But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed. Isaiah 53:5 NABRE Isaiah 53 celebrates a suffering servant’s trials and the good effect they produce. The verse opens with four stages: first, it describes…
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Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. 1 John 3:18 NABRE John is writing to his own community about what it means to be true disciples of God and Jesus. The quoted verse is in a section of the letter that concerns love…
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For you were called for freedom, brothers. But do not use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh; rather, serve one another through love. Galatians 5:13 NABRE Paul is concerned for the Christians in Galatia as they witnessed false teachers. These teachers were spreading a false gospel which was…
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Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your kind spirit guide me on ground that is level. Psalms 143:10 NABRE Psalm 143 is about asking for mercy and help. The psalm begins with the psalmist asking the Lord to listen to him and then he…
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I, the LORD, explore the mind and test the heart, Giving to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their deeds. Jeremiah 17:10 NABRE Jeremiah in this chapter provides short oracles of wisdom writing, expressing themes that were constant in Jeremiah’s preaching. The quoted verse speaks about…
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