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Romans 5 (NIV)
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we {[1] Or } have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we [1] rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
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Not only so, but we [2] also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
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perseverance, character; and character, hope.
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And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
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You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
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Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
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But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him!
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For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
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Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
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Psalms 25
Psalm 25 Of David. [3]
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To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
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in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.
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No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse.
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Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths;
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guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
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Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.
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Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD.
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Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
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He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.
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All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant.
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For the sake of your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
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Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him.
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He will spend his days in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
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The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.
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My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare.
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Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
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The troubles of my heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish.
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Look upon my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.
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See how my enemies have increased and how fiercely they hate me!
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Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
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May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you.
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Redeem Israel, O God, from all their troubles!
2 Or let us
3 Or let us
This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
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