21 Many plans are in a man’s heart,
but the Lord’s decree will prevail.(A)

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“I, Yahweh, have called You
for a righteous purpose,[a](A)
and I will hold You by Your hand.(B)
I will keep You and appoint You
to be a covenant for the people(C)
and a light to the nations,(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:6 Or you by [My] righteousness; lit you in righteousness

10 I declare the end from the beginning,
and from long ago what is not yet done,
saying: My plan will take place,
and I will do all My will.(A)

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23 Though He was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used[a] lawless people[b] to nail Him to a cross and kill Him.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:23 Other mss read you have taken
  2. Acts 2:23 Or used the hand of lawless ones

28 to do whatever Your hand and Your plan had predestined to take place.

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16 But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen[a] and of what I will reveal to you.(A)

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  1. Acts 26:16 Other mss read things in which you have seen Me

28 We know that all things work together[a] for the good[b] of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.(A)

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  1. Romans 8:28 Other mss read that God works together in all things
  2. Romans 8:28 The ultimate good

11 For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election might stand—(A)

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11 We have also received an inheritance[a] in Him, predestined(A) according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will,

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  1. Ephesians 1:11 Or we also were chosen as an inheritance, or we were also made an inheritance

13 For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose.

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