Lord God to "Lord" in UDB where necessary.

19-PSA.usfm

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 \v 15 But Yahweh, I trust in you.
-\q2 My Lord God, you will answer me.
+\q2 O Lord my God, you will answer me.
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 \v 16 I said to you, "Do not cause me to die so that my enemies will rejoice!
 \q2 If troubles overwhelm me, my enemies will do very bad things to me!"

41-MAT.usfm

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 \v 37 Then he said to his disciples: "The people who are ready to receive my message are like a field where the crops are ready to harvest. But there are not many people who go to gather the crops.
-\v 38 So pray and ask the Lord God to send many more people to gather in his crops."
+\v 38 So pray and ask the Lord to send many more people to gather in his crops."
 
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 \v 9 The crowds that walked in front of him and those who walked behind him were shouting,
 \q "Praise to the descendant of King David!"
-\q "May the Lord God bless this one who comes as God's representative and with God's authority."
+\q "May the Lord bless this one who comes as God's representative and with God's authority."
 \q "Praise to God who is in the highest heaven!"
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 \v 10 As Jesus entered Jerusalem, many people from all over the city became excited and were saying, "Why are they honoring this man like that?"

42-MRK.usfm

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 \v 17 I feel very sorry for women who will be pregnant and women who will be nursing their babies in those days, because it will be very difficult for them to run away!
 \v 18-19 In those days people will suffer very severely. People have never suffered like that since the time when God first created the world until now; and people will not suffer that way again. So pray that this painful time will not happen in winter, when it will be hard to travel.
-\v 20 If the Lord God had not decided that he would shorten that time when people suffer so much, everyone would die. But he has decided to shorten that time because he is concerned about the people whom he has chosen.
+\v 20 If the Lord had not decided that he would shorten that time when people suffer so much, everyone would die. But he has decided to shorten that time because he is concerned about the people whom he has chosen.
 
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 \v 21-22 At that time people will falsely say that they are the Christ that God promised. And some will appear claiming to be prophets from God. Then they will perform many kinds of miracles. They will even try to deceive the people whom God has chosen. So at that time if someone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ that God promised!', or if someone says, 'Look over there, he is the Christ!', do not believe it!

43-LUK.usfm

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 \v 41 Later Jesus said to them, "How can it be said that the Christ is King David's son? How is that possible?
 \v 42 David himself wrote in the Book of Psalms about the Christ,
-\q 'The Lord God said to my Lord,
+\q 'The Lord said to my Lord,
 \q "Sit here beside me and I will give you the honor you deserve.
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 \v 43 Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies and put them all under your control."'

45-ACT.usfm

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 \v 19 I will cause amazing things to happen in the sky, and I will do miracles on the earth to show that important and amazing things will happen. Here on the earth there will be blood, fire, and smoke everywhere.
 
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-\v 20 In the sky the sun will appear dark to people and the moon will appear red to them. Those things will happen before I, the Lord God, will come to judge everyone.
+\v 20 In the sky the sun will appear dark to people and the moon will appear red to them. Those things will happen before the day of the Lord comes, the great and glorious day that everyone will see.
 \v 21 And I will save all those who call to me to help them.'"
 
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 \v 25 "Long ago King David wrote about Jesus,
-\p 'I knew that you, Lord God, would always hear me. You are right beside me, so I will not be afraid of those who want to harm me.
-\v 26 Because of that my heart was glad and I rejoiced; even though I will die one day, I know that you will always help me.
+\p 'I saw the Lord always there in front of me. He was right beside me, so I will not be afraid of those who want to harm me.
+\v 26 Because of that my heart was glad and I rejoiced; even though I will die one day, I know that he will always help me.
 
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-\v 27 You will not make me remain in the place where the dead are. You will not even let my body waste away, because I am devoted to you and always obey you.
-\v 28 You have shown me how to become alive again. You will make me very happy because you will be with me forever.'"
+\v 27 The Lord will not make me remain in the place where the dead are. He will not even let my body waste away, because I am devoted to him and always obey him.
+\v 28 He has shown me how to become alive again. He will make me very happy because he will be with me forever.'"
 
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 \v 34 We know that David was not speaking about himself because David did not go up into heaven as Jesus did. Besides that, David himself says:
-\q The Lord God said to my Lord, 'Rule here at my right hand,
+\q The Lord said to my Lord, 'Rule here at my right hand,
 \v 35 while I completely defeat your enemies.'"
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 \v 36 Peter ended by saying, "So I want you and all other Israelites to know that God made Jesus both Lord and Christ, this same Jesus whom you had nailed to a cross and killed."
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 \v 19 So turn away from your sinful lives and ask God to help you do what pleases him, in order that he may completely forgive you for your sins, and in order that he may strengthen you.
-\v 20 If you do that, then you will know that the Lord God is helping you. And he will is sending you the Christ, the one whom God chose for you. That person is Jesus.
+\v 20 If you do that, then you will know that the Lord is helping you. He will send you the Christ, the one whom God chose to help you. That person is Jesus.
 
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 \v 21 Jesus will certainly stay in heaven until the time when God will cause all that he has created to become new. Long ago God promised to do that, and he chose holy prophets to tell that to people.
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 \v 26 The kings in the world prepared to fight God's Ruler,
 \q and the rulers joined with them
-\q to oppose the Lord God and his Christ.'
+\q to fight against the Lord and the one that he Anointed.'
 
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 \v 18 So they commanded the temple guards to arrest the apostles and to put them in the public jail.
 
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-\v 19 But during the night an angel from the Lord God opened the jail doors and brought the apostles outside. Then the angel said
+\v 19 But during the night an angel from the Lord opened the jail doors and brought the apostles outside. Then the angel said
 \v 20 to the apostles, "Go to the temple courtyard, stand there, and tell the people all this message of eternal life."
 \v 21 After hearing this, the apostles entered the temple courtyard about dawn and began to teach the people again about Jesus. Meanwhile, the high priest and those who were with him summoned the other Jewish council members. Together they were all the leaders of Israel. After they had gathered together, they sent guards to the jail to bring in the apostles.
 
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 \v 29 When Moses heard that, he fled from Egypt to Midian land. He lived there for some years. He got married, and he and his wife had two sons.
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-\v 30 "One day forty years later, the Lord God appeared as an angel to Moses. He appeared in the flame of a bush that was burning in the desert near Mount Sinai.
+\v 30 "One day forty years later, an angel appeared to Moses in a bush that was burning with a flame of fire there in the desert near Mount Sinai.
 
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-\v 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed, because the bush was not burning up. As he went over to look more closely, he heard the Lord God say to him,
+\v 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed, because the bush was not burning up. As he went over to look more closely, he heard the voice of the Lord say to him out of the burning bush,
 \v 32 'I am the God whom your ancestors worshiped. I am the God that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob worship.' Moses was so afraid that he began to shake. He was afraid to look at the bush any longer.
 
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-\v 26 One day an angel whom the Lord God had sent commanded Philip, "Get ready and go south along the road that extends from Jerusalem to the city of Gaza." That was a road in a desert area.
+\v 26 One day an angel from the Lord commanded Philip, "Get ready and go south along the road that extends from Jerusalem to the city of Gaza." That was a road in a desert area.
 \v 27 So Philip got ready and went along that road. On the road he met a man from the land of Ethiopia. He was an important official who took care of all the funds for the Candace, the queen of Ethiopia. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship God.
 \v 28 After that, while he was traveling home and was sitting in his chariot, he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
 
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 \v 31 and said, 'Cornelius, God has heard your prayer. He has also noticed that you have often given money to help poor people, and he is pleased with that.
 \v 32 So now, send messengers to go to the city of Joppa in order to ask Simon whose other name is Peter to come here. He is staying near the ocean in a house that belongs to another man named Simon, who makes leather.'
 \v 33 So I immediately sent some men who asked you to come here, and I certainly thank you for coming. 
-\p Now we all are gathered here, knowing that God is with us, in order to hear all the things that the Lord God has commanded you to say. So please speak to us."
+\p Now we all are gathered here, knowing that God is with us, in order to hear all the things that the Lord has commanded you to say. So please speak to us."
 
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 \v 19 After Stephen died, many of the believers left Jerusalem and went to other places because they were suffering there in Jerusalem. Some of them went to Phoenicia, some went to the Island of Cyprus, and others went to Antioch, a city in Syria. In those places they were continually telling people the message about Jesus, but they told only other Jewish people.
 \v 20 Some of the believers were men from the Island of Cyprus and Cyrene city in north Africa. They went to Antioch and were also telling non-Jewish people about the Lord Jesus.
-\v 21 The Lord God was powerfully enabling those believers to preach effectively. As a result, very many non-Jewish people believed their message and trusted in the Lord.
+\v 21 The Lord helped those believers to preach effectively and many non-Jewish people believed their message and put their faith in the Lord.
 
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 \v 6 The night before Herod planned to bring Peter out from prison to have him executed publicly, Peter was sleeping in the prison between two soldiers, with two chains binding him. Two other soldiers were guarding the prison doors.
 
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-\v 7 Suddenly an angel from the Lord God stood beside Peter, and a bright light shone in his cell. The angel poked Peter in the side and woke him up and said, "Get up quickly!" While Peter was getting up, the chains fell off from his wrists. However, the soldiers were not aware of what was happening.
+\v 7 Suddenly an angel from the Lord stood beside Peter, and a bright light shone in his cell. The angel poked Peter in the side and woke him up and said, "Get up quickly!" While Peter was getting up, the chains fell off from his wrists. However, the soldiers were not aware of what was happening.
 \v 8 Then the angel said to him, "Fasten your belt around you and put on your sandals!" So Peter did that. Then the angel told him, "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me!"
 
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 \v 10 Peter and the angel walked by the soldiers who were guarding the two doors, but the soldiers did not see them. Then they came to the iron gate that led into the city. The gate opened by itself, and Peter and the angel walked out of the prison. After they had walked some distance along one street, the angel suddenly disappeared.
 
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-\v 11 Then Peter finally realized that what had happened to him was not a vision, but that it had really happened. So he thought, "Now I really know that the Lord God sent an angel to help me. He rescued me from what Herod planned to do to me and also from all the things that the Jewish leaders expected would happen."
+\v 11 Then Peter finally realized that what had happened to him was not a vision, but that it had really happened. So he thought, "Now I really know that the Lord sent an angel to help me. He rescued me from what Herod planned to do to me and also from all the things that the Jewish leaders expected would happen."
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 \v 12 When Peter realized that God had rescued him, he went to Mary's house. She was the mother of John (her son was also called Mark). Many believers had assembled there, and they were praying that God would help Peter somehow.
 
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 \v 16 But Peter continued knocking on the door. So when someone finally opened the door, they saw that it was Peter, and they were completely amazed!
-\v 17 Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet. Then he told them exactly how the Lord God had led him out of the prison. He also said, "Tell James, the leader of our group, and our other fellow believers what has happened." Then Peter left and went away somewhere else.
+\v 17 Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet. Then he told them exactly how the Lord had led him out of the prison. He also said, "Tell James, the leader of our group, and our other fellow believers what has happened." Then Peter left and went away somewhere else.
 
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 \v 22 Those who were listening to him shouted repeatedly, "The one who is speaking is a god, and not a man!"
-\v 23 So, because Herod let the people praise him instead of praising God, immediately an angel from the Lord God caused Herod to become seriously ill. Many worms ate his intestines, and soon he died very painfully.
+\v 23 So, because Herod let the people praise him instead of praising God, immediately an angel from the Lord caused Herod to become seriously ill. Many worms ate his intestines, and soon he died very painfully.
 
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 \v 10 "You are serving the devil, and you try to stop everything that is good! You are always lying to people and doing other evil things to them. You must stop saying that the truth about the Lord God is false!
 
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-\v 11 Right now the Lord God is going to punish you! You will become blind and you will not be able to see the sun for a while." At once he became blind, as though he were in a dark mist, and he groped about, searching for someone to hold him by the hand and lead him.
+\v 11 Right now the Lord is going to punish you! You will become blind and you will not be able to see the sun for a while." At once he became blind, as though he were in a dark mist, and he groped about, searching for someone to hold him by the hand and lead him.
 \v 12 When the governor saw what had happened to Elymas, he believed in Jesus. He was amazed by what Paul and Barnabas were teaching about the Lord Jesus.
 
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 \v 46 Then, speaking very boldly, Paul and Barnabas said to those Jewish leaders, "We had to speak the message from God about Jesus to you Jews first before we proclaim it to non-Jews, because God commanded us to do that. But you are rejecting God's message. By doing that, you have shown that you are not worthy of eternal life. Therefore, we are leaving you, and now we will go to the non-Jewish people to tell them the message from God.
-\v 47 We are doing this also because the Lord God has commanded us to do it. He said in the scriptures,
+\v 47 We are doing this also because the Lord has commanded us to do it. He said in the scriptures,
 \q 'I have chosen you to reveal things about me to non-Jewish people that will be like a light to them. I have chosen you to tell people everywhere in the world the message that I want to save them.'"
 
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 \v 15 The words that God spoke long ago, words that were written by one of the prophets, agree with that:
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 \v 16 'Later on I will return and I will choose a king from the descendants of David. It will be like someone who builds a house again after it has been torn down.
-\v 17 I will do this in order that all other people might try to know me, the Lord God. This will include even the non-Israelites whom I have called to belong to me. You can be certain that this will happen because I the Lord God have spoken these words.
+\v 17 I will do this in order that all other people may come to the Lord. This will include even the non-Israelites whom I have called to belong to me. You can be certain that this will happen because I, the Lord, have spoken these words.
 \v 18 I have done these things, and I have made my people know about them since long ago.'"
 
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 \v 39 Paul and Barnabas strongly disagreed with each other about this matter, so they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark along with him. They got on a ship and went to the Island of Cyprus.
-\v 40 Paul chose Silas, who had returned to Antioch, to work with him. The believers there prayed to the Lord God, asking him to graciously help Paul and Silas. Then the two of them departed from Antioch.
+\v 40 Paul chose Silas, who had returned to Antioch, to work with him. The believers there prayed to the Lord to ask him to graciously help Paul and Silas. Then the two of them departed from Antioch.
 \v 41 Paul continued traveling with Silas through Syria and Cilicia provinces. In those places they were helping the groups of believers to trust strongly in the Lord Jesus.
 
 
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  When we arrived, we saw some women who had gathered to pray, so we sat down and began to tell them about Jesus.
 
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-\v 14 A woman whose name was Lydia was one of the women who was listening to Paul. She was from the city of Thyatira and she sold purple cloth, and she worshiped God. The Lord God caused her to pay attention to the message that Paul spoke, and she believed it.
+\v 14 A woman whose name was Lydia was one of the women who was listening to Paul. She was from the city of Thyatira and she sold purple cloth, and she worshiped God. The Lord caused her to pay attention to the message that Paul spoke, and she believed it.
 \v 15 After Paul and Silas baptized Lydia and the others who lived in her house, she said to them, "If you believe I have been faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay there." After she said this, we stayed at her house.
 
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46-ROM.usfm

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 \v 11 It is written in the scriptures about the Christ, "Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed or ashamed."
 \v 12 In this way, God treats the Jews and the non-Jews the same. Because he is the same Lord for all people who believe in him, he greatly helps all who ask him to help them.
-\v 13 This is just like what the scriptures say: "The Lord God will save all those who ask him."
+\v 13 This is just like what the scriptures say: "The Lord will save all those who ask him."
 
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52-COL.usfm

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-\v 18 Wives, obey your husbands; this is right and according to what the Lord Jesus has commanded.
+\v 18 Wives, obey your husbands; this is right and according to what the Lord has commanded.
 \v 19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
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-\v 20 Children, obey your parents in every way because the Lord God is pleased when you do that.
+\v 20 Children, obey your parents in every way because the Lord is pleased when you do that.
 \v 21 Fathers, do not cause anger in your children, so they do not become discouraged.
 
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60-JAS.usfm

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 \v 3 Understand that as you trust God in hardships, they help you to endure even more hardships.
 
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-\v 4 Endure hardships to their very end, so that you may follow Christ in every way. Then you will not fail to do well.
+\v 4 Endure hardships to their very end so that you may follow Christ in every way. Then you will not fail to do well.
 
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 \v 5 If anyone of you needs to know what to do, let him ask God, who gives generously and is not angry at anyone who asks.
 
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-\v 6 But when you ask God, trust him to answer you. Do not doubt that he will answer and always help you, because people who keep doubting God cannot follow him, like a wave of the sea that is blown back and forth by the wind and thus cannot continue in the same direction.
-\v 7 Indeed, people who doubt should not think that the Lord God will do anything that they request him to do.
-\v 8 For they are people who cannot decide whether they will follow Jesus or not follow Jesus. These people do not do what they say they will do.
+\v 6 But when you ask God, trust him to answer you. Do not doubt that he will answer and always help you, because a person who keeps doubting God cannot follow him, like a wave of the sea that is blown back and forth by the wind and thus cannot continue in the same direction.
+\v 7 Indeed, a person who doubts should not think that the Lord will do anything that they request him to do.
+\v 8 For he is a person who cannot decide whether he will follow Jesus or not follow Jesus. That is a person who does not do what he promised he would to do. 
 
 
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 \v 3 Your gold and silver are worthless, as though they were corroded. When God judges you, this worthless wealth of yours will be evidence that you are guilty of being greedy, and as rust and fire destroy things, God will severely punish you. You have in vain stored up wealth in a time when God is about to judge you.
 
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-\v 4 Think about what you have done. You did not pay the wages you promised to the workmen who harvested your fields for you. The pay you kept for yourself shows me your guilt and how unfair you were to them. The workers cry out to God because of the way you treat them. And the Lord God of the angel armies listens to their loud cries.
+\v 4 Think about what you have done. You did not pay the wages you promised to the workmen who harvested your fields for you. The pay you kept for yourself shows me your guilt and how unfair you were to them. The workers cry out to God because of the way you treat them. And the Lord commander of the angel armies listens to their loud cries.
 \v 5 You have bought anything you wanted so you could live like kings. Just like cattle fatten themselves, not realizing that they will be slaughtered, you have lived just to enjoy things, not realizing that God will severely punish you.
 \v 6 You have arranged for others to condemn innocent people. You have arranged for others to kill people, even though those people had not done anything wrong. They were not able to defend themselves against you. My brothers and sisters, that is what I say to the rich people who oppress you.
 
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 \v 9 My brothers and sisters, do not complain against each other, in order that the Lord Jesus may not condemn and punish you. It is he who will judge us, and he is ready to appear.
-\v 10 My brothers and sisters, as an example of how to be patient, consider the prophets whom the Lord God sent long ago to speak his messages. Although people caused them to suffer much, they endured it patiently.
-\v 11 We know that God honors and helps those who endure suffering for him. You have also heard about Job. You know that although he suffered much, the Lord God planned to bring good to Job because he endured that suffering. And from that we know that the Lord is very compassionate and kind.
+\v 10 My brothers and sisters, as an example of how to be patient, consider the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Although people caused them to suffer much, they endured it patiently.
+\v 11 We know that God honors and helps those who endure suffering for him. You know how patient Job was, and you have seen that the Lord finally brought good to him. And from that we know that the Lord is very compassionate and kind.
 
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62-2PE.usfm

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 \v 7 But he rescued Abraham's nephew, Lot, who was a righteous man. Lot was greatly distressed because the people in Sodom were doing very immoral deeds.
 \v 8 That righteous man was in agony because every day he saw and heard those wicked people do things against God's law.
-\v 9 And since the Lord God rescued Lot, you can be sure that he knows how to rescue people who honor him, and how to keep those who do not honor him ready for the time when he will punish them.
+\v 9 And since the Lord rescued Lot, you can be sure that he knows how to rescue people who honor him, and how to keep those who do not honor him ready for the time when he will punish them.
 
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 \v 10 He will punish especially severely those who do what they themselves want to do, things that make them displeasing to God. They boldly do whatever they wish to do; they even insult God's powerful angels.
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 \v 7 Furthermore, God, by commanding that it should be so, has set apart the heavens and the earth that exist now, and they are being kept until the time when he will judge ungodly people. And at that time he will destroy the heavens and the earth by burning them.
 
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-\v 8 Dear friends, I want you to understand well that the Lord God is willing to wait a long time to judge the people in the world! How much time passes before the Lord God judges the people in the world does not matter to him! He considers that one day passes no more quickly than a thousand years, and he also considers that a thousand years pass as quickly as one day passes to us!
-\v 9 Therefore, you should not think that because Christ has not yet come back to judge people, the Lord God is delaying what he promised. Some people think that this is so, and they say that Christ never will come back. But you should understand that the reason why Christ has not yet come back to judge people is that God is being patient toward you, because he does not want anyone to be lost eternally. Instead, he wants everyone to turn away from their sinful behavior.
+\v 8 Dear friends, I want you to understand well that the Lord is willing to wait a long time to judge the people in the world! He considers that one day passes no more quickly than a thousand years, and that a thousand years pass as quickly as one day passes to us!
+\v 9 The Lord does not delay in doing what he promised. But the Lord is patient toward you, because he does not wish for anyone to be lost eternally. Instead, he wants everyone to turn away from their sins.
 
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-\v 15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. Voices in heaven shouted loudly, "Our Lord God and the Christ whom he has appointed can now govern all the people in the world, and God will continue to rule those people forever!"
+\v 15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. Voices in heaven shouted loudly, "Our Lord and the Christ whom he has appointed will now govern all the people in the world, and Christ will rule his forever!"
 
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 \v 1 After this I saw another angel, one who had great authority, coming down from heaven. The earth became bright because he was shining so intensely.
 \v 2 He shouted with a very loud voice, "God is about to completely destroy the very evil city of Babylon. As a result, all kinds of evil spirits will live there, and all kinds of foul and detestable birds will live there. Babylon is like a prostitute
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-\q1 "Hallelujah! Our Lord God, who rules over everything, reigns!
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 \v 21 The twelve gates of the city were something like huge pearls. Each gate was like a single pearl. The city streets appeared to be pure gold that looked like clear glass.
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-\v 22 There was no temple in the city. The Lord God himself, who rules over all, and the Lamb are there, so there was no need for a temple.
+\v 22 There was no temple in the city. The Lord God who rules over all, and the Lamb are its temple.
 
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 \v 1 Then the angel showed me the river that causes people who drink from it to live forever. The water was sparkling and clear like crystal. The river was flowing out from the throne where God and the Lamb were sitting.
 \v 2 It flowed down through the middle of the main street of the city. On each side of the river were trees with fruit that causes people who eat it to live forever. The trees bear twelve kinds of fruit; they produce one crop each month. The people groups use the leaves of the trees as medicine in order that their wounds may heal.
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 \v 3 There will never be anyone or anything there that God will curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city. God's servants will worship him there.
 \v 4 They will see him face to face, and his name will be written on their foreheads.
-\v 5 There will never again be night. God's servants will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun because the Lord God will shine his light upon them. They will rule forever.
+\v 5 There will never again be night. God's servants will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun because the light of the Lord God will shine upon them. They will rule forever.
 
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-\v 6 The angel said to me: "These things that God has shown you are true, and he will certainly make them happen. The Lord God who inspires the prophets sent his angel to show the people who serve him the events that must happen soon."
+\v 6 The angel said to me: "These things that God has shown you are true, and he will certainly make them happen. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show the people who serve him the events that must happen soon."
 \v 7 Jesus says to all his people, "Listen to this! I am coming soon; God will abundantly bless everyone who obeys the message that has been written in this book."
 
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 \v 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw in a vision these things that I have written down. When I had heard and seen them, I immediately lay down in front of the angel who had shown me these things in order to worship him.
 \v 9 But he said to me, "Do not worship me! I am just a servant of God like you! I am also a servant like your fellow believers who are the prophets, and like those who obey the message in this book. Instead, worship God!"