purchased   people for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation.


Or is God the God of Jews only?  Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,


a light for revelation to the Gentiles  , and glory to your people Israel.


James,  a servant of God  and of the Lord Jesus Christ: To the twelve tribes  dispersed abroad.  , Greetings.


This is according to his eternal purpose  accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.


He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,


As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations  #– #  , in the presence of the God in whom he believed, the one who gives life to the dead  and calls  things into existence that do not exist.


For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.’


As for me, if I am lifted up   from the earth I will draw all people to myself.’


The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God,  who takes away the sin  of the world!


Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And in the place where they were told: You are not my people, they will be called: Sons of the living God.


As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered  on a day of clouds and total darkness.


Raise your eyes and look round: they all gather and come to you; your sons will come from far away, and your daughters on the hips of nursing mothers.


This is the declaration of the Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: ‘I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.’


so you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the Lord your God, even the Holy One of Israel, has glorified you.’


Look up, and look round. They all gather together; they come to you. As I live’ – this is the  Lord’s declaration – ‘you will wear all your children  as jewellery, and put them on as a bride does.


The sceptre will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until he whose right it is comes  , and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.


But to all who did receive  him,  he gave them the right  to be  children  of God,  to those who believe  in his name,


See what great love  the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children #– #and we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know him.


Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed.  We know that when he appears,  we will be like him  because we will see him as he is.


This is how God’s children and the devil’s children become obvious. Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother or sister.


‘Or what woman who has ten silver coins,   , if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?





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