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But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherishes her children:
The Vigil
Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.
As you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father does his children,
from I Thessalonians 2:7 · a strong link
Furthermore then we beg you, brothers, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.
from I Thessalonians 2:11
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
from I Thessalonians 4:1
But as for brotherly love you need not that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
from Philippians 1:9 · a strong link
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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world works death.
from Acts 20:21
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land where they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication to you in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
from II Corinthians 7:10 · a strong link
And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.
from I Kings 8:47
Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
from Ezra 9:6
He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
from Job 42:6
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Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:
Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
from Acts 13:38
Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:
from Acts 2:38
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith,
from Matthew 3:8 · a strong link
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, patience;
from Galatians 5:22 · a strong link
And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you.
from Colossians 3:12 · a strong link
So shall you say to Joseph, Forgive, please now, the trespass of your brothers, and their sin; for they did to you evil: and now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
from Ephesians 4:32
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Because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
from Acts 17:31
And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, That you which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
from Matthew 25:31 · a strong link
And he said to her, What will you? She said to him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on your right hand, and the other on the left, in your kingdom.
from Matthew 19:28
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For truly against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
By stretching forth your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of your holy child Jesus.
from Acts 4:27 · a strong link
Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
from Acts 4:30
Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them that love him?
from Acts 3:6
To an inheritance imperishable, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you,
from James 2:5
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You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.
To a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you; for you are a stiff-necked people: lest I consume you in the way.
from Acts 7:51
And he said to him, If your presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
from Exodus 33:3
There be many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us.
from Exodus 33:15
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.
from Psalms 4:6
Turn us again, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved.
from Psalms 80:19
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And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles.
But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
from Acts 22:21 · a strong link
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
from Acts 9:15
For I say, through the grace given to me, to every man among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.
from Romans 1:5
He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
from Romans 12:3
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
from Micah 6:8
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
from Amos 5:24
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from I Thessalonians 2:7 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
Each verse follows the one before it along the chain a study Bible draws — a century old, public, and compiled by people arguing about Scripture rather than about how long you stay. Every card says which verse it came from and opens the chapter it belongs to. Today’s vigil is the same for every reader and is worked out from the date alone, so there is no account, no counter, and nothing stored in your browser or ours.
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