Your peoplewill volunteerfreelyin the dayof Your power;In holyarray,from the wombof the dawn,Your youthare to You [as] the dew.
Ascribeto the LORDthe glorydue His name;Bringan offering,and comebeforeHim; Worshipthe LORDin holyarray.
And the peopleblessedallthe menwho volunteeredto livein Jerusalem.
Ascribeto the LORDthe glorydue to His name;Worshipthe LORDin holyarray.
Worshipthe LORDin holyattire;TremblebeforeHim, allthe earth.
"Thisis the lawof the house:its entireareaon the topof the mountainallaround[shall be] mostholy.Behold,thisis the lawof the house.
They will shepherdthe landof Assyriawith the sword,The landof Nimrodat its entrances;And He will deliver[us] from the AssyrianWhenhe attacksour landAnd whenhe tramplesour territory.
but you will receivepowerwhen the HolySpirithas comeupon you; and you shall be My witnessesbothin Jerusalem,and in allJudeaand Samaria,and evento the remotest partof the earth."
Sothe wordof the Lordwas growingmightilyand prevailing.
"Thereforehaving been exaltedto the right handof God,and having receivedfrom the Fatherthe promiseof the HolySpirit,He has poured forththiswhichyou bothseeand hear.
So then,thosewho had receivedhis wordwere baptized;and that daythere were addedaboutthree thousandsouls.
And when they heardit they [began] glorifyingGod;and they saidto him, "You see,brother,how manythousandsthere are amongthe Jewsof thosewho have believed,and they are allzealousfor the Law;
But manyof thosewho had heardthe messagebelieved;and the numberof the mencameto be aboutfivethousand.
For indeedHe was crucifiedbecauseof weakness,yetHe livesbecauseof the powerof God.For we alsoare weakin Him, yetwe will livewith Him becauseof the powerof God[directed] towardyou.
For ifthe readinessis present,it is acceptableaccordingto what [a person] has,not accordingto what he does not have.
But thanksbe to Godwho putsthe sameearnestnesson your behalfin the heartof Titus.
justas He choseus in Him beforethe foundationof the world,that we would be holyand blamelessbeforeHim. In love
for it is Godwho is at workin you, bothto willand to workfor [His] good pleasure.
For Godhas not calledus for the purpose of impurity,but in sanctification.
whogaveHimselffor us to redeemus from everylawless deed,and to purifyfor Himselfa peoplefor His ownpossession,zealousfor gooddeeds.
equipyou in everygood thingto doHis will,workingin us that which is pleasingin His sight,throughJesusChrist,to whom[be] the gloryforeverand ever.Amen.
Afterthese thingsI looked,and behold,a greatmultitudewhichno onecouldcount,from everynationand [all] tribesand peoplesand tongues,standingbeforethe throneand beforethe Lamb,clothedin whiterobes,and palm branches[were] in their hands;
"That the leadersledin Israel,That the peoplevolunteered,Blessthe LORD!
"My heart[goes out] to the commandersof Israel,The volunteersamong the people;Blessthe LORD!