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Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
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477
He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.
478
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
479
For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
480
Yahweh has done great things for us, and we are glad.
481
Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
482
I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.
483
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
484
Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
485
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
486
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
487
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
488
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
Attribution contested
The letter opens by naming Paul and the catalogue records that, because it is the only claim the text itself makes. Authorship is disputed: on vocabulary, style and the situation it addresses, many scholars hold it was written in Paul's name by someone in his circle after his death. That was an ordinary practice at the time and is not the same thing as forgery — but it does mean the name on the letter is not settled.
489
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Attribution contested
The letter opens by naming Paul and the catalogue records that, because it is the only claim the text itself makes. Authorship is disputed: on vocabulary, style and the situation it addresses, many scholars hold it was written in Paul's name by someone in his circle after his death. That was an ordinary practice at the time and is not the same thing as forgery — but it does mean the name on the letter is not settled.