But I will be very kind to people who love me and obey my commands. I will be kind to their families for thousands of generations! [126]
Deuteronomy 30:6 - Easy To Read Version The Lord your God will make you and your descendants want to obey him. [198] Then you will love the Lord with all your heart. And you will live! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with all your being, that you may live. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. Common English Bible Then the LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants so that you love the LORD your God with all your mind and with all your being in order that you may live. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, so that you may love the Lord your God with your entire heart and with your entire soul, so that you may be able to live. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed: that then mayst love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mayst live. |
But I will be very kind to people who love me and obey my commands. I will be kind to their families for thousands of generations! [126]
I will make them want to know me. They will know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will do this because those prisoners in Babylon will turn to me with their whole hearts.
I will give those people the desire to be truly one people. They will have one goal—they will truly want to worship me all their lives. They will truly want to do this, and so will their children.
Become the Lord’s people.\par Change your hearts! {\cf2\super [20]} \par Men of Judah and people of Jerusalem,\par if you don’t change,\par then I will become very angry.\par My anger will spread fast like a fire,\par and my anger will burn you up.\par And no person will be able to put out that fire.\par Why will this happen?\par Because of the evil things you have done.”\par
I am talking about the people of the nations of Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the people that live in the desert. The men in all those countries really were not circumcised in their bodies. But the people from the family of Israel were not circumcised in their hearts.”\par
So you must obey my laws and rules. If a person obeys my laws and rules, he will live! I am the Lord!
Jesus answered, “‘You must love the Lord your God. You must love him with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ {\cf2\super [318]}
And that is how all Israel will be saved. It is written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [125]} \}:
We know that in everything God works for the good of those people that love him. These are the people God called (chose), because that was his plan.
We have small troubles for a while now, but those troubles are helping us gain an eternal glory. That eternal glory is much greater than the troubles.
“So you must love the Lord your God. You must do the things he tells you to do. You must always obey his laws, rules, and commands.
You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
In Christ you had a different kind of circumcision. {\cf2\super [9]} That circumcision was not done by the hands of any person. I mean you were made free from the power of your sinful self. That is the kind of circumcision Christ does.
What great blessings there are for the person who is tempted and still continues strong. Why? Because after he has proved his faith, God will give him the reward of life forever. God promised this to all people who love him.
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! God chose the poor people in the world to be rich with faith. He chose them to receive the kingdom God promised to people who love him.
Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. The person who loves has become God’s child. And so the person who loves knows God.