Deuteronomy 6:1-9
1 “This is the command – the statutes and ordinances – the Lord your God has instructed me to teach you, so that you may follow them in the land you are about to enter and possess. a 2Do this so that you may ▼▼fear(s) God or the Lord/ the fear of the Lord: No single English word conveys every aspect of the word fear in this phrase. The meaning includes worshipful submission, reverential awe, and obedient respect to the covenant-keeping God of Israel.
fear c the Lord your God all the days of your life by keeping all His statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life. 3 Listen, Israel, and be careful to follow them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly, because ▼▼Yahweh/Yah: Or The Lord; the personal name of God in Hebrew; "Yah" is the shortened form of the name.
Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey. e 4 “Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is One. ▼▼Or Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is One, or The Lord is our God, the Lord alone, or The Lord our God is one Lord
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g 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. h 6 These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. i 7 Repeat them to your children. j Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol ▼ on your forehead. ▼▼Lit symbol between your eyes
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m 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. 2 Timothy 2:1-13
1 You, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace n that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And what you have heard from me o in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful p men who will be able to teach others also. 3Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. q 4No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the recruiter. 5 Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 6 The hardworking farmer ought to be the first to get a share of the crops. r 7 Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. 8Keep your attention on Jesus Christ as risen from the dead s and descended from David. This is according to my gospel. 9I suffer for it to the point of being bound like a criminal, but God’s message is not bound. 10This is why I endure t all things for the elect: u so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. v 11 This saying is trustworthy: wFor if we have died with Him, xwe will also live with Him;
12 if we endure, we will also reign y with Him;
if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
13 if we are faithless, He remains faithful,
for He cannot deny Himself.
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