RESPONSIVE READING:
 

II Thessalonians 2:13 we, 15; Isaiah 40:10–13; 42:5, 8

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13    . . . we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

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15   Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

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10    Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

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11    He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

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12    Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

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13    Who hath directed the spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

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5    Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

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8    I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.