Thoughallthe peopleswalkEachin the nameof his god,As for us, we will walkIn the nameof the LORDour Godforeverand ever.
Now when Abramwas ninety-nineyearsold,the LORDappearedto Abramand saidto him, "I am GodAlmighty;WalkbeforeMe, and be blameless.
But everynationstill madegodsof its own and putthem in the housesof the highplaceswhichthe peopleof Samariahad made,everynationin their citiesin whichthey lived.
To thisdaythey doaccording to the earliercustoms:they do not fearthe LORD,nordo they followtheir statutesor their ordinancesor the law,or the commandmentswhichthe LORDcommandedthe sonsof Jacob,whomHe namedIsrael;
NowI knowthat the LORDsavesHis anointed;He will answerhim from His holyheavenWith the savingstrengthof His righthand.
For suchis God,Our Godforeverand ever;He will guideus untildeath.
I will comewith the mightydeedsof the LordGOD;I will makementionof Your righteousness,Yours alone.
Come,houseof Jacob,and let us walkin the lightof the LORD.
O LORDour God,other mastersbesidesYou have ruledus; [But] through You alonewe confessYour name.
Indeed,[while following] the wayof Your judgments,O LORD,We have waitedfor You eagerly;Your name,even Your memory,is the desireof [our] souls.
"I will makean everlastingcovenantwith them that I will not turnawayfrom them, to dothem good;and I will putthe fearof Me in their heartsso that they will not turnawayfrom Me.
"And I will strengthenthem in the LORD,And in His namethey will walk,"declaresthe LORD.
"In the generationsgoneby He permittedallthe nationsto gotheir own ways;
"You shall therefore obeythe LORDyour God,and doHis commandmentsand His statuteswhichI commandyou today."
Thereforeas you have receivedChristJesusthe Lord,[so] walkin Him,
Whateveryou doin wordordeed,[do] allin the nameof the LordJesus,giving thanksthroughHim to Godthe Father.
"Ifit is disagreeablein your sightto servethe LORD,choosefor yourselves todaywhomyou will serve:whetherthe godswhichyour fathersservedwhichwere beyondthe River,or the godsof the Amoritesin whoselandyou are living;but as for me and my house,we will servethe LORD."
