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    <div class="book bk2KI">
        <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="2KI.1">
            <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Judgment on Ahaziah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2KI.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After Ahab&#8217;s death, Moab rebelled against Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers, saying to them, &#8220;Go and consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if I will recover from this injury.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2KI.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Elijah the Tishbite, &#8220;Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, &#8216;Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2KI.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; So Elijah went.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2KI.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2KI.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, &#8220;Why have you come back?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2KI.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;A man came to meet us,&#8221; they replied. &#8220;And he said to us, &#8216;Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2KI.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The king asked them, &#8220;What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2KI.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They replied, &#8220;He had a garment of hair</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">He was a hairy man</span></span></span><span class="content"> and had a leather belt around his waist.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.1.8"><span class="content">The king said, &#8220;That was Elijah the Tishbite.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2KI.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, &#8220;Man of God, the king says, &#8216;Come down!&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2KI.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2KI.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Elijah answered the captain, &#8220;If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!&#8221; Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2KI.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2KI.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, &#8220;Man of God, this is what the king says, &#8216;Come down at once!&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2KI.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2KI.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;If I am a man of God,&#8221; Elijah replied, &#8220;may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!&#8221; Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2KI.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2KI.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. &#8220;Man of God,&#8221; he begged, &#8220;please have respect for my life and the lives of these fifty men, your servants! </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">See, fire has fallen from heaven and consumed the first two captains and all their men. But now have respect for my life!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2KI.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Elijah, &#8220;Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.&#8221; So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2KI.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He told the king, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2KI.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So he died, according to the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that Elijah had spoken.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2KI.1.17"><span class="content">Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehoram, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Joram</span></span></span><span class="content"> succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2KI.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">As for all the other events of Ahaziah&#8217;s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bk2KI">
        <div class="chapter ch2" data-usfm="2KI.2">
            <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Elijah Taken Up to Heaven</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2KI.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Elijah said to Elisha, &#8220;Stay here; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sent me to Bethel.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.2.2"><span class="content">But Elisha said, &#8220;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives and as you live, I will not leave you.&#8221; So they went down to Bethel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2KI.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2KI.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, &#8220;Do you know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is going to take your master from you today?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2KI.2.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, I know,&#8221; Elisha replied, &#8220;so be quiet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2KI.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2KI.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then Elijah said to him, &#8220;Stay here, Elisha; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sent me to Jericho.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2KI.2.4"><span class="content">And he replied, &#8220;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives and as you live, I will not leave you.&#8221; So they went to Jericho.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2KI.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2KI.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, &#8220;Do you know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is going to take your master from you today?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2KI.2.5"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes, I know,&#8221; he replied, &#8220;so be quiet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2KI.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then Elijah said to him, &#8220;Stay here; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sent me to the Jordan.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.2.6"><span class="content">And he replied, &#8220;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives and as you live, I will not leave you.&#8221; So the two of them walked on.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2KI.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2KI.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2KI.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2KI.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, &#8220;Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2KI.2.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,&#8221; Elisha replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2KI.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2KI.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;You have asked a difficult thing,&#8221; Elijah said, &#8220;yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours&#8212;otherwise, it will not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2KI.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2KI.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2KI.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Elisha saw this and cried out, &#8220;My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!&#8221; And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore it in two.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2KI.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2KI.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Elisha then picked up Elijah&#8217;s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. &#8220;Where now is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Elijah?&#8221; he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2KI.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2KI.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, &#8220;The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.&#8221; And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look,&#8221; they said, &#8220;we your servants have fifty able men. Let them go and look for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has picked him up and set him down on some mountain or in some valley.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.2.16"><span class="content">&#8220;No,&#8221; Elisha replied, &#8220;do not send them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2KI.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2KI.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But they persisted until he was too embarrassed to refuse. So he said, &#8220;Send them.&#8221; And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find him. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2KI.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, &#8220;Didn&#8217;t I tell you not to go?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Healing of the Water</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2KI.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2KI.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The people of the city said to Elisha, &#8220;Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2KI.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2KI.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bring me a new bowl,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and put salt in it.&#8221; So they brought it to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2KI.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2KI.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2KI.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And the water has remained pure to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Elisha Is Jeered</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2KI.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2KI.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. &#8220;Get out of here, baldy!&#8221; they said. &#8220;Get out of here, baldy!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2KI.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2KI.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkPSA">
        <div class="chapter ch67" data-usfm="PSA.67">
            <div class="label">67</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 67</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 67:1-7 is numbered 67:2-8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm. A song.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.67.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">May God be gracious to us and bless us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.67.1"><span class="content">and make his face shine on us&#8212;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">67:1 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.67.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.67.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">so that your ways may be known on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.67.2"><span class="content">your salvation among all nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.67.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.67.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the peoples praise you, God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.67.3"><span class="content">may all the peoples praise you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.67.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.67.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">May the nations be glad and sing for joy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.67.4"><span class="content">for you rule the peoples with equity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.67.4"><span class="content">and guide the nations of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.67.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.67.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">May the peoples praise you, God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.67.5"><span class="content">may all the peoples praise you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.67.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.67.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The land yields its harvest;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.67.6"><span class="content">God, our God, blesses us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.67.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.67.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">May God bless us still,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.67.7"><span class="content">so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.</span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bkPHP">
        <div class="chapter ch4" data-usfm="PHP.4">
            <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Closing Appeal for Steadfastness and Unity</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PHP.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PHP.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PHP.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PHP.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Exhortations</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PHP.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PHP.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PHP.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable&#8212;if anything is excellent or praiseworthy&#8212;think about such things. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me&#8212;put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanks for Their Gifts</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PHP.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I can do all this through him who gives me strength.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PHP.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PHP.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PHP.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid more than once when I was in need. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PHP.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Not that I desire your gifts; what I desire is that more be credited to your account. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PHP.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PHP.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PHP.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PHP.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PHP.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PHP.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Greet all God&#8217;s people in Christ Jesus. The brothers and sisters who are with me send greetings. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PHP.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">All God&#8217;s people here send you greetings, especially those who belong to Caesar&#8217;s household.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PHP.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PHP.4.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:23 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fq">Amen</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span></span></div>
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