A Practical Guide for Transformative Growth Part 3

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Abide

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Jesus Never Said ‘Hustle’: Finding True Rest in a Burnout World

Name Above All

The Spiritual Significance of KEYS in the Bible

What Is the Fear of the Lord?

Kingdom Courage

"An INVITATION to FOLLOW : A 5-Day Journey Into Discipleship"

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK I</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 1&#8211;41</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 1</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">who does not walk in step with the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">or stand in the way that sinners take</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">or sit in the company of mockers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">but whose delight is in the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="content">and who meditates on his law day and night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">which yields its fruit in season</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">and whose leaf does not wither&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">whatever they do prospers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Not so the wicked!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">They are like chaff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">that the wind blows away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="content">nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over the way of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.1.6"><span class="content">but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GAL.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, an apostle&#8212;sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and all the brothers and sisters</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:2 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15; 4:12, 28, 31; 5:11, 13; 6:1, 18.</span></span></span><span class="content"> with me,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.1.2"><span class="content">To the churches in Galatia:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GAL.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GAL.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">No Other Gospel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GAL.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GAL.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GAL.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God&#8217;s curse! </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GAL.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God&#8217;s curse!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GAL.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GAL.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul Called by God</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GAL.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GAL.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GAL.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GAL.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GAL.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GAL.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GAL.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But when God, who set me apart from my mother&#8217;s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GAL.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GAL.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GAL.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GAL.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, Peter</span></span></span><span class="content"> and stayed with him fifteen days. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GAL.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I saw none of the other apostles&#8212;only James, the Lord&#8217;s brother. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GAL.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GAL.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GAL.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then I went to Syria and Cilicia. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GAL.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GAL.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They only heard the report: &#8220;The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GAL.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And they praised God because of me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul Accepted by the Apostles</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GAL.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GAL.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GAL.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GAL.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GAL.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GAL.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">As for those who were held in high esteem&#8212;whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism&#8212;they added nothing to my message. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GAL.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, Gentiles</span></span></span><span class="content"> just as Peter had been to the circumcised.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">That is, Jews; also in verses 8 and 9</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GAL.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GAL.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">James, Cephas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14</span></span></span><span class="content"> and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GAL.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul Opposes Cephas</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GAL.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GAL.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GAL.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GAL.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GAL.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GAL.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, &#8220;You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GAL.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GAL.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GAL.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">but through the faithfulness of&#8230; justified on the basis of the faithfulness of</span></span></span><span class="content"> Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GAL.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GAL.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn&#8217;t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GAL.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GAL.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GAL.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GAL.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GAL.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:21 </span><span class="ft">Some interpreters end the quotation after verse 14.</span></span></span></span></div>
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