Saints to "the holy people" via Susan Quigley and John Hutchings, with Tom Warren

05-DEU.usfm

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-\v 1 No man whose genitals are crushed or cut off may enter the assembly of Yahweh.
+\v 1 No man injured by crushing or cutting off may enter the assembly of Yahweh.
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 \v 2 No illegitimate child may belong to the assembly of Yahweh; as far as to the tenth generation of his descendants, none of them may belong to the assembly of Yahweh.
 
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 \v 37 Then he will say, "Where are their gods,
-\q the rock in whom they took refuge,
+\q the rock in whom they took refuge, 
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 \v 38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
 \q and drank the wine of their drink offerings?

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-\v 4 May that day be dark!
-\q May God not care about it,
-\q nor light shine on it.
+\v 4 May that day be dark;
+\q may not God from above call it to mind,
+\q neither may the sun shine on it.
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 \v 5 May darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own.
 \q May a cloud live over it;
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 \v 15 Now you say that his anger does not punish, 
-\q and he does not take even a little notice of transgression.
+\q and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression.
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 \v 16 So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness;
-\q he multiplies words without knowledge."
+\q he piles up words without knowledge."
 
 
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 \v 5 You will not be afraid of terror in the night,
 \q or of the arrow that flies by day,
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-\v 6 or of the plague that stalks in the darkness,
-\q or of the destruction that devastates at noon.
+\v 6 or of the plague that roams around in the darkness,
+\q or of the disease that comes at noontime.
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 \v 7 A thousand may fall at your side
 \q and ten thousand at your right hand,
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 \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
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 \v 19 Sihon king of the Amorites,
-\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever—
+\q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever;
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 \v 20 and Og king of Bashan,
 \q for his covenant faithfulness endures forever.

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 \v 59 Yahweh, you have seen the wrong they have done to me; judge my case.
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-\v 60 You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me.
+\v 60 You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me. 
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-\v 61 You have heard their scorn, Yahweh, all their plots regarding me.
+\v 61 You have heard their scorn, Yahweh, and all their plots regarding me.
 
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-\v 1 The one who scatters is coming up against you.
-\q Guard the city wall, watch the road,
-\q prepare for battle, pull together all your strength.
+\v 1 The one who will dash you to pieces is coming up against you.
+\q Man the city walls, guard the roads,
+\q make yourselves strong, assemble your armies.
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 \v 2 For Yahweh is restoring the majesty of Jacob, like the majesty of Israel,
 \q although the plunderers devastated them and destroyed their vine branches.

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 \v 43 He trusts in God, let God rescue him now, if God consents to release him. For he even said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
-\v 44 In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also spoke insults to him.
+\v 44 In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also spoke insults to him. 
 
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 \v 48 Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed staff, and gave it to him to drink.
 \v 49 The rest of them said, "Leave him alone. Let us see whether Elijah comes to save him."
-\v 50 Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.
+\v 50 Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit. 
 
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 \v 51 Behold, the curtain of the temple was split in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth shook, and the rocks split apart.
-\v 52 The tombs were opened, and the bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
+\v 52 The tombs were opened, and the bodies of the holy people who had fallen asleep were raised.
 \v 53 They came out of the tombs after his resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.
 
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 \v 54 Now when the centurion and those who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they became very afraid and said, "Truly this was the Son of God."
-\v 55 Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for him were there looking on from a distance.
+\v 55 Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for him were there looking on from a distance. 
 \v 56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
 
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 \v 22 But Jesus, perceiving what they were thinking, answered and said to them, "Why are you questioning this in your hearts?
-\v 23 Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you' or to say 'Get up and walk'?
+\v 23 Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you' or to say 'Get up and walk?'
 \v 24 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,"—he said to the paralysed man—"I tell you, get up, pick up your mat and go to your house."
 
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 \v 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God. For he does not give the Spirit by measure.
 \v 35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.
 \v 36 He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God stays on him."
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 \v 8 But you will receive power, when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
 
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-\v 9 When the Lord Jesus had said these things, as they were looking, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their eyes.
+\v 9 When the Lord Jesus had said these things, as they were looking up, he was raised up, and a cloud hid him from their eyes.
 \v 10 While they were looking intensely to heaven as he went, suddenly, two men stood by them in white clothing.
 \v 11 They said, "You men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking into heaven? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven, will return in the same manner as you saw him going into heaven."
 
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 \v 4 So that I detain you no more, I ask you to briefly listen to me with kindness.
 \v 5 For we have found this man to be a pest and one who causes all the Jews throughout the world to rebel. He is a leader of the Nazarene sect.
-\v 6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him. \f + \ft Some ancient copies add, \fqa We wanted to judge him according to our law \fqa* . \f*
+\v 6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him. \f + \ft Some ancient copies add, \fqa "We wanted to judge him according to our law \fqa* . \f*
 
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 \v 7 \f + \ft Some ancient copies have verse 7, \fqa But Lysias, the officer, came and took him by force out of our hands \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 1 So Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense.
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 \v 2 "I regard myself as happy, King Agrippa, to make my case before you today against all the accusations of the Jews;
-\v 3 especially, because you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and questions. So I ask you to hear me patiently.
+\v 3 especially, because you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and questions. So I ask you to hear me patiently. 
 
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 \v 4 Truly, all the Jews know how I lived from my youth in my own nation and at Jerusalem.
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 \v 9 Now indeed, I myself thought that I should do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
-\v 10 I did these in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the saints in prison by the authority I received from the chief priests, and when they were killed, I cast my vote against them.
+\v 10 I did these in Jerusalem. I locked up in prison many of God's holy people by the authority I received from the chief priests; and when they were killed, I cast my vote against them.
 \v 11 I punished them many times in all the synagogues and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was furiously enraged against them and I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
 
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 \v 26 In the same way, the Spirit also helps in our weakness. For we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groans.
-\v 27 He who searches the hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes on behalf of the saints according to the will of God.
+\v 27 He who searches the hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes on behalf of God's holy people according to the will of God.
 
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 \v 28 We know that for those who love God, he works all things together for good, \f + \ft Instead of \fqa he works all things together for good \fqa* , some older versions read, \fqa all things work together for good \fqa* . \f* for those who are called according to his purpose.
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 \v 11 Concerning diligence, do not be hesitant. Concerning the spirit, be eager. Concerning the Lord, serve him.
 \v 12 Rejoice in certain hope, be patient in suffering, be faithful in prayer. 
-\v 13 Share in the needs of the saints. Find many ways to show hospitality.
+\v 13 Share in the needs of God's holy people. Find many ways to show hospitality.
 
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 \v 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
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 \v 25 But now I am going to Jerusalem, bringing aid to the believers.
 
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-\v 26 For it was the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution to the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem.
+\v 26 For it was the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution to the poor among God's holy people who are in Jerusalem.
 \v 27 Yes, it was their good pleasure, and, indeed, they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in material things.
 
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 \v 1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is in Cenchrea,
-\v 2 in order that you may receive her in the Lord. Do this in a manner worthy of the saints, and stand by her in whatever matter she may have need of you. For she herself as well has become a helper of many, and of myself as well.
+\v 2 in order that you may receive her in the Lord. Do this in a manner worthy of God's holy people, and stand by her in whatever matter she may have need of you. For she herself as well has become a helper of many, and of myself as well.
 
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 \v 1 Paul, called by Christ Jesus to be an apostle by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
-\v 2 to the church of God at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, who are called to be holy people, together with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours.
+\v 2 to the church of God at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, who are called to be holy people. We are also writing to all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their Lord and ours.
 \v 3 May grace and peace be to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
 
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-\v 1 When one of you has a dispute with another, does he dare to go to the civil court before an unbelieving judge, rather than before the saints?
+\v 1 When one of you has a dispute with another, does he dare to go to the civil court before an unbelieving judge, rather than before God's holy people?
 \v 2 Do you not know that the believers will judge the world? If then, you will judge the world, are you not able to settle matters of little importance?
 \v 3 Do you not know that we will judge the angels? How much more, then, can we judge matters of this life?
 
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 \v 33 For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace.
 
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-\p This is the rule in all the churches of the saints.
+\p This is the rule in all the churches of God's holy people.
 \v 34 The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak. Instead, they should be in submission, as also the law says.
 \v 35 If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.
 \v 36 Did the word of God come from you? Are you the only ones it has reached?

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 \v 11 You will be enriched in every way so you can be generous. This will bring about thanksgiving to God through us.
 
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-\v 12 For carrying out this service not only meets the needs of the saints but is also overflowing into many acts of thanksgiving to God.
+\v 12 For carrying out this service not only meets the needs of God's holy people, but it also is overflowing into many acts of thanksgiving to God.
 \v 13 Because of your being tested and proved by this service, you will also glorify God by obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ. You will also glorify God by the generosity of your gift to them and to everyone.
 \v 14 They long for you, and they are praying for you. They do this because of the very great grace of God that is on you.
 \v 15 May thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!

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 \v 18 For through Jesus we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
 
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-\v 19 So then, now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. Instead you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household.
+\v 19 So then, now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. Instead you are fellow citizens with God's holy people and members of God's household.
 \v 20 You have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, and Christ Jesus himself was the cornerstone.
 \v 21 In him the whole building fits together and grows as a temple in the Lord.
 \v 22 It is in him that you also are being built together as a dwelling place for God in the Spirit.
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 \v 7 For I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace given to me through the working of his power.
 
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-\v 8 To me—although I am the least of all the saints—this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
+\v 8 To me—although I am the least of all God's holy people—this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
 \v 9 so that I will bring to light for everyone the plan—the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.
 
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 \v 11 Christ gave some to be apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers.
-\v 12 He gave these offices to equip the saints for the work of service, for the building up of the body of Christ.
+\v 12 He gave these offices to equip God's holy people for the work of service, for the building up of the body of Christ.
 \v 13 He continues to build up his body until we all reach the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, and that we become mature and so reach the measure of the fullness of Christ.
 
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 \v 17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
-\v 18 With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit. To this end, always be watching with all perseverance, as you offer prayers for all the saints.
+\v 18 With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit. To this end, always be watching with all perseverance, as you offer prayers for all God's holy people.
 
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 \v 19 And pray for me, that a message might be given to me when I open my mouth. Pray that I might make known with boldness the hidden truth about the gospel.

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 \v 11 We pray you may be strengthened in every ability according to the power of his glory into all perseverance and patience.
-\v 12 We pray that you will joyfully give thanks to the Father, who has made you able to have a share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
+\v 12 We pray that you will joyfully give thanks to the Father, who has made you able to have a share in the inheritance of God's holy people in light.
 \f + \ft Some versions read, \fqa who has made us able to have a share \fqa* . \f*
 
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 \v 11 May our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
 \v 12 May the Lord make you increase and abound in love one for another and toward all people, as we also do for you.
-\v 13 May he strengthen your hearts, so that they will be blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
+\v 13 May he strengthen your hearts, so that they will be blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy people.
 
 
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 \v 8 But if someone does not provide for his own relatives, especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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 \v 9 Let a woman be enrolled as a widow who is not younger than sixty, a wife of one husband.
-\v 10 She must be known for good deeds, whether it is that she has cared for children, or has been hospitable to strangers, or has washed the feet of the saints, or has relieved the afflicted, or has been devoted to every good work.
+\v 10 She must be known for good deeds, whether it is that she has cared for children, or has been hospitable to strangers, or has washed the feet of God's holy people, or has relieved the afflicted, or has been devoted to every good work.
 
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 \v 11 But as for younger widows, refuse to enroll them in the list. For when they give in to bodily desires against Christ, they want to marry.

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 \v 4 I always thank my God. I mention you in my prayers.
 \v 5 I have heard of the love and the faith that you have in the Lord Jesus and for all the believers.
 \v 6 I pray that the fellowship of your faith may be effective for the knowledge of everything good that is among us in Christ.
-\v 7 For I have had much joy and comfort because of your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.
+\v 7 For I have had much joy and comfort because of your love, because the hearts of God's holy people have been refreshed by you, brother.
 
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 \v 7 Therefore, it is just as the Holy Spirit says:
 \q "Today, if you hear his voice
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-\v 8 do not harden your hearts  
-\q as in the rebellion,  
+\v 8 do not harden your hearts
+\q as in the rebellion,
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-\v 1 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest is still allowed to stand, let us be careful that none of you may seem to have fallen short of it. 
+\v 1 Therefore, let us be very careful so that none of you might seem to have failed to reach the promise left behind for you to enter God's rest.
 \v 2 For we were told the good news just as they were. But that message did not benefit those who did not unite in faith with those who obeyed.
 \f + \ft Other versions read, \fqa But that message did not benefit those who heard it without joining faith to it \fqa* . \f*
 
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 \q They will never enter my rest."
 \p Even so, his works were finished from the foundation of the world.
 \v 4 For he has somewhere spoken about the seventh day:
-\q "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."
-\v 5 And again in this same passage he said,
-\q "They will never enter my rest."
+\q "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works." 
+\v 5 And again in this same passage he said, 
+\q "They will never enter my rest." 
 
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-\v 6 Therefore, it remains for some to enter that rest, and those who previously had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience. 
-\v 7 So God again appointed a certain day, calling it "Today," when he spoke through David in words already quoted:  
-\q "Today if you hear his voice,  
+\v 6 Therefore, it remains for some to enter that rest, and those who previously had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience.
+\v 7 So God again appointed a certain day, calling it "Today," when he spoke through David in words already quoted: 
+\q "Today if you hear his voice,
 \q do not harden your hearts."
 
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 \v 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken about another day.
-\v 9 So there remains a Sabbath rest reserved for God's people.
+\v 9 Therefore there is still a Sabbath rest reserved for God's people.
 \v 10 For he who enters into God's rest has himself also rested from his deeds, just as God did from his.
 \v 11 Therefore let us be eager to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the kind of disobedience that they did.
 
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-\v 26 For if we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, a sacrifice for sins no longer remains.
+\v 26 For if we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, a sacrifice for sins no longer exists.
 \v 27 Instead, there is only a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume God's enemies.
 
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 \v 7 He went and took hold of the scroll out of the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne.
 
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-\v 8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and a golden bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
+\v 8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and a golden bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of God's holy people.
 
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-\v 3 Another angel came, holding a golden incense bowl, standing at the incense altar. Much incense was given to him so that he would offer it with the prayers of all the saints on the golden incense altar before the throne.
-\v 4 The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the angel's hand.
+\v 3 Another angel came, holding a golden incense bowl, standing at the incense altar. Much incense was given to him so that he would offer it with the prayers of all God's holy people on the golden incense altar before the throne.
+\v 4 The smoke of the incense—with the prayers of God's holy people—rose up before God from the angel's hand.
 \v 5 The angel took the incense bowl and filled it with fire from the altar. Then he threw it down to the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
 
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 \v 6 So the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God—blaspheming his name, the place where he lives, and those who live in heaven.
 
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-\v 7 The beast was permitted to wage war with the saints and to conquer them. Also, authority was given to it over every tribe, people, language, and nation.
+\v 7 The beast was permitted to wage war with God's holy people and to conquer them. Also, authority was given to it over every tribe, people, language, and nation.
 \v 8 All who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written, since the creation of the world, in the Book of Life, which belongs to the Lamb, who had been slaughtered.
 
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 \q2 into captivity he will go.
 \q If anyone is to be killed with the sword,
 \q2 with the sword he will be killed.
-\m Here is a call for the patient endurance and faith of the saints.
+\m Here is a call for the patient endurance and faith of God's holy people.
 
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 \v 11 The smoke from their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest day or night—these worshipers of the beast and his image, and everyone who receives the mark of his name.
-\v 12 Here is a call for the patient endurance of the saints, those who obey the commandments of God and faith in Jesus."
+\v 12 Here is a call for the patient endurance of God's holy people, those who obey the commandments of God and faith in Jesus."
 
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 \q2 because you have judged these things.
 \f + \ft Some older copies read, \fqa You are righteous, Lord—the one who is and who was and who is to be, because you have judged these things \fqa* . \f*
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-\v 6 Because they poured out the blood of the saints and prophets,
+\v 6 Because they poured out the blood of God's holy people and prophets,
 \q2 you have given them blood to drink;
 \q it is what they deserve."
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 \v 5 On her forehead was written a name having a secret meaning: "Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth."
 
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-\v 6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs for Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.
+\v 6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God's holy people and with the blood of the martyrs for Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.
 \v 7 But the angel said to me, "Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the meaning of the woman and of the beast that is carrying her, the beast that has the seven heads and the ten horns.
 
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 \q for your merchants were the princes of the earth,
 \q2 and the nations were deceived by your sorcery.
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-\v 24 In her the blood of prophets and saints was found,
+\v 24 In her the blood of prophets and of God's holy people was found,
 \q2 and the blood of all who have been killed on the earth."
 
 
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 \v 8 She was permitted to be dressed
 \q2 in bright and clean fine linen"
-\q (for fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints).
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 \v 8 He will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to bring them together for the battle. They will be as many as the sand of the sea.
 
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-\v 9 They went up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints, the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
+\v 9 They went up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's holy people—the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
 \v 10 The devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
 
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