These are the people I made. And these people will sing songs to praise me.
Luke 1:75 - Easy To Read Version We will be holy and good before God as long as we live.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In holiness (divine consecration) and righteousness [in accordance with the everlasting principles of right] within His presence all the days of our lives. American Standard Version (1901) In holiness and righteousness before him all our days. Common English Bible in holiness and righteousness in God’s eyes, for as long as we live. Catholic Public Domain Version in holiness and in justice before him, throughout all our days. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In holiness and justice before him, all our days. |
These are the people I made. And these people will sing songs to praise me.
The Lord All-Powerful says, “You have special days of sadness and fasting in the fourth month, the fifth month, the seventh month, and the tenth month. {\cf2\super [22]} Those days of sadness must be changed into days of happiness. Those will be good and happy holidays. And you must love truth and peace!”
She will give birth to a son. You will name the son Jesus. {\cf2\super [13]} Give him that name because he will save his people from their sins.”
power of our enemies,\par so that we could serve him without fear.\par
In Christ, God chose us before the world was made. God chose us in love to be his holy people {\cf2\super [4]} —people with no wrong in us before him.
God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us new people so that we would do good things. God had already planned those good things for us. God had planned for us to live our lives doing those good things.
You must become a new person, made to be like God—made to be truly good and holy. {\cf2\super [35]}
You and your descendants [34] must respect the Lord your God as long as you live. You must obey all his laws and commands that I give you. If you do this, then you will have a long life in that new land.
Brothers and sisters, now I have some other things to tell you. We taught you how to live in a way that will please God. And you are living that way. Now we ask you and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live that way more and more.
Brothers and sisters, the Lord loves you. God chose you from the beginning to be saved. So we should always thank God for you. You are saved by the Spirit {\cf2\super [7]} making you holy {\cf2\super [8]} and by your faith (believing) in the truth.
God saved us and made us his holy people. {\cf2\super [6]} That happened not because of anything we did ourselves. No! God saved us and made us his people because that was what he wanted and because of his grace (kindness). That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began.