Scriptures Used in Story of Good

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In our 26-blog series, we used the following scriptures for key texts…

Genesis 1: 1-2            In the Beginning. Good.

Genesis 1: 26             The Masterpiece.

Genesis 1: 27-28        The Gift of Self-Existence.

Genesis 2: 7                The Good Gift of Life.

Genesis 3: 1                Good and Evil.

Exodus 3: 14               Behind the Curtain.

Job 22: 21                    The Gift of God-Dependency.

Proverbs 3: 5-6          An Epilogue.

Isaiah 1: 18                  An Invitation to Good.

Isaiah 14: 12-15           Hoarding Good for Oneself.

Isaiah 55: 1                   Soaking in the Good.

Jeremiah 21: 8              Good Turned Sour.

Matthew 5: 8                  Keeping Good Pure.

Matthew 5: 48                An Introduction.

Matthew 11: 28-30        Willing to Listen and Learn?

Matthew 24: 35              Water. Fire. Earth.

Luke 4: 1-4                       Bread in the Desert.

Luke 4: 5-12                     My Eyes Fixed on Jesus.

Luke 17: 33                      The Temptation of Self-Preservation.

Luke 18: 14                      The Temptation of Self-Promotion.

John 3: 16-17                    Life Everlasting.

John 5: 17-20                     The Temptation of Self-Perpetuation.

John 13: 12-17                    The Father’s Good Blessing.

Acts 3: 19-20                       My Response to God’s Good.

2nd Corinthians 13: 14      Faith. Hope. Love.

Philippians 4: 8                  An Epilogue.

All Scripture quotations in this publication are from the Holy Bible, using the following translations:

Scriptures marked TM are taken from THE MESSAGE: THE BIBLE IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH (TM): Scripture taken from THE MESSAGE: THE BIBLE IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH, copyright©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

Scriptures marked ESV are taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION (ESV): Scriptures taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION®Copyright© 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission.

Scriptures marked ISV are taken from the INTERNATIONAL STANDARD VERSION (ISV): Scripture taken from INTERNATIONAL STANDARD VERSION, copyright© 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation. All rights reserved internationally.

Scriptures marked NIV are taken from the NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV): Scripture taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblical, Inc.TM. Used by permission of Zondervan.

Scriptures marked CEV are taken from the CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION (CEV): Scripture taken from the CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION copyright© 1995 by the American Bible Society. Used by permission.

Scriptures marked NLT are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW LIVING TRANSLATION (NLT): Scriptures taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW LIVING TRANSLATION, Copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Scriptures marked NAS are taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD (NAS): Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, copyright© 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Scriptures marked GNB are taken from the GOOD NEWS BIBLE (GNB): Scriptures taken from the Good News Bible © 1994 published by the Bible Societies/HarperCollins Publishers Ltd UK, Good News Bible© American Bible Society 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992. Used with permission.

Editor’s note: In all Bible translations used, the author has taken the liberty of capitalizing all pronouns associated with God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Copyright 2020, Marty Boller

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